Prevention. Action. Change. based in Portland, Maine will be joining us to offer online training in Active Bystander Intervention and De-escalation skills. Prevention. Action. Change. has been a training partner with Allagash Brewing for the last 5 years and during the pandemic period has worked extensively with breweries in Maine and regionally to address heightened incidents of racial bias, sexual harassment, and Covid health and safety resistance.  

The sessions utilize whole and small group discussions, scenario practice, verbal and physical exercises and movement. Trainers build off of the skills and experience of participants and use scenarios taken from actual incidents experienced by members of the brewing community and collected through the more than 30 trainings conducted to date.

Session 2 – De-escalation: Learn to recognize the stages and signs of escalation, methods for recognizing triggers and de-escalating oneself in the moment, and share and practice effective intervention strategies and tools at the agitation, aggression, and acting out stages of escalation.

*This training is for MBG Members only. If you’d like to register please send an email to the Mass Brewers Guild.