“It’s to reduce harm.” Check out the video above to see some tactics used in the bystander trainings. Blum Levy said she developed the program’s curriculum with feedback from AAANY staff and other members of the Muslim and “allied” communities. “Everybody has the same scenario in their head ― somebody harassing a woman in a hijab on the subway,” Santosuosso told HuffPost. “A lot of groups teach bystander intervention,” Santosuosso told HuffPost. “As a Muslim American and a Muslim who wears hijab, I was invested in Kayla taking on this project,” Sarsour told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post March 02, 2017 20:25 UTC