Co-sponsored by: CORE Investments, Monarch Services, Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center, and United Way and the Santa Cruz County Youth Action Network.

Presented by: Presented by Bianca Carbajal (She/Her), Right To Be

Interpreter: Stella Lauerman

Language: English, with simultaneous Spanish interpretation

Have you ever been out in public — running errands, playing at the beach, walking to class, or hanging out with friends — and witnessed someone being harassed or threatened because of their gender (or been the target yourself) …but didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to make things worse? Depending on the situation, it can feel overwhelming and scary to intervene in some way, no matter how much we want to. Fortunately, there are safe, practical things we can do in these situations.

Join us on for a FREE bilingual community training on Bystander Intervention to Address Gender-based Street Harassment, presented by Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!). 

During this training you’ll learn a clear, adaptable, and expert-approved set of tools that have been proven to reduce the prevalence of street harassment: Right To Be’s 5Ds of bystander intervention.

We’ll start by deepening our understanding of street harassment and its impact. Then, we’ll talk through five strategies for intervention: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, and Direct; and how to prioritize your own safety while intervening.

We’ll also talk about what to do if you’re worried the violence will turn on you and how to avoid escalating the situation. Then, we’ll talk about what to do if you experience harassment and give you tools to safely get your power back. We’ll have time at the end for practice. Exit polls show 98.8% of attendees leave the training feeling like there is at least one thing they can do the next time they witness harassment.

This is a live event only and will not be recorded.

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This training is hosted during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month by the CORE Institute for Innovation and Impact, the learning hub for the countywide Collective of Results and Evidence-based (CORE) Investments initiative, and is co-sponsored by Monarch Services, Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center, and United Way and the Santa Cruz County Youth Action Network.

Funding support is generously provided by the City of Santa Cruz Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW).