Welcoming Week Sioux Falls 2021 — Bystander to Upstander Intervention Training (One Book Siouxland Event)

What can a person do when they hear or observe another person being treated with disrespect, and even potential violence? This is what those on Flight 93 had to consider when they made their brave actions on 9/11. While our everyday experience isn’t this extreme, everyone one of us encounters acts of disrespect, hate and racism toward others and ourselves. If there is anything that we’ve learned from 9/11 and this past year, we cannot be Bystanders to these kinds of incidents. The Bystander to Upstander Intervention training is a 60-minute introduction to ways to respond to these kinds of unfortunate incidents that concerned bystanders need to know how to respond in safe and impactful ways, whether that is in the workplace, a public space or in their own home.