Activating Our Campus 2017 Breakout Sessions View Other Sessions

We all want to be proactive bystanders, those who step up and into harmful and oppressive situations. We assume that with the 4 D's to bystander intervention (Direct, Distract, Delegate, and Delay) in our toolkits that nothing will stop us! But what do we do in those situations that still have us hesitating to step in? Our privilege, power, and oppression impact our comfort with and ability to intervene in all kinds of problematic situations. What identities do we have in common with the people involved? What identities are different? How does this help us or defer us from intervening? In this breakout session, we plan to unpack the role that identity and intersectionality plays in bystander intervention and work in collaboration to brainstorm ways we can address barriers to intervening.