We Empower Bystanders to Action

• help them see that their silence makes aggressive students more powerful and contributes to the harm done to the target;
• model positive behavior for them through our own actions;
• protect them from retaliation;
• discourage them from confronting aggressive youth directly about their behavior in most situations, and instead, help them find a wide range of safer and more effective interventions to use;
• encourage them to tell adults about the cruel behavior they see;
• and help them find ways to reach out in friendship to targets of bullying and isolated peers.