Stand-up Carolina

"Stand-Up Carolina" is the Bystander Accountability initiative through the Office of Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention & Prevention (SAVIP). Bystander accountability is used to train students to take action to prevent sexual and interpersonal violence. The presentation will offer ideas, suggestions, and examples of how individuals can be effective bystanders and demonstrate how accountability can be integrated with the Carolinian Creed to help students understand how to be a bystander who is accountable for their fellow Carolinians at all times. This presentation is led by a SAVIP professional staff member.

Learning Outcomes

The Stand-Up Carolina presentation supports University 101 learning outcomes:

II. Help Students Discover and Connect With the University of South Carolina
a. Identify appropriate campus resources and opportunities that contribute to their educational experience, goals, and campus engagement
Increase awareness as well as knowledge of resources available to the students, faculty and staff as it relates to interpersonal violence and sexual assault

b. Develop and apply skills that contribute to building positive relationships with peers, faculty, and staff.
Inform participants of the techniques and skills in order to be accountable bystanders.

III. . Help Students Discover and Connect With the University of South Carolina
c. Describe and demonstrate principles of responsible citizenship within and beyond the campus community.
Cultivate an environment where participants are active mentors and personally involved in exemplifying the Carolina Creed along with the awareness and knowledge to be accountable bystanders beyond the University of South Carolina and the Columbia community.

As a result of attending this presentation students will:

• Be able to define Interpersonal Violence
• Understand what a bystander is
• Understand the negative impact of bystander apathy on a college campus
• Learn how to intervene and identify signs
• Be more aware of situations that are high risk and cause negative consequences to their peers and the campus as a whole
• Learn how to protect themselves
• Learn strategies to change negative behaviors
• Gain knowledge of common reasons why people don't intervene
• Understand the University's policy for sexual assault and consent

Presentation Outline

Step 1 in bystander accountability- Understanding what is a bystander

• Icebreaker: Survivor-Have students respond to: If you were stranded on a deserted island and in need of assistance, which three people would you want with you? Explain Why? Each participant must introduce themselves and share with the class their choices.
• Presenter will begin to provide the example
• Describe and discuss the Kitty Genovese story and the 2005 California Story (Video of 911 call)
• Have students provide feedback to the actual call
• Have students identify the actions of the accountable bystander

Step 2 in bystander accountability - Recognize interpersonal violence

• Ask students to list actions that constitute interpersonal violence
• Show power point list of actions that constitute interpersonal violence
• Show students the national, state and local statistics on interpersonal violence
  • Numbers affected
    
  • Days of the week, time most crime reported
    
  • Who it affects
    

  • What does this mean to you

• University's Policy for Sexual Assault and Consent
  
• Show/Discuss with class the university's policy regarding sexual assault and consent
  
• Show 10 minute parody on consent
  
• Allow students to give feedback from the parody
  
• Discuss SC law regarding consent

Step 3 in bystander accountability- Understanding the bystander, identifying risks determining interpersonal violence

• How to intervene or discourage situations
  
• Identifying perpetrator traits
  
• Defining a bystander
  
• Determining Sexual Violence
  • Continuum of Risk
    
  • Green, yellow, & red cards
    
  • Situations will be read to the class, and students will hold up one of three cards, indicating how high risk a situation is and if someone needs to intervene
    

  • Discussion will follow reflecting on why someone should or should not intervene

• What prevents bystanders from intervening
  • Have students break out into groups and come up with reasons why it is hard to step in and help in these high-risk situations
    
  • Discuss as a large group
    
  • Re-enforce with power point
  • Review with class options for intervening-accompany with power point

Step 4 in bystander accountability - Have the necessary skills to intervene (Stand Up)

• How do I intervene? (Stand Up)
  
• Discuss methods of intervening- Direct, Delegate, Distract, Questioning
  
• Provide examples high-risk situations
  • One-track Mind
    
  • Sneak Attack
    
  • The Blitz
    
  • Party Scene
• Have students break into groups and assign each group a method then have them decide how they would intervene-Interactive Scenario given to each group
• Resources
  
• Summarize

Step 5 in bystander accountability-Stand Up Carolina!

• Stand Up Carolina motto
Presentation Length
50 minutes or 75 minutes