Women helping women — WE Campaign jumpstarts in Powell

Posted 1/4/22

A new movement called the Women’s Empowered (WE) Campaign has been started in Powell by nine women, looking to help teach women both self defense and teach a number of other practices in order …

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Women helping women — WE Campaign jumpstarts in Powell

Vicki Prante, Cassidy Siggins and Cori Siggins stand in front of the class during their first WE Campaign workshop in October.

Photo courtesy Lynnet Paul, Shutter Bomb Studio

The founders of the Women’s Empowerment Campaign pose for a photo during their first event in October. The group’s second workshop is set for Jan. 29 at the Northwest College Center for Training and Development. Pictured from left are: Callie Lundvall, Cori Siggins, Juliet Fish, Charity Siggins, Jody Oliver, Cassidy Siggins, Vicki Prante, Cianna Siggins and Lynnet Paul.

Photo courtesy Lynnet Paul, Shutter Bomb Studio

Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:10 am

By Seth Romsa

A new movement called the Women’s Empowered (WE) Campaign has been started in Powell by nine women, looking to help teach women both self defense and teach a number of other practices in order to help keep them safe in an ever-changing world.

The group was started by Cori Siggins, Callie (Siggins) Lundvall, Vicki Prante, Lynnet Paul, Cianna Siggins, Cassidy Siggins, Jody Oliver, Juliet Fish and Charity Siggins.

This campaign began in collaboration with the Siggins sisters, who originally wanted to start a self-defense course for women in Powell, but found it difficult to maintain attendees for an extended period of time.

The sisters decided to collaborate with Prante, Paul, Oliver and Fish, who add in more martial arts experience as well as a law enforcement background.

In classes, the campaign is teaching situational awareness, escape and survival skills, how to be proactive in keeping personal and family information private and how predators use tactics online.

“That is what we are passionate about is self-defense, especially teaching women how to defend themselves,” Cori Siggins said.

They understand there is not an abundance of situations where women will have to use self–defense in a small community, but they know they are not immune to those types of situations and feel it is better to be prepared than not. They said they would rather train and be prepared for an unlikely scenario, than risk being in true danger should a 1% scenario happen.

The WE Campaign began just three months ago and has hosted one event in October. The Powell-based campaign is hoping to eventually spread into adjacent communities such as Cody, Lovell and Greybull.

In January, the WE Campaign is hoping to also address red flags and warning signs in relationships, as well as healthy communication in relationships to help recognize signs of domestic abuse.

A free workshop is set for Saturday, Jan. 29, from 12:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. It’s available to women and girls ages 12 and older, with a limit currently set at 30 participants. Those wishing to register can do so on the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/307wecampaign or by email to 307wecampaign@gmail.com. Questions can also be directed to Cori Siggins at 307-254-3690 or Paul at 307-254-2337.