26 Ways to Be an Active Bystander
- Eat lunch with somebody new to the school
- Use judgment to de-escalate
- Use humor
- Use your moral courage
- Smile
- Use distraction
- Use kind body language
- Recruit allies
- Use a confident tone
- Don’t be complicit
- Speak up
- Break “the mask”
- Ask questions
- Observe from another person’s perspective
- Empathize with the target
- Empower the target
- Understand the consequences
- Don’t be a harm doer
- Give out hugs
- Include everyone
- Ask an authority figure for help
- Find out what’s going on with the harm doer
- Say a kind word
- Have a plan of action
- Let others see you taking responsibility
- Offer to help without judging or accusing
This list was produced by participants in the Hopkins Academy TAB Training for Trainers