Looking to start a campaign or improve your campaign strategy? Here is a list of manuals, templates, tools and other resources to get you started.
Activity: Read
Read
Looking for articles, books, case studies, tips about social change and activism? You’ve found the right place – The Commons Social Change Library.
Power and Power Mapping: Start Here
Understanding power relationships is crucial knowledge for people engaged in social change. Here are guides, tools and other resources.
Measuring Impact with 3 Social Movement Strategists
Key takeways and insights from an interview with 3 social movement strategists about measuring the impact of social movements and campaigns.
The Movement Compass and Worksheet
Here is a framework that can help organizers identify what they need to be doing right now, by understanding, and thinking strategically about, the life cycle that social movements tend to follow.
Disinformation in the Digital Age: Practical Tips for Young People
Do you know how to counter misinformation? Here is a decision tree framework and templates for prebunking and debunking.
Mutual Aid: An Introduction
What is mutual aid? Here is an introductory zine to get you started with the practice of mutual aid by Josie Sparrow.
Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days
Lessons learned and put together in this brief by the Building Movement Project from the first 100 days of the Trump administration in 2025.
Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and Four Roles of Activism
Learn about and understand the ups and downs of social movements from Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and the Four Roles of Activism.
Reparations Narrative Tools and Resources
Resources to support organizers, researchers & artists to build narrative power & increase public support for reparations.
Activism and Campaign History: Start Here
Activism and Campaign history – A range of resources about the history of First Nations, social and labour movements in Australia and beyond.
Campaign Strategy: Start Here
Looking to start a campaign or improve your campaign strategy? Here is a list of manuals, templates, tools and other resources to get you started.
Power and Power Mapping: Start Here
Understanding power relationships is crucial knowledge for people engaged in social change. Here are guides, tools and other resources.
Measuring Impact with 3 Social Movement Strategists
Key takeways and insights from an interview with 3 social movement strategists about measuring the impact of social movements and campaigns.
The Movement Compass and Worksheet
Here is a framework that can help organizers identify what they need to be doing right now, by understanding, and thinking strategically about, the life cycle that social movements tend to follow.
Disinformation in the Digital Age: Practical Tips for Young People
Do you know how to counter misinformation? Here is a decision tree framework and templates for prebunking and debunking.
Mutual Aid: An Introduction
What is mutual aid? Here is an introductory zine to get you started with the practice of mutual aid by Josie Sparrow.
Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days
Lessons learned and put together in this brief by the Building Movement Project from the first 100 days of the Trump administration in 2025.
Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and Four Roles of Activism
Learn about and understand the ups and downs of social movements from Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and the Four Roles of Activism.
Reparations Narrative Tools and Resources
Resources to support organizers, researchers & artists to build narrative power & increase public support for reparations.
Activism and Campaign History: Start Here
Activism and Campaign history – A range of resources about the history of First Nations, social and labour movements in Australia and beyond.