2022 Bonner Congress Strategy Track

1. HOW TO BE AN UPSTANDER?
BONNER CONGRESS 2022

2. GOALS
▸ Acknowledge and describe the role of an upstander in one’s life
▸ Demonstrate a better understanding of human behavior through
case studies
▸ Re
fl
ect on one’s character strengths
▸ Chart one’s path to developing as an upstander

3. UPSTANDER
What words come to mind?

4. UPSTANDERS ARE
PEOPLE WHO:
‣ Stand up for others & their rights
‣ Use their character strengths to
inspire action
‣ Fight injustice & unfairness

5. WHO SERVED AS AN UPSTANDER IN
YOUR LIFE?
. . . if that person did not step up for
you, the outcome of the situation
would have been different . . .

6. CASE STUDY

7. THE LITTLE ROCK NINE

8. THE LITTLE ROCK NINE:
ELIZABETH ECKFORD

9. ELIZABETH ECKFORD I
Elizebeth Eckford being
denied entrance to
Central High School by
Arkansas National Guard

10. ELIZABETH ECKFORD II

11. REFLECTIONS OF A BYSTANDER: MARCIA WEBB
”I remember the picture in the newspaper of Elizabeth Eckford with the
jeering white faces behind her. And at that moment I thought, Marcie,
you were there and you never once thought about what was going on
with Elizabeth Eckford. You were glad there weren’t any violent
demonstrations; you were glad no one was hurt physically. But then I
realized what hurt can come from words, from silence even, from just
being ignored. And when I think about it now, I think about it with
regret. I’m sorry to say now looking back that what was happening
didn’t have more signi
fi
cance and I didn’t take more of an active role. . .”

12. What are your
observations?

13. WHAT MOTIVATES INDIVIDUALS TO
STAND UP FOR OTHERS?

14. WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO STAND UP
FOR OTHERS?
IN WHICH SITUATION WERE YOU ABLE TO
USE THIS CHARACTER STRENGTH?

15. UPSTANDER
Action Guide