#active-bystander — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #active-bystander, aggregated by home.social.
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She Saw Her Racist Father Beat A Black Man And Chose Anti-Racist Solidarity Over Inherited Hate
Brittani Mazzone recalls her racist father beating a Black man and explains how that trauma pushed her to reject hate, choose allyship, and stand for justice.
#ActiveAllyship #ActiveBystander #Antiracism #AntiracistEducation #BlackLives #BreakingGenerationalCycles #BrittaniMazzone #ChildhoodTrauma #CivilRights #CommunitySolidarity #ConfrontingHate #empathy #EndingRacism #FamilyRacism #InterracialSolidarity #MoralCourage #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #RacialJustice #RacialViolence #racism #socialJustice #systemicRacism #WhiteAllyship #whitePrivilege https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p72 -
#GirlsFightBack - College, K-12, Private groups, Advocates, Conferences, & More
"The Girls Fight Back seminar is designed to be a safe space for #women, #femme, and #girls including #cis, #trans, #nonbinary, and #GenderNonConforming individuals, to learn about verbal and physical #SelfDefense strategies. This program is great for colleges, sororities, high schools and other all women+ groups who want to learn skills to be their own best protector. We combine core values, a fun and empowering attitude, and the best safety and self-defense methods available. You are worth fighting for!"
The program is 75 minutes + Q&A and includes these key components:- Using your intuition
- Foundations of safety
- Recognizing tools of manipulation
- How to be an active bystander and a supportive ally
- The definition of consent
- How to support a survivor
- How to set boundaries that work for you
- Verbal de-escalation skills [NOT my strong point]
- The basics of physical self-defense in our Badass Basics
- Plus a review of improvised weapons, ground fighting, and how to sign up for a full-contact adrenaline based self-defense course near you!
Programs available In Person, Virtually, or Hybrid [I saw that there are virtual one-on-one sessions for $99. There also could be programs in your area. If you can't afford a session, there are some good resources on the website.]
FMI:
https://www.girlsfightback.com/programs#ToxicMasculinity #SelfDefense #SafetyInNumbers #FightBack #ActiveBystander #GulabiGangs
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A prof (who I don't work with) was talking smack about a former masters student who I consider a friend, and I may have just told him he was being rude to his face and stormed out of the room. #activebystander #deepbreaths