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CAE History
What Your $$ Can Do
Self Defense 101
100

5,490

Number of Participants CAE served last year.

100

1974

The year CAE was founded

100

$50 provides a teen girl or TGNC young person one session in which of our after-school programs?

The Power Action Change for Teens Program (PACT)
100

What is CAE’s definition self-defense?


Self-Defense is anything you do to keep yourself safe

200

160,000

The average number of kids who skip school each day because of bullying. 

200

Civil Rights Movement/Women’s Movement

The movement that prompted the formation of CAE.

200

$500 pays the cost of two adult woman survivor of domestic violence to participate in which of our on-site classes?

Self Defense Course

200

What are the primary targets (targets on the body which, when striked, can cause the most damage) in self defense?


Eyes, nose, throat and knees

300

1 in 4 women are survivors of sexual violence, physical violence or stalking from an intimate partner

How many people are affected by intimate partner violence?

300

Brooklyn Women’s Martial Arts

What is CAE's Original Name

300

$1,500 pays for one teen girl or TGNC high school student to train to be what in our intensive summer program?

What is a Peer Educator

300

What are the secondary targets  (targets on the body which, when striked, are effective in getting the attacker away but cause less harm than primary targets) in self defense?

Stomach, groin, chin, shins, anything that’s not a primary target

400

CAE serves survivors of hate crimes. What year did hate crimes reach the highest levels in NYC?

Hate crimes jumped 30% in 2016 

400

Karate

What is the first program CAE offered?

400

$5,000 pays for one LGBTQ young person to train for 6 months in which of our Leadership Programs?

What is Pride Protectors

400

What is a boxers block?

A block that protects your head from something coming from the side

500

List three (of 20) Brooklyn neighborhoods that CAE had programing in?

Park Slope, Sunset Park, Crown Heights, Bed Stuy, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn, Red Hook, Fort Greene, Bushwick, Kensington, Midwood, Borough Park, Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, East New York, Carroll Gardens, Flatbush, Brownsville

500

CAE was the first organization in NYC to provide self-defense for this community

The Trans Community

500

What does $2.25 provider for?

The average cost of snacks for participants in our after school programs. 

500

What is a roof block?


A block that protects your head from something coming from over the top of your head