IMPACT Chicago

IMPACT FOLKS! It’s time to Rejoin the Circle!

Tuesday, July 21, IMPACT Chicago is hosting its first SKILLS AND DRILLS SUMMER REUNION, inviting **you** to reconnect with your IMPACT cohorts, refresh your techniques, and rock the room with your powerful voices!

https://www.impactchicago.org/skills--drills-summer-reunion.html

When: July 21st 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Gateway to Learning: 4925 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
(Free on-site parking available; easily accessible by public transit)

Along with reviewing our most popular physical techniques and setting verbal boundaries, attendees can share how your IMPACT skills have served you… and maybe how they show up in other areas of your life. It’s going to be an extraordinary evening of empowerment and engagement, surrounded by like-minded folks who GET IT (and want more of it).

Plus, if there’s someone in your life that you’d like to introduce to IMPACT, they can register as your guest and attend with you! This is an amazing opportunity to introduce your friends and family to a variety of personal safety skills, and a chance for them to feel their own personal power and witness yours.

We’re so excited to see you on the mat once again! Space is limited, so please register today!

June Core is in the books! Congrats to our amazing group of graduates!

Wishing our fabulous June Core instructor team an amazing final day of class! Thanks for all you do!!

As we head into summer, consider where you would like to expand your life and where IMPACT might be able to help you along that path. We have spots available for our IMPACT for Young Teens program in August (8/8-9) and our Core program in September (9/25-27). And don't forget our Skills and Drills Summer Reunion on July 21! Head over to www.impactchicago.org for more details! And wear that sunscreen!

IMPACT FOLKS! It’s time to Rejoin the Circle!

Tuesday, July 21, IMPACT Chicago is hosting its first SKILLS AND DRILLS SUMMER REUNION, inviting **you** to reconnect with your IMPACT cohorts, refresh your techniques, and rock the room with your powerful voices!

https://www.impactchicago.org/skills--drills-summer-reunion.html

When: July 21st 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Gateway to Learning: 4925 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625

(Free on-site parking available; easily accessible by public transit)

Along with reviewing our most popular physical techniques and setting verbal boundaries, attendees can share how your IMPACT skills have served you… and maybe how they show up in other areas of your life. It’s going to be an extraordinary evening of empowerment and engagement, surrounded by like-minded folks who GET IT (and want more of it).

Plus, if there’s someone in your life that you’d like to introduce to IMPACT, they can register as your guest and attend with you! This is an amazing opportunity to introduce your friends and family to a variety of personal safety skills, and a chance for them to feel their own personal power and witness yours.

We’re so excited to see you on the mat once again! Space is limited, so please register today!

Special Thanks to our amazing Instructor Team from last week's IMPACT for Young Teens class! Our next Teens session will be Aug 8-9 ; if you have folks in your life who you think would benefit from one of our Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) classes, send along the registration link today!

https://www.impactchicago.org/impact-for-young-teens-12-15.html

Great turnout last week at Women & Children First Bookstore for Meg Stone's (IMPACT Boston) book event, and a chance to reconnect with some fantastic ESD folks like Arlene Limas (PAVE Prevention) and Nancy Lanoue ((Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center, NFP). Wonderful seeing everyone!

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Please join us tomorrow WEDNESDAY, 5/27/2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm at Women & Children First Bookstore for an author event with IMPACT Boston's MEG STONE!! Discussing her new book DON'T FIGHT BACK (And 10 Other Myths about Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence).

Don't Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths about Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence by Meg Stone COVID POLICY: Masks are strongly encouraged for in-store shopping & required for the majority of in-store events. We offer free masks at the front door, but deeply appreciate you bringing your own!  Close this alert

In stressful times, we’re often told what not to do. Stay quiet. Don’t escalate. Don’t get involved.

But we believe in tools, not rules.

IMPACT Chicago Core class gives you options — clear verbal strategies, boundary-setting skills, and physical techniques you can use when needed.

Because empowerment isn’t about aggression. It’s about choices.

Register for a Core program today: https://www.impactchicago.org/core-program.html

JUNE CORE: 6/12-14 Use code IC10 to save 10%!