Dartmouth Bystander Initiative

DBI programs and workshops help individuals build a skillset to take action when facing potential moments of harm and allow opportunities to create proactive moments of actions. Program participants will connect with their role as a bystander, learn to recognize concerning behaviors, identify personal and social barriers that make it difficult to intervene, work with others to form intervention strategies that accommodate various scenarios and individual strengths, and walk away with proactive ways to build a safer community.All first-year students were introduced to DBI at Orientation and then had follow-up discussions during a floor meeting with their Undergraduate Advisors (UGA).Because if it were me, I'd like to have someone intervene. We are a family and family takes care of their own. —Dartmouth Student, September 2015