Sass Go

“Expenses office 1,689 travel 3,175 conferences/meetings 369 insurance 3,878 telephone 3,017 bank/pay pal fees 1,869 sass programs 37,441 fundraising expenses 1,810 other expenses 3,571 total 56,819”

“Accrued payroll liabiltiies 75,534 182,915”

“Sass go is on a mission to eradicate assault, abuse, and trafficking against women and girls globally through prevention education, self defense training, and case consulting. Our dedicated team believes all women deserve to learn the skills needed to save their own lines. The women and girls we serve are as diverse in age, backgrouond, and experience as the world they inhabit with over 50 % receiving our services for a free or reduced cost. Together we work hard to protect and support survivors, their families, and the professionals who serve them.”

“Educational programming and empowered self-defense training: through our age-specific, developmentally appropriate educational seminars and self- defense training, sass go is safeguarding lives and making communities safer. As of the end of 2023, sass go has trained and educated nearly 20,000 participants in 22 states and the district of columbia. In 2023, sass go continued to reach participants in schools, universities, community centers, places of worship, law enforcement, and businesses. Over half of these participants have trained for free or at a reduced cost. Sass go continued to offer its landmark violence prevention and response education and training, which includes the harm reduction series, the recognize respond refer professional series, and comprehensive self-defense training. In addition, in 2023, sass go held the i will survive women's retreats in february 2023 and in october 2023. All of our trainings and retreats are handcrafted to meet the unique needs of the people gathered as they learn to detect threats to safety, respond to incidents of violence, support survivors, know available resources, and raise awareness for prevention. In 2023, sass go also assisted with the design and implementation of an interactive session on trauma-informed policing. This course is for law enforcement that provides skills to assist with the management of reactions, mitigation of risks, and the proactive avoidance of re- victimization and re-traumatization of survivors. Sass go and its partners now offer this course through the state of south carolina and beyond.”

“Instructor development and management: sass go instructors live in states across the country and share the power of sass programming with women and girls in their communities. Each instructor is hand selected and extensively trained, ensuring utmost standard of care for every participant entrusted to sass go. The sass go instructor training is three phases, and once completed, instructors are certified to teach sass go self-defense courses in their communities. In 2023, sass go continued to support 22 instructors operating in 28 states and washington dc. These instructors were offered educational and engagement opportunities. Sass go assists instructors in developing courses in their area and meeting ongoing requirements for certification as sass go instructors.”

“Crisis response consulting and survivor care: drawing on its own expertise and the expertise of individuals in the fields of campus safety, criminal justice, law enforcement, threat assessment, personal safety and domestic violence, sass go works with institutions, businesses, and departments to establish high functioning and efficient response systems in advance of and after a crisis. We also work with survivors and their families to help them efficiently and effectively navigate the legal, medical, advocacy, counseling, and law enforcement systems to ensure critical support and preservation of options. As part of crisis response consulting, sass go created the green screen testing kits. The green screen is a kit being used in columbia, south carolina to help identify, investigate, and end involuntary druggings. In addition, in 2023, sass go continued to lay the foundation for the banks. The banks will be a state-of-the-art campus for survivors, their families, and the professionals that serve them. In order to secure a future that is safer from violence and abuse, we must train our community to predict and prevent it, care for those who've endured it, and ensure best practices training for the professionals responding to it. The banks will be a centralized campus that will provide the coordinated support, guidance, and skills our communities need.”

“Raising awareness of the epidemic of violence against women and girls: through social media, our website, educational materials and programs, and speaking engagements, sass go is raising awareness of the epidemic of violence against women and girls. Educating communities and individuals as to the scope of the program and available resources is a critical step in preventing violence and supporting survivors.”