The Bystander Empowerment workshops give people a safe space to explore their own fears and gives them the tools to take a stand. "It's one thing to speak up when you see a stranger committing an act ...

In 2010, the same year he became principal of J. M. Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas Aberli agreed to let his students take part in something called Green Dot. The program uses a ...

When a student is sexually assaulted on campus, whether it happens at a party, a dorm or a fraternity house, a common question asked is where were the victim’s classmates, friends or other bystanders ...

New Yorkers were horrified last week when a man assaulted a 65-year-old Filipino woman outside a Hell’s Kitchen apartment building, kicking her repeatedly in the head as police say he shouted ...

The opposite of a hero isn’t always a villain. The opposite of a hero can be a bystander. The Volkswagen emissions scandal, the Takata airbag revelations and the Flint water crisis—the subject of this ...

It’s tough to understand why anyone would get all mouthed-up with Fatima Sheikh, 20, of Redmond, a junior majoring in education at the University of Washington, one of three kids in the family, dad a ...

One important issue that must be addressed when a healthcare facility is training to respond to active shooters is medical care that can be provided by bystanders, be they clinicians or non-medical ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Marita Etcubañez of Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Dax Valdes of Hollaback! about the bystander intervention training they have been running this past year. Police ...

>> WE AL KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOOD PEOPL AND WE ARE TRYING TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND EQUAL THEM TO ENGAGE AND ACT ON THAT. VANESSA: PEOPLE PACKED A BAG STANDING TRAINING LED BY CASA AT A CHURCH IN ...

The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation, against a bully, or during an assault or other crime. The greater the ...