Gender based violence and sexual violence are tools for oppression, power and control. In this workshop participants discuss the wide ranging impacts within our communities. Participants in this interactive workshop learn to apply active bystander intervention strategies to disrupt real life scenarios of gender based violence and sexual violence. Participants discuss consent and how we can create a culture where folks respect people’s boundaries, and offer concrete tools to intervene and prevent gender based violence and sexual violence in everyday life - from the subway, to the sidewalk.

Participants learn:

-Definitions of consent

-3 stages of boundary setting

-Active bystander intervention strategies

-An accountability framework

-Aftercare