First Responder & Community Defense

Training Program

Beginner and Advanced Emergency Medicine and Community Safety Trainings for Movement Organizers in Kentucky and Tennessee

With your support, we will equip 1,000 organizers across Kentucky and Tennessee in hemorrhage control techniques, patient assessment systems, how-to move injured people, deescalation techniques, physical security planning, tactical emergency decision making, assessing and accessing local resources outside the state, and values-aligned ways to communicate with local, state, and federal crisis response agencies.

Values-Aligned Training
$0.00
  • Learn life saving skills within the context of liberatory social change movements

  • Implement practices that align with our values and the world we are trying to create

  • Ground your work in international legacies of resistance and community defense

Emergency Casualty Care
$0.00
  • Learn hemorrhage control techniques, phases of care such as direct threat, indirect threat, and evacuation, as well as how-to move injured people

  • Train with embodied deescalation techniques, physical security planning, and tactical emergency decision-making

  • Map local and regional resources outside the state and learn to navigate the emergency response systems in your state in a way that keeps vulnerable communities safe

Training for Trainers
$0.00
  • Learn how to train basic life saving skills in your organization and community

  • Find your learning edge in group facilitation, leadership building, and organizational development

  • Coordinate with other rapid response networks in the region to build sustainable and effective movement infrastructure

Make an Impact Today

Your support will save lives.

Interested in Applying?

If you're interested attending these trainings, complete the form with a few details about what skills you’re hoping to gain and bring back to your community.

Advanced First Responder Cohort Dates

October 10

Kentucky Cohort
Session 1

October 17

Tennessee Cohort
Session 1

November 14

Kentucky Cohort
Session 2

November 21

Tennessee Cohort
Session 2

December 5

Kentucky Cohort
Session 3

December 12

Tennessee Cohort
Session 3

January 16

Kentucky Cohort
Session 4

February 20

Tennessee Cohort
Session 5

January 23

Tennessee Cohort
Session 4

February 13

Kentucky Cohort
Session 5