Malikah is a grassroots anti-violence and wellness organization advocating against gender and hate based violence through self-defense training, healing justice, economic empowerment, and community organizing for safety and power. We facilitate, train and organize women and girls across all five boroughs in New York City through partnerships with CBOs, public schools and religious institutions. Through our trainer model, we equip women and girls in our communities with our four programmatic pillars 1) healing 2) self-defense 3) organizing and 4) financial literacy.

We host intensive weekend long bootcamps, community summits, recurring weekly sessions and one-off programs to scale access to our curriculum through organizers and trainers.

Our movement is committed to an community safety framework that amplifies the leadership of the most marginalized members of our communities.

Since 2010, our volunteer team has reached over 20,000 women and girls in 34 cities across the globe. Interested in joining our work or learning more about how you can support our vision for a world free from violence? Email us at movement@malikah.org. We look forward to working with you and welcoming you to our Malikah sisterhood.