With national surveys showing that nearly 1 in 2 women and over 4 in 10 men experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, personal safety is becoming a growing concern for many.<\/p>\n
Local company, MUNIO Self Defense, founded by 7th\u2011degree black belt Phil Ventrello, is stepping up to help.<\/p>\n
Ventrello and co\u2011founder, Michele Vorberger, created the MUNIO Self Defense Keychain after seeing how many people needed simple, practical protection they could legally carry anywhere.<\/p>\n
Vorberger helped test the tool in simulated attacks, proving that even those without self\u2011defense training can use MUNIO to break free and escape.<\/p>\n
To support the community, MUNIO offers free online safety resources, including awareness tips and self\u2011defense guidance, available through the free resources section of their website.<\/p>\n
The company also hosts hands\u2011on workshops and partners with global organizations fighting human trafficking.<\/p>\n
As violence continues to affect millions nationwide, MUNIO\u2019s mission is clear: empower everyday people to stay safer, wherever they go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With national surveys showing that nearly 1 in 2 women and over 4 in 10 men experience physical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,50266,50265,50268,50267,50264],"class_list":{"0":"post-104035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-munio","12":"tag-personal-safety","13":"tag-safety-tips","14":"tag-self-defence-tools","15":"tag-self-protection"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}