Teaching bystanders to intervene | Jennifer McCary | TEDxGettysburgCollege

Jennifer McCary of Gettysburg College talks about encouraging bystander intervention to prevent violence. Civility, she argues, is an essential decision that must be taken proactively in order to make our communities into safer and happier places.
Jennifer McCary is the Associate Dean for Violence Prevention and Resolution, Title IX Coordinator, and Interim Director of the Women's Center here at Gettysburg College. Jennifer joined the Gettysburg community in June, 2011 as the Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities. In her former role, Jennifer oversaw the conduct system and began her work within the Learning for Social Justice Curriculum that she is still closely connected to. Jennifer is originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio and has been living in the Baltimore area since 2009. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education & Stone Sculpture from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Arts degree also from Bowling Green State University in College Student Personal. While she served as the Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Jennifer created a bystander intervention workshop entitled “Civility and Bystander Intervention: A Solution to Injustice,” which runs twice a semester. The progra
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[@mellamell7441]

I would have like to have heard a little more about strategies to mitigate the consequences of involvement. This is what keeps most bystanders from acting.

[@debraellis1402]

Amazing!! loved the visual aids. Very inspiring, I would have loved to seen this in person, I shared it with my children . Great talk to have and start with while they are pre and young adults. To help make the world a better place. Thank you .

[@marshacreary2442]

The visual aides definitely contribute to the lecture

[@marshacreary2442]

Great Points!

[@jagtarsingh2139]

Excellent talk

[@kevin.afton_]

What do you have to win and what do you have to lose if you intervene?

[@jennifertenorio4058]

So well done!!

[@marshacreary2442]

If you have intervened in the past and received consequences each time you intervened(physically, emotionally, financially etc) then it is less likely that you will continue to do so. Things are incentivized inappropriately

[@marshacreary2442]

Accurate

[@brianfitzgerald6197]

thought provoking

[@bradwelljackson6385]

What she had to say was important, no, *beyond* important; however, it sure looked like she was in a rush.

[@MidwestOpticsSolutions]

She twisted and misinterpreted her explanation of the Golden Rule all in the same sentence. She quoted it and then gave another explanation of what it says.

[@birdiespeaks8538]

This was pointless-people need to learn ways HOW to intervene SAFELY. Often times not knowing what what to do is what keeps people from intervening.