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Home Alive
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Home Alive is a non-profit organisation based in Seattle which promotes anti-violence. The organisation offers self-defense classes and attempts to educate and raise awareness with the public in order to reduce and prevent violence.
Following the rape and murder of a local singer, Mia Zapata, in 1993, a number of artists and musicians within Seattle began to meet and discuss the problems of violence within the community, and with the lack of available resources such as self-defence classes, which were considered impractical and somewhat unaffordable.[citation needed]
A group of women, now recognised as the founders of the organisation, pooled resources such as arts and music benefits in order to raise funds and study self-defence. Classes were provided to the community on a sliding scale basis, where no-one was turned away due to lack of funds. The group continues this work, providing classes to individuals, as before; but expanding to also educate establishments such as schools and businesses.
The nine women considered responsible for founding the organisation are:
- Valerie Agnew
- Zoe Bermet
- Gretta Harley
- Julie Hasse
- Lara Kidoguchi
- Jessica Lawless
- Mich Levy
- Cristien Storm
- Stacey Wescott