08/04/2026
The Coweta Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Francine Jones-Calvert, Independent Safety Educator with Damsel in Defense as the newest member of our organization.
Damsel in Defense has a mission to equip, empower and educate women to protect themselves and their families with non-lethal personal safety and self-defense tools.
The Idaho-based business has been around since 2011, and Francine has been presenting workshops on safety and awareness in public places for individuals, families, friends, organizations, businesses and groups for the past five years.
The products she promotes are layered protection … pepper spray (featuring a staining UV dye), a striking tool and stun devices. Each item is key to safety, and sometimes survival.
The educator knows first-hand how to protect herself in a dangerous situation as she herself was attacked many years ago near a shopping mall entrance. One of the first things she did was get loud.
“In defense mode, you do whatever it takes to be loud. If you have products on you, be comfortable with what you carry and use them!” she exclaimed. “You want to have these tools in hand before you get out of your vehicle, walk out of your house or out of a store.”
Francine teams up with the Broken Arrow Police Department to do a quarterly self-defense class that is open to the public. Damsel in Defense also teams up with Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS), The Demand Project and a few other organizations that work to combat domestic violence, s*x trafficking and human trafficking.
In November, she will be among our speakers at the Coweta Chamber membership meeting that will focus on personal safety.
Our new investor also has information about a Damsel in Defense safety app you can download on your cell phone. By clicking on the app, it will notify your emergency contacts via text message of your exact location where help is needed.
You can never take personal safety lightly. Take it to a new level! Give Francine a call for more information at 918-401-0512.
Thank you to representatives from BancFirst, Sarah Wells, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance, SERVPRO of Mayes and Wagoner Counties, Beene Services LLC, Goodfella's Pizzeria Coweta and Brian Cannon, State Farm Insurance Agent for joining us for the ribbon cutting!