Bystander Intervention Training

Learn how to be an active bystander to promote a safe environment on our campus!

As a result of this training, participants will:

• Develop skills for both direct and indirect intervention while keeping bystander's own safety in mind.
• Increase knowledge and awareness of scope and causes of sexual violence.
• Increase sense of responsibility for creating change in one's community related to sexual violence and commit to playing a role in decreasing sexual violence.
• Increase recognition of inappropriate behavior along the continuum of sexual and relationship violence and how to respond to it safely and appropriately.

UC utilizes the Green Dot curriculum for bystander intervention and violence prevention education. The Green Dot Strategy is an innovative evidence-based approach to violence prevention, specifically gender-based harassment and/or violence. Green Dot harnesses the power of individual choice to shift social norms, resulting in broad-based culture change. Green Dot is based on a wealth of interdisciplinary research including social change theory, diffusion of innovation, communication, marketing, and bystander intervention. 

Learn more about Green Dot @ UC here.