31 Days of Bystander InterventionBulletin board with 31 suggestions to help your residents be more effective active bystanders, brought to you by One Act

You can put all 31 up at once, or put one up each day to keep residents coming back

1Offer to watch your friends’ drinks at a party

2Talk to your friends about their intentions for the night while everyone is sober – do they want to hook up tonight?

3When you’re ready to go home, don’t let a friend stay at the party alone

4Offer to walk someone home if they’ve had too much to drink. Bring another person along so you have someone to walk with you later!

5Suggest an alternative activity, like getting food at a late-night place.

6Establish a relationship with someone – pretend to be someone they know from class, a club, or high school

7Spill a drugged drink – all over yourself, the floor, etc. And then ask people to help you clean up if needed!

8“Accidentally” turn on the lights if you see someone who looks uncomfortable on the dance floor

9Talk to your friends about what you see and make a plan to intervene together. All it takes to get the conversation started is a text saying, “does this situation seem weird to you?”

10Get the host/bouncer involved. These people have power over their guests and have the authority to kick people out

11Dance intervention! If someone looks uncomfortable on the dance floor, dance in between them and their dance partner to give them space to leave

12Tell someone their wallet or phone was found in the kitchen

13Tell someone their friend is sick in the bathroom and asking for them. Or tell your friend that YOU feel sick and need them.

14Photo op! Initiate a group photo to give someone space to get away

15Real talk – tell someone they are being creepy and should stop or leave the party (bring a friend if you’re intimidated)

16If the PJ has been spiked with a drug, call 911.

17Offer water, soda, or another alternative to alcohol.

18Strike up a conversation about anything! The weather or UNC sports are always up for grabs.

19Tweet about a sketchy party to keep others away

20Encourage people to avoid drinking anything with unknown contents. Only let your friends accept drinks which were poured in front of y’all and have not been left unattended at any time.

21Sometimes calling the cops or threatening to do so is the most effective thing – it might be a “party foul,” but it could save someone from sexual assault or rape

22Pretend to trip and bump into someone to insert yourself into the conversation.

23Call someone a cab and chat with them until the cab arrives. Don’t leave them alone.

24When it’s loud, get close to someone’s ear to ask “Are you okay with this” or “Do you want help?”

25Keep your friends in your sights. Don’t let them go to a private location with someone they just met when they are drunk and can’t consent.

26Turn on a popular group dance song and show off your moves!

27Find the person’s friends if you don’t know them, and make them aware of the situation.

28When you go out, go with a group of friends.  Arrive together, check in with each other throughout the evening, and leave together.

29Change the music to a song everyone can’t help but sing along to

30Ask someone to come with you to get a drink or say hi to one of their friends.

31Get One Act trained to learn more about bystander intervention and for more strategies like these!

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