IMPACT Boston

If you're in the Providence area, join our Executive Director Meg Stone at Riff Raff Books as she discusses her new book "Don't Fight Back," an accessible guide that debunks the most pervasive myths about crime and offers evidence-based strategies that make us safer.

She will be joinejg by fellow Brown University
professor and nationally-recognized se.xual violence expert
Lindsay Orchowoski to discuss how we take back our power from those who want us to live in fear!

This is why we need to decriminalize self-defense for survivors.

When surviving domestic violence becomes a crime for Black women The cases of Latoya Crabbe and Keisha Golden are renewing attention on the barriers Black women survivors of domestic violence face.

Join us in one month for our next Fact Check Friday! We will hear from IMPACT Boston Executive Director Meg Stone as she talks with Karen Romero, Co-Director of Freedom Network USA, the largest coalition of survivors, service providers, and legal experts using a human rights-based approach to end human trafficking through policy and structural reforms. They’ll discuss the common myths surrounding human trafficking, the resources available to support survivors of both labor and s*x trafficking survivors, and the evidence-based strategies to prevent, disrupt, and end trafficking altogether.

Scan the QR code or go to the link in the bio to sign up.

Our Teen & Young Adult class is coming up Aug 1st & 2nd! This class is great for high schoolers who need a confidence boost, incoming or current college students or any young person embarking on a new adventure, and anyone aged 16-22 who identifies as a girl/woman, nonbinary, or LGBTQ who wants to learn self-defense skills.

Class is 11am-5pm Saturday and 1:30-7:30pm both days. Registration cost is $250. Full scholarships available.

This class only runs once a year, so register now! Go to https://impactboston.org/in-person-classes/ to register or contact [email protected] for more info.

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Join us for Meg’s book talk on June 24th at Harvard Bookstore!

May 10-17th is S*x Week Boston this year and we're excited to include our Women of Color Self Defense workshop as part of it! Organizations from across Greater Boston will have other workshops on s*x education, q***r anx trans joy, s*xual liberation, kink and much more. Be sure to follow S*x Week Boston

The unforgiving and punitive stance taken towards survivors who killed their abuser in self-defense - often after the criminal legal system proved it would not keep them safe - needs to evolve. For more info on the movement to free survivors, check out the work of Survived and Punished.

They Killed Their Abusers. Should They Spend Their Lives in Prison? A new law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of survivors of domestic violence. Most are still behind bars.