Tickets for this workshop are available by donation. Our suggested donation for the workshop is £5. ALL PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES WILL BE DONATED to Women’s Aid and Women for Afghan Women.
A workshop focussing on active bystander interventions in situations where we as men witness women being bullied, harassed or assaulted.
SUMMARY:
This workshop is curated for the 2021 virtual conference engage: masculinity. patriarchy. feminism. and will be run by Chris Green (founder of White Ribbon UK and co-founder of the Engage Conference)
We are all bystanders. At some point we will notice someone being bullied, verbally abused, harassed or even (sexually) assaulted. When this happens, we should decide to do or say something, and become an active bystander.
This workshop will start with an introduction to some existing bystander work, targeting men as active bystanders in situations where women are being bullied, sexualised, harassed or assaulted. We will then move on to consider what we have ever done to be one of those active bystanders, as this can give support to all of us to do more. We will ask how we can all do more ourselves, and how we can encourage other men to do more too.
The workshop will result in some simple, concrete actions for us to undertake as active bystanders and suggest to take one of these actions within a week of the workshop.
