Green Dot Bystander Intervention at UNE

The Green Dot Bystander Initiative is a nationally recognized bystander awareness and intervention program that is demonstrating success at reducing violence in communities. It challenges communities to try new approaches to changing campus culture to help stop power-based personal violence on college campuses and many other communities.

A Green Dot is any behavior, choice, or action that promotes safety and communicates intolerance for violence — your individual choice at any given moment to make our campus safer. It is a training and programming strategy that provides tools for community members to be effective bystanders in an effort to help prevent gender violence.

The University of New England is excited to implement Green Dot on our campuses and provide opportunities for students, faculty, and professional staff to become empowered bystanders. 

Green Dot Events

GREEN DOT STUDENT BYSTanDER TRAINING 

  • The Office has Bystander Overview presentations (60–90 minutes long) that can be facilitated through Zoom or in person.
  • The Green Dot program offers full student bystander training for 3–5 hours. A minimum of 12 participants is required.

GREEN DOT EMPLOYEE BYSTANDER TRAINING 

  • The Office has Bystander Overview presentations (60–90 minutes) that can be facilitated through Zoom or in person.
  • The Green Dot program also offers full faculty and professional staff bystander training for 3 hours. A minimum of 12 participants is required.

Watch past events