Violence Prevention Education
PARC's team of Violence Prevention Educators and professional staff work together to engage the campus community in a variety of conversations to help stop and prevent violence. Much of this education focuses around Bystander Intervention, which is a primary prevention strategy which encourages a community response to instances of potential or actualized harm, learning to ask ourselves what we can do in a moment to intervene safely to change situations that could escalate to violence.
Currently, we offer a few different versions of Bystander Training designed to build skills over time. We also offer a few other trainings on related topics. PARC is always excited to collaborate with you to create a custom training for your needs, too! Below you can explore the trainings we offer, sign up for an open training, and/or request a training.
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Our flagship program, this training discusses the roots of violence and unpacks the 5 D Framework:
- Direct
- Distract
- Distance
- Delegate
- Document
This training focuses on strategies for supporting someone if they tell you they've experienced violence. We will discuss how to reject harmful victim-blaming myths as well as information and techniques for connecting them to appropriate resources. "Supporting Those Impacted by Violence" can be customized for your group, whether you are student leaders, TAs, faculty, or staff, we want this training to address your needs and situations.
We recommend this training for anyone in a position where others look up to them, personally or professionally.
*This training can also be offered in collaboration with the Office of Equal Opportunity to cover more detail about policies and reporting requirements.
Our newest Bystander Training delves deeper into the roots of violence, especially sexual and relationship violence. We will discuss how microaggressions, jokes, and other covert instances of violence support the ongoing cycle of all violence. Together we will explore sample scenarios and brainstorm strategies for intervening at all levels of violence.
How might intervening be different after you leave Brandeis? What options for reporting exist when you are no longer on campus? This training addresses issues of violence and harassment off campus, discussing issues of power dynamics, laws, and much more, with an extra emphasis on non-physical types of violence, such as sexual harassment.
This training is ideal for seniors and graduate students, and can also be customized for faculty and staff interested in talking in more detail about sexual harassment in the workplace.
If you have any questions or would like additional information about any of our trainings, please email Tanashya Batra, Coordinator of Education and Training.
Other Training Around Violence Prevention
- Incoming first year students are required to complete an online training related to violence prevention and understanding substance use before arriving on campus. Students will receive email communication about this training, Sex, Substances, and "Speaking Up" in the month prior to their start date.
- Undergraduate new student orientation features brief presentations from the PARC and the Office of Equal Opportunity before a performance from Speak About It. Speak About It's hour-long piece features information about consent, healthy relationships, dating violence, sexual assault, and bystander intervention.
- The Office of Equal Opportunity provides information at New Employee Orientation and New Faculty Orientation, as well as a workshop for employees on Title IX, Title VII, ADA, and more.
- Our friends in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion offer incredible trainings as well! Topics include Implicit Bias, the Multicultural Conflict & Communication Framework, and Multisystemic Privilege & Oppression. Contact them to learn more.
Staff and faculty interested in training from PARC are encouraged to explore the training topics listed above-- all PARC trainings are available in versions adapted for faculty and/or staff. Customized trainings are always available by request, too! Contact Sarah J. Berg to learn more or make a request.