You’ve Got the Power!
Bystander intervention training empowers you to help others in difficult situations and make your community safe and inclusive for all!
The only necessary condition for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.
Through the highly effective bystander intervention method, we empower good people with the knowledge and skills to speak up and stand up for the rights of others in difficult situations.
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Training
Organize an inspiring, engaging and effective training session customized for your group and conveniently delivered on-site or virtually.
Speaking
Our expert facilitators are available for keynote speeches, educational presentations, targeted discussions, forums, panels and special events.
Consultation
Partner with us for expert guidance and customized support achieving your organization’s goals for safety and inclusivity.
Our Facilitators
Our facilitators each have hundreds of hours of prevention education training and utilize highly effective, engaging methods of teaching and conversation facilitation to ensure participants understand how to create and maintain safe and inclusive communities.
Programs are developed by liftUPlift Co-Founders, Corielle Heath Laaspere and Rachel Borg. Corielle holds degrees in Psychology and Social Psychology from Lehigh University, while Rachel earned her Psychology degree from Ball State University. They have trained over 10,000 bystander intervention allies over the last 15-years, in partnership with the United Nations and as a special envoy of the US State Department.
FAQs
What is Bystander Intervention?
The concept of bystander intervention is simple: People helping people in difficult situations. However, intervention can be tricky in practice. Our trainings equip participants with knowledge and skills to recognize early warning signs and effectively speak up and step in to help others.
What is covered during the trainings?
Recognizing subtle early warning signs
What to do and say to safely and effectively intervene
How to be an empathetic and supportive ally to those affected
Why do these trainings work?
Instead of focusing on what not to do, Bystander intervention training shifts the focus to teaching people how to help in an uncomfortable situation. This discourages victim blaming and offers everyone a chance to create positive social norms.
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