Bystander / Upstander Content Topic Results

This page offers a variety of useful resources for enhancing neighborhood safety.

This report examines the fatalities that occurred in Arizona from January 1 – December 31, 2012, including intimate partner homicides, homicides perpetrated by family members, suicides related to incidents of domestic violence, and perpetrators killed by law enforcement when they respond to a domestic violence call.

This model policy outlines guidelines for workplace responses to victims/survivors of violence and perpetrators of violence.

This document provides suggestions on how to help someone who is experiencing dating abuse

ATASK’s teen dating violence for Asian youth curriculum encourages teens from Asian/Asian American communities to think about stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and its correlation with domestic violence. For a copy of the curriculum, please contact the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence at 617-338-2350.

The 5 Steps to Protecting Our Children is an introductory guide to help adults protect children from sexual abuse. Using an evidence-informed approach, these guidelines provide simple and practical actions you can take to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.

Bystanders can make a choice to actively and visibly take a stand against harassment when they see it. Hollaback's "5 D’s" (Direct, Distract, Delay, Delegate, Document) are different methods that bystanders can use to support someone who is being harassed, emphasize that harassment is not okay, and demonstrate to people in your life that they too have the power to make our communities and workplaces safer. 

This guide provides descriptions of state/local laws and legislative proposals explicitly covering employer prohibitions related to treatment of DV survivors in certain circumstances.

This brief notes that health care providers receive inadequate training on domestic violence prevention, identification, and response, and presents guidelines for students to organize fellow students and faculty to initiate policy change.

Promotores from the Entre Amigos group starred in the bilingual video "50 Messages 50 Faces" as part of their on-going campaign to challenge social norms that perpetuate violence against women.

This Playbook provides "teach-easy" tactics and teachable moments to illustrate ways coaches can role model and promote healthy choices and relationships among youth.

There are some smart, strategic solutions to the risks of domestic and sexual violence at work. This page offers four sections detailing ideas for strengthening an employer’s overall workplace violence prevention procedures to deal with domestic and sexual violence threats.