In collaboration with Serna Solutions, Women’s Democracy Lab is offering a three-hour training session to help Indigenous women and women of color electeds recognize and respond to the threats they may encounter as elected officials.

This session is tailored specifically to the needs and experiences of our Indigenous women and women of color electeds, and you will receive an overview of strategies to increase safety both for yourself and the people around you during hostile situations.

Self Paced Modules

For those of you who were not able to attend the session virtually we hope you can gather tips, resources, and tools through this self-paced model.

We’ve segmented the three-hour training into 10 modules to support self-paced learning. We encourage you to have your family, staff members, and loved ones to visit our website to become a WDL member so that they can also login and learn how to best support you in these situations.

1. Intro

2. Context and Considerations

3. Systemic and Individualistic Safety

4. Understanding Our Nervous System-Trauma and Stress Response

5. Green Zone-Techniques to Activate the Vagus Nerve

6. Resourcing Our Nervous System – Personalized Strategies

7. Anxiety – Skilled Approach

 8. Hostile and Defensive – Skilled Approach

9. Risk Behavior and Tension Reduction-Skilled Approach

10. Recovering From De-escalation Episodes and The Coping Model

Survey – We Want Your Feedback!

Explore Additional Safety Resources

Access the training session slide deck: Missed a few notes? You can download the slide deck (attached, or via this link) for future reference.