SIDNEY – Friends of Amelia Wakefield and Hybrid Fit Gym in Sidney are offering a free self-defense class Sunday, while hoping to bring awareness of domestic violence and a message of self-worth to area teens.

Liberty Hope, a not-for-profit charity that works for domestic violence education, will also be available at the event.

Eleventh-grade Norwich student, Aliya Halbert, and friend of Amelia, expressed grief at her friend's passing and the circumstances of it to her fellow Jujitsu classmates and instructor.

Wanting to take a positive action they came up with the idea to offer free classes and education, she said.