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[Shari Pergricht <>]

Thank you, Wade, for sending this to us.  I just had an opportunity to watch it.  Until I got to the last 2 minutes, I was cringing, anticipating all the opportunities for victim-blaming that I feared would come from students.  In the end, I felt relief and was pleased with the way appropriate bystander behavior was modeled here.  However, I think when I use it (and I plan to), I will most likely do some front-loading, before showing it.  Something like taking a poll “How many of you belief that a woman deserves to be raped (or is asking for it), if she gets wasted when she’s out at a bar or at a party”.  Assuming most will vote “no”, I would hope to circumvent some of that reaction and be able to focus on the bystander aspects of the video.

 

Just thought I would put that out there.

 

Shari Pergricht, Counselor, Professor

Harper College
Student Development I 117
1200 W.Algonquin Rd.
Palatine, Illinois 60067

(847) 925-6393

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.”  Albert Schweitzer

 

From: Felty, Wade P. [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:36 PM
To:
Subject: Bystander Intervention Video

 

First of all I’d like to thank everyone that sent me links and information about bystander intervention programs. I am still trying to get back to people individually to thank them.

 

Secondly, if anyone attended the SCOPE webinar today, it was excellent and well worth it. It generated a lot of good conversations

 

Thirdly, a colleague sent me this link to a video the New Zealand government published about Bystander Intervention at colleges and universities there. The basic theme is, there are many occasions leading up to a completed sexual assault, when numerous people in the survivor’s life could have intervened. It’s about 7 minutes long but very well done and I plan to show it at future programs here.

 

http://www.whoareyou.co.nz/

 

 

Wade

 

Wade Felty

Wade Felty

Office of Residence Life & Housing and Judicial Affairs

Randolph-Macon College

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