Active BarStander is a 2-hour training that provides bystander intervention education to local bar and restaurant staff in East Lansing, Michigan. This is a free training in which staff learn about gender-based violence, how to recognize and identify signs of potentially harmful behaviors, and how to actively engage in bystander intervention in order to create a safer bar and restaurant environment for all.

Bars and restaurants that undergo this training become Certified Active BarStander venues, get featured on this page, and receive signage to promote this status.

CERTIFIED ACTIVE BARSTANDER VENUES

Want to support bars and restaurants dedicated to preventing gender-based violence? Below is the list of venues that have taken the Prevention, Outreach and Education Department's Active BarStander training and bolstered their commitment to creating environments for their patrons that are free from gender-based violence, harassment, and harm.