The Vanessa T Marcotte Foundation - Nonprofit Corporation

Programming includes large scale self-defense workshops at universities for 400 to 500 individuals, smaller scale workshops at schools and for community groups and virtual education webinars on safety, violence prevention and healthy relationships reaching approximately 600 people. The Foundation supports youth programs in worcester, ma and beyond including media literacy, self defense programs and project bold. These teach skills, strategies and empowerment. Media literacy addresses pressures in today's world in how girls project themselves. The Foundation also supports programs for girls and boys, on empowerment and understanding gender equality.