For many years, Yale College first years and sophomores have participated in bystander intervention training. The 90-minute workshops, led by the CCEs, have been very well-received: in surveys and conversations, students say they are using the strategies they developed in the workshop, and they are pleased by the impact on themselves and their communities. The bystander intervention workshop draws on community-focused bystander intervention research, teaching concrete intervention skills and encouraging all students to make safe, low-level interventions when they encounter troubling sexual or romantic dynamics. The ultimate goal is to make sexual misconduct less likely and build a more supportive community on campus.

Bystander Intervention workshops will be held on January 28 and January 29. Please register for a workshop by 5PM on Thursday, January 26. All the workshop times, locations, and CCE facilitators are available here, where you can register for a workshop. Please contact gcc@yale.edu with any questions.

As always, there is also the option to have an individual conversation if you are concerned about discussing sexual misconduct in a group setting. Simply write to Eilaf Elmileik, Interim Director of OGCC, at eilaf.elmileik@yale.edu; you do not need to share any personal information.