Bystander intervention refers to taking active steps to intervene, mitigate or prevent harassment of any form. Individuals who are considering taking steps to intervene must weigh a number of factors before deciding to take action, utmost among these concerns is the safety of the subject of the harassment and the bystander's safety. If direct intervention is not advisable, then consider strategies for indirect intervention. The resources below provide detailed information on strategies for safe and effective intervention.

• Bystander Intervention - The Five Stages, (Darley and Latane, 1968) posted by Princeton University
• Developing Skills to Intervene, Princeton University 
• Your Role in Preventing Sexual Assault, by RAINN 
• Bystander Intervention Resources, National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• Workplace Civility and Bystander Intervention Training
• In the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment 
• In the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

APSA Bystander Intervention Training Sessions at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting. 

 Virtual Sessions

Date/Time:

• Session I: Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 10:00am - 11:30am PDT
• Session II: Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Location: Virtual Sessions Only

Description: In keeping with the APSA Anti-harassment Policy for annual meetings, conferences and workshops, APSA expects meeting attendees to be able to enjoy a safe, professional meeting environment in which they can engage in their professional and scholarly pursuits, free from harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any form. To that end, APSA will provide this training to provide strategies and examples of how meeting attendees can help ensure that we maintain a culture of respect and professionalism, where the free exchange of ideas is able to flourish.  

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