We all want to help when we see someone in trouble, but how can we increase the likelihood that we actually do?
REACTIVE GREEN DOTS: BEING AN ACTIVE BYSTANDER AND INTERVENING IN SITUATIONS OF VIOLENCE
Don’t forget your 3 D’s:
- Direct.
- Distract. Watch this creative example of a Distract!
- Delegate.
PROACTIVE GREEN DOTS: ESTABLISHING NEW NORMS
- Wear and sport Green Dot swag and stickers–backpack, jacket, laptop, water bottle.
- Find ways to bring Green Dot into your clubs, classes, or residence hall.
- Hang up a Green Dot poster.
- Add Green Dot to your email signature or social media bio. For example:
- Ask me about Green Dot!
- No one has to do everything. Everyone has to do something. What’s your Green Dot?
About Green Dot: Green Dot is an interpersonal violence prevention and bystander intervention training program. Green Dot provides opportunities for skill building to intervene in situations at high-risk for violence. Participants are also trained to engage in proactive behaviors and shift campus norms to be incompatible with violence. Learn more about Green Dot.