Safe Bar Alliance
City of Lawrence Ordinance 9566
Starting October 2020, The City of Lawrence’s Ordinance 9566 went into effect requiring front end managers of drinking establishments to go through a bystander intervention training with a focus on sexual violence prevention.
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The Care Center currently offers online trainings twice a month. To register for upcoming trainings, contact us.
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The 90 minute training will cover the following learning objectives:​
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Sexual violence definition, education, and support options
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Bystander intervention techniques
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Identification, barriers to intervention, intervention strategies with a focus on de-escalation and safety
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Strategies for follow-up with patrons and staff
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Strategies for communicating policies to staff, accessing ongoing support and resources​
For more information or questions, contact our Community Engagement team!
SafeBar Alliance provides education and bystander intervention training to participating bars and drinking establishments, and strengthens relationships that prioritize community safety. Its goal is to keep both bar staff and patrons safer from predatory behavior, harassment, and sexual assault.
Good things happen when we create an environment where everyone is working together and looking out for each other.
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Education and Training
Bar staff and patrons often witness alarming behaviors and are able to take action that can prevent sexual violence from happening, or help connect victims to the support and resources they need. SafeBar Alliance training builds upon the skills and experience bar staff already have and educates them about sexual violence myths, consent, and drug and alcohol-facilitated sexual assault. It also gives staff strategies to help them safely deescalate or intervene in a potentially unsafe situation, and to become more confident in making these important decisions quickly. Because every bar has a unique staff, atmosphere, and clientele, each bar will discuss an individual intervention strategy that best meets their particular needs.
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Trainings take 2 hours, and are available nights and weekends to fit bars’ busy schedules.
Community Connections
Bar staff learn about how to utilize community resources like The Sexual Trauma and Abuse CARE Center. A SafeBar rep from each bar will help the bar stay connected to the CARE Center, and to other bars in the SafeBar Alliance. Through this network, we work to make the prevention of sexual violence both a priority of individual establishments and a value of the entire community.
Join the SafeBar Alliance!
SafeBar Alliance bars are provided with free giveaway items of their choice including SafeBar Alliance posters that let patrons know they’re in a SafeBar Alliance establishment. During training, all staff will also receive SafeBar Alliance booklets containing useful intervention techniques.
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To schedule a training in Douglas, Franklin, or Jefferson Counties,
If you live in another community...
If you live in another community and want to learn more about starting a SafeBar Alliance program, please contact us! We conduct remote trainings for facilitators, and can provide you with many of the materials you’ll need to get SafeBar Alliance started where you live.
Current members in Lawrence, KS:
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 852 (2016)
The Bourgeois Pig (2017)
Bon Bon (2017)
Lawrence Beer Company (2018)
KU Dining (2018- 2019)
John Brown Underground (2019)
Kaw Valley Public House (2019)
Henry T’s (2019)
Replay Lounge (2016, 2020)
Fields & Ivy Brewery (2020)
Wake The Dead (2020)
J. Wilson’s (2019, 2021)
Gaslight Gardens (2017, 2019, 2021)
Harbour Lights (2016, 2021)
715 (2017, 2021)
Johnny’s Tavern – North Lawrence (2019, 2021)
The Granada (2017, 2019, 2021)
The Bottleneck (2021)
Abe & Jake’s (2019, 2021)
Lucia (2019, 2021)
Louise’s West (2016, 2022)
Merchants Pub & Plate (2017, 2022)
Johnny’s Tavern – West Lawrence (2019, 2022)
The Burger Stand at The Casbah (2016, 2017, 2022)
RPG (Restaurant, Pub & Games) (2022)
Red Lyon Tavern (2017, 2022)
(Date indicates year of initial training)