Empowering Bystanders

We empower bystanders to take action when we:

• help them see that their silence makes the bully more powerful and contributes to the harm done to the target
   
• show them what to do by consistent adult interventions to stop bullying
   
• protect them from retaliation
   
• help them see when telling the bully to stop is safe and teaching them effective ways to do this
   
• encourage them to tell adults about the bullying they see
   
• and teach them to reach out in friendship to targets of bullying and isolated peers