an upstander .
but to be an upstander .
I am an Upstander .
and the upstanders , those who have the courage to stand up to do something to help.
Would I have been an upstander , or somebody who helped?
And we even have a wonderful Upstander frame for your social media if you want to pledge.
Join us by becoming an Upstander and sharing your anti-bullying success stories with the hashtag #Day1.
TylerClementi.org and pledge to be an Upstander .
We feature stories of individuals who are upstanders , who have used their strengths to make
was our Turning Bystanders into Upstanders campaign.
So here's a story about an excellent upstander .
It's really important to remember that the idea of an upstander is to stand up to injustice.
and the other person who we call an upstander , who had the courage to help them and to hide him, to ensure that he would survive the war.
Tell us why you can't be an Upstander .
Because I think I have a roomful of Upstanders here.
It is really important, as an upstander , not to fall into the role of knight
We're trying to reach out and get a million people to sign our Upstander Pledge, which is on our website, by the way, www.TylerClementi.org.
Anyone who hears it then signs a pledge card committing themselves to being an Upstander , someone who works to stop bullying by intervening or reporting
I wish I could tell you all of the 18 incredible stories of upstanders that we feature there, and I'm sure you know your own stories
But you talked about a bunch of things that actually get in the way of being an upstander , and I want to hear about that.
And right now, we are in the middle of the Million Upstander Movement.
It focuses on what is not there rather than what can be and can be nourished by all the upstanders .
And so Werner helps us think about that question of how do each of us become upstanders , and we move into--
So this shows the story of Eduard, who is one of the upstanders during the genocide.
to fix, but also how to reimagine and innovate in democratic spaces, and to increase the upstander
Lots of stories that help distinguish between the two, and lots of different thoughts about how to respond to each, whether you are the upstander , whether you
Yeah, let's talk a little bit about this word, "upstander ."
And we always ask our visitors, and so I'll ask you, to think about how are you going to use your strengths to be an upstander ?
We do have a wonderful event that comes up every fall, October 23, our Upstander Legacy Celebration.
And we can, if we do that, I believe impact our families, our organizations, our neighborhoods, communities, and cultures as upstanders .
But I also want to hear, what do you think people need to do to behave as upstanders ?
I think there are a lot of things that leaders can do, and there are a lot of things that upstanders can do.
And we think about, again, this question of how can we be upstanders today?
So we really want to make sure everyone knows that it's important to change culture, that we need as many Upstanders as we have.
And also, one of our other initiatives at the current moment is, we believe our political leaders should also be Upstanders and should make sure that they take our pledge.
And I think it's something that's starting to get a lot more attention now with conversations about how do we help children be upstanders