Find Your Role
Find Your Role: Bystander Intervention
Strategies to Prevent Sexual Violence on Campus
Preparing the campus community to be effective bystanders is an evidence-based strategy to prevent sexual and relationship violence on college campuses.
While most students are motivated to intervene when they witness something harmful, they may encounter barriers that make it more difficult, such as a fear that their peers won’t support their decision to intervene. Practicing intervention skills and having conversations with friends about bystander values make it easier for all of us to step in and make a difference.
“Find Your Role” provides the campus community with actionable tools and tips for intervening to prevent harm.
Ready to find your role? Follow the steps below.
Did you know?
Most students (90%) want other people to intervene if it looks like they’re crossing someone else’s boundaries.
U Got This! Evaluation, Fall 2024
Step 1: Find Your Role
This 10-question personality-style quiz is designed to help you explore and apply your unique strengths to prevent sexual and relationship violence on campus.
At the end of the quiz, you will receive actionable tips and resources related to your role. You’ll also receive a follow-up email with sample intervention language and links to explore key campus resources.
Step 2: Apply Your Role
Use your role to explore four real-world scenarios where warning signs for sexual and relationship violence may be apparent. Whether you’re the Director, Magician, Teammate, or Guide, you can make a difference in how the story unfolds.
Step 3: Continue Learning
Take the ActWIse violence prevention online program.
All undergraduate students are enrolled in the GetWIse Canvas course, where they can take the ActWIse program at any time during the academic year.
Graduate/professional students, staff, and faculty can access a demo of the ActWIse course by emailing violenceprevention@uhs.wisc.edu.
