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Free Event on Fighting Sexual Assaults on Girls

The Fight the Fear Campaign, founded by musician Brandi Carlile in 2010, is excited to announce a Sexual Assault Awareness Evening for Western Washington High School Girls.  This free event will take place on Thursday, April 28th from 7-9pm in Roosevelt High School's Performing Arts Center.  Girls will learn to recognize the red flags that often precede assault, as well as the assertive communication, self-defense, de-escalation, and boundary setting skills that are a proven deterrent to violence. Guests will hear from survivors, including Jennifer Hopper, whose story is the subject of Eli Sanders’s new book While the City Slept . FTFC is a non-profit that teaches free self-defense and sexual assault awareness to Seattle-area youth.  To get tickets for this free event, please visit our News/Events page at www.fightthefearcampaign.org < http://www.fightthefearcampaign.org/ >. (Editor's note: the book, While the City Slept , is the harrowing ac...