No one has to do everything, but everyone has to do something.
Here at The University of Wyoming, we are committed to reducing and preventing power-based personal violence such as sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. Green Dot is a bystander intervention program to reduce these forms of violence with one thought; If everyone does one thing, no one will have to do everything.
A Green Dot is your choice at any moment to make campus safer by promoting safety
for everyone and letting others know that you will not tolerate violence. A Green
Dot is any behavior, choice, word or attitude that sends a clear message that:
1. Violence is not okay with you, and
2. Everyone is expected to do their part.
Picture Campus – Imagine that there were Red Dots for every single time an act of relationship and/or sexual violence occurred. Those Red Dots are individual moments that someone’s choice of words, actions or behaviors were used to hurt someone else. These Red Dots add up to unacceptable rates of violence on our campus. By performing Green Dots, you can change the norm. You send the message that everyone is expected to do their part to keep our campus safe by doing just one thing. What is that thing for you? Attending on-campus training can help you understand when and how to intervene in potentially violent moments.
Now picture all of those Red Dots on the campus map again. Imagine they were all covered with Green Dots – a single moment when someone made a choice to use their actions, behaviors, and words to stop or interrupt a Red Dot moment.
Examples of Red Dots:
Shaming, Humiliating or threatening an intimate partner
Stalking, following someone or repeatedly calling a person after they have made it clear that they do not want a relationship of any kind.
Any act that is an assertion of power, control and/or intimidation with the intent to harm another in any way.
Using drugs or alcohol as a weapon to sexually assault another person
Examples of Green Dots:
Asking if someone is okay if you feel or see something concerning.
Offering to be a safe ride home or walking them to SafeRide.
Letting restaurant staff, bar staff or campus staff know that something might be high-risk.
Causing a distraction to diffuse the situation.
Telling someone to “back-off."
Checking in with friends who are acting differently after starting a new relationship.
Posting on Social Media about violence prevention.
Encouraging others to attend a Green Dot overview speech or training.
Placing a Green Dot logo in your email signature with a statement like "Ask me about Green Dot!" to help spread the word.
Using one of our Green Dot Zoom backgrounds in virtual meetings to spark conversation.
Share our downloadable content to engage others.
Green Dot Overview Speeches and Student Bystander Trainings are offered by our Green Dot Instructors. Student trainings are approximately 3.5 hours and overviews can range from 30-60
minutes. Overviews are provided to students and employees. All of our sessions are
done for this school year but check back in the fall for our next sessions!
Don't see a session that works with your schedule? We will add dates as sessions fill up, so check back regularly!
Would you like to request an Overview for your campus unit or department? Please fill out our request form, and we will be in touch with you soon!
Are you an Undergraduate student wanting to get trained? Send us an email for more information Greendot@uwyo.edu.
This FAQ Section offers some great resources for the Green Dot Bystander Inetrvention Program. This is a limited list of resources related to the Green Dot Program. For a full list of resources and workshops provided by the Violence Prevention Center, visit the Violence Prevention Website.
This interactive training uses a nationally recognized bystander intervention model called “Green Dot.” Participants will learn about power based personal violence, barriers to intervention, and the “3 Ds” of bystander intervention. Using interactive and individualized scenarios, participants will leave feeling empowered to be an active bystander. The University of Wyoming has adopted this program as our signature training focused on ending sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus. To date, we have trained more than 1,200 students, faculty, and staff Green Dot.
The learning outcomes are:
In this “scaled down” version of the Green Dot training, participants engage in a preview of the bystander program that includes an introduction to bystander intervention strategies. The biggest difference between the overview and the full training is less interactive role playing and scenario exercises.
The learning outcomes are:
This presentation will introduce University of Wyoming faculty and Staff to the Green Dot Bystander Intervention program. Participant Will receive an overview of power based personal violence, barriers To intervention, and the 3 Ds of bystander intervention.
The learning outcomes are:
These interactive “booster” sessions serve as a refresher to those that have already been through the Green Dot training. They can take many different versions that can include basic review or even in the form of “Green Dot Trivia.” It is also important to periodically review the material so that it stays fresh in our minds.
The learning outcomes are:
