The American Friends Service Committee held an online bystander intervention training webinar on Nov. 16, 2017, and recently posted a recording of the entire training online. The full video is 80 minutes. From the AFSC training page:
Watch a recording of our Nov. 16th "Bystander Intervention"
webinar. Learn how to intervene in public instances of racist,
anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Trans, and other forms of oppressive
interpersonal violence and harassment.
We'll explore "do's and don'ts" of bystander intervention and
consider scenarios and how to respond effectively taking the lead from
the person being harassed. Learn not only how to intervene on the
streets, but how to teach and train others on these methods.
Presented by Lucy Duncan, AFSC director of Friends Relations. This webinar is part of our Sanctuary Everywhere Live! webinar series.
AFSC's page also has the slide deck used during the training. Here's the link to the webinar landing page: www.afsc.org/video/webinar-recording-bystander-intervention-training
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Friday, November 3, 2017
Bystander Intervention training included in new Sexual Assault Training for International Students
Extracted from the press release. Here's a link to the web page where schools can order the training program.
International Student Insurance (ISI) is proud to announce the release of its multi-media sexual assault training program for schools in the USA. ISI partnered with the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization to develop this engaging training session on sexual assault awareness for international students. This free resource includes discussions about consent, bystander intervention, staying safe, what to do in the event of an incident, and protections from both law enforcement and their school. [...]
International Student Insurance and RAINN Announce Sexual Assault Training Program for International Students
Sunday, October 15, 2017
SPLC on Campus releases "A Guide to Bystander Intervention"
The Southern Poverty Law Center's "SPLC on Campus" initiative has released a new Guide to Bystander Intervention, available directly online as a web page and as a 12-page downloadable PDF. The guide's acknowledgments section credits anti-harassment organization Hollaback! for earlier drafts. The guide focuses on the "5 D's" of Direct, Distract, Delegate, Delay, and Document, which is a broader set of choices than some bystander intervention trainings that place the emphasis on ignoring the harasser and interacting only with the target.
From the guide's introduction:
It’s understandable that people can feel immobilized and afraid when faced with these situations. There’s no need, however, to feel helpless. We can all find a way to safely take action that makes a difference. This guide provides those steps. It also examines how to prepare before you encounter such situations. As this guide makes clear, a little preparation can help you find a way to let someone know they are not alone and public harassment will not be tolerated.
From the guide's introduction:
It’s understandable that people can feel immobilized and afraid when faced with these situations. There’s no need, however, to feel helpless. We can all find a way to safely take action that makes a difference. This guide provides those steps. It also examines how to prepare before you encounter such situations. As this guide makes clear, a little preparation can help you find a way to let someone know they are not alone and public harassment will not be tolerated.
Saturday, July 22, 2017
From NPR: Boston Launches Anti-Islamophobia Poster Campaign
The city of Boston is using the well-known illustrated one-pager by Maeril in an anti-Islamophobia poster campaign. Extracted from the full NPR article published on July 18, 2017:
The city of Boston is launching a poster campaign to fight Islamophobia by encouraging bystanders to intervene, in a nonconfrontational way, if they witness anti-Muslim harassment.
Starting Monday, the city began installing 50 posters around the city with advice on what to do if you see Islamophobic behavior. The posters recommend sitting by a victim of harassment and talking with them about a neutral subject while ignoring the harasser.
Below is the customized (and slightly simplified) version of the original Maeril graphic that the city is using. Click it to enlarge.
The city of Boston is launching a poster campaign to fight Islamophobia by encouraging bystanders to intervene, in a nonconfrontational way, if they witness anti-Muslim harassment.
Starting Monday, the city began installing 50 posters around the city with advice on what to do if you see Islamophobic behavior. The posters recommend sitting by a victim of harassment and talking with them about a neutral subject while ignoring the harasser.
Below is the customized (and slightly simplified) version of the original Maeril graphic that the city is using. Click it to enlarge.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Welcome to the Bystander Intervention blog
Bystander Intervention is a family of easy-to-use, nonviolent principles and tactics that anyone can use to de-escalate incidents of hate speech and harassment, particularly incidents in which a member of a minority community is targeted in a public space.
We can think of bystander intervention as a basic set of skills that everyone should learn, just as we all learn how to tie our shoes or drive a car.
This lightweight blog is the sister site to the Bystander Intervention Resources pages. Together, the resources pages and the blog form a collection of information and pointers to US-based training in, and resources related to Bystander Intervention.
We can think of bystander intervention as a basic set of skills that everyone should learn, just as we all learn how to tie our shoes or drive a car.
This lightweight blog is the sister site to the Bystander Intervention Resources pages. Together, the resources pages and the blog form a collection of information and pointers to US-based training in, and resources related to Bystander Intervention.
Individual resource pages:
- Bystander intervention FAQ
If you'd like to direct people to this blog, note the hyphen in the name:
bystander-intervention.blogspot.com
If your organization is US-based and offers Bystander Intervention training, be sure to fill out our lightweight web form to get your organization added to our public database of trainers.
If you'd like to direct people to this blog, note the hyphen in the name:
bystander-intervention.blogspot.com
If your organization is US-based and offers Bystander Intervention training, be sure to fill out our lightweight web form to get your organization added to our public database of trainers.
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