Bystander Intervention Quotes

“Don’t be a witness. Be an activist.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Be an active bystander because sooner or later you or someone you love could be a victim too.”
― Shahla Khan, Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

“To listen to children dissect one another in public and respond with weak words is not helpful. Wait for an opportunity, catch the malefactors in the act, and then label their behavior for what it is: “That’s cruel.” If it continues, you may have to stop the car and declare, “I have to ask you to stop talking about Isabel that way. It is unbearably cruel and I cannot tolerate it.” Your child and your child’s classmates should know that you do not condone their horrible treatment of one another and will not collude silently with it.”
― Michael G. Thompson, Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children