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Race Class Narrative Checklist is a tool for increasing inclusion and solidarity in movements, by ensuring we push back against racism and classism.
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Leaderful Organizing Tool: Republic of Kunbábony
The Republic of Kunbábony is a group roleplay exercise which explores strategic ways to get involved in the political process.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Resilience Trees
Resilience Trees are a visual exercise to deepen our understanding of the practices that increase our resilience and strengthen our movements.
Organizing against the Far Right
This Knowledge Roundup about organizing against the far right is from the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN).
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Flipping the Script
Flipping the Script is a tool for building confidence in one on one conversations in community organizing.
How to Recruit more People: Lessons from Rukiya in 350 Kenya
Rukiya, a 350.org organiser in Kenya, shares stories of how they recruited people for the African DeCOALinise Campaign.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Chapati Power Diagrams
Chapati Power Diagrams are a leaderful organising tool which helps a group analyse power in a specific situation.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Following the Breath
Meditative tool to develop awareness in order to increase our capacity to show up, work together and bring about change in the world.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Good Meetings
This leaderful organising tool is a roleplay exercise which teaches skills for facilitating and participating in good meetings.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: MÃstica
The mÃstica is a feminist ritual exercise that is both political and spiritual, focused on deep listening and trust.
Belonging Design Principles: Guide for Building Belonging
A set of principles and practices that can root out inequality and exclusion while helping us turn toward, rather than against, each other.
A Community Guide for Opposing Hate
The manual provides step by step actions for those who want to do something about hate, not only for the immediate aftermath of a hateful act, but for years to come to improve their community.
The Authoritarian Playbook: How Reporters can Contextualize and Cover Authoritarian Threats as Distinct from Politics-as-Usual
Guide for journalists and the media on the seven fundamental tactics used by aspiring authoritarians and a framework journalists can use to discern, contextualize, and cover the tactics.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Blended Decision Making
Blended Decision making allows for a collaborative, nuanced and power-informed approach to decision making in groups which can strengthen the capacity for leaderful organizing.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Body Scanning and Cultivating Somatic Awareness
Body Scanning is a wellbeing tool which can strengthen the capacity for holistic and regenerative leaderful organizing.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Columbian Hypnosis
Columbian Hypnosis is a theatrical group exercise which explores our tendencies and assumptions around power and leadership.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Comfort, Learning and Panic Zones
Comfort, Learning and Panic Zones is a leaderful organizing tool that can support us to create a transformative group culture.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Conflict Icebergs
Conflict Icebergs is a leaderful organising tool allowing us to understand conflicts and find empowering perspectives within them.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: DARCI Grid to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
The DARCI grid (template) is a leaderful organising tool which allows for clarity in the distribution of roles and responsibilities.
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