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We need your help to reduce power-based violence at UMBC

Families are invited to join us for an in-person Bystander Intervention Training through our UMBC Greendot program. The training is scheduled for Friday, April 28, 2023,  1 - 5 PM. 

Bystander intervention training plays a key role as part of a comprehensive strategy to permanently reduce rates of violence and mobilize and empower all members of a given community. Through bystander intervention training, the Green Dot program engages witnesses to interrupt situations that are imminently or potentially high risk for violence, increases self-efficacy, and provides skill-building and specific strategies to increase the likelihood that trained individuals will actually intervene. By expanding the role of bystanders beyond reactive, the Green Dot program trains participants to engage in proactive behaviors that model and endorse norms that are incompatible with violence. The ultimate goal is not simply to react to potential violence as it is occurring, but rather to simultaneously shift community norms that support the violence that is occurring. Visit Greendot Website for more information.

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