Step in. Speak up. Empower change.

Empowered, Mizzou’s bystander intervention program, helps individuals recognize potentially harmful situations and equips them with tools to safely intervene. This initiative addresses key issues that affect our campus, including:

• Interpersonal violence
• Substance misuse
• Sense of belonging
• Mental well-being and suicide prevention
• Hazing

This interactive program provides Mizzou students, faculty and staff the confidence and skills to prevent, reduce or respond to harm. Empowered can be facilitated for student organizations, classes, residence halls and other campus programs.

Mizzou CARES – Steps You Can Take in the Moment

If you witness a potentially harmful situation, you can:

Create a distraction
Act directly
Refer to appropriate resource
Enlist others
Stop and act later