This workshop will create a “lab” in which we practice skillful bystander/upstander responses. Drawing from recent events, we’ll work with scenarios of hate crimes, harassment and everyday bigotry. Each scenario will give us an opportunity to gauge our own capacities, strengthen our skills, and learn through practice. We’ll cover five different types of bystander responses, and spend most of the workshop exploring how to employ them in role play scenarios in a safe and welcoming learning environment. Facilitated by Elizabeth Ferguson and Ann-Ellice Parker.
Bystander/Upstander Workshop
Bystander/Upstander Workshop
Elizabeth Ferguson, Ph.D. Founder of Climate Compassion and social justice advocate who bridges communities to inspire creative system change. She is a facilitator and coach in the areas of resilience and wellbeing, with an emphasis on the power of embodied practice to ripple wellbeing throughout the web of life. She is part of a global effort to scale psycho-social wellbeing in response to the challenge of ecological disruption.

Sunday, October 29
1:00pm-3:00pm
Downtown Berkeley Library
Community Meeting Room, Berkeley Central Library (3rd Floor)
2090 Kittredge St. Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94704
Free - Please Register

