Using Your Superpowers:
How to Be an Upstander Against Xenophobia & Anti-Blackness
This training teaches young people an array of interpersonal tools to identify and disrupt instances of xenophobia and anti-Blackness. It will cover safe intervention strategies and focus on how to center the needs of the person(s) being targeted.
Participants learn:
-The difference between being a bystander and an Upstander
-The definitions of xenophobia and anti-Blackness
-The role of media and social media in promoting prejudice
-Active bystander intervention strategies
-Aftercare