What is the Difference between Advocacy and Activism?
Find out the difference between advocacy and activism in this book chapter published in 2022 by Jane Johnston and Robyn Gulliver.
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Looking for articles, books, case studies, tips about social change and activism? You’ve found the right place – The Commons Social Change Library.
Innovative Tech for Social Justice Causes: Resources from Democracy Labs
Democracy Labs applies innovative tech to social justice and voting rights causes. Here is a list of tech ideas for campaigners & organizers.
An Unsettling Decision: A Legal and Social History of Native Title and the Mabo Decision
Research report by the Australian Parliamentary Library about the Legal and Social History of Native Title and the Mabo Decision.
Glossaries for Campaign Strategy, Community Organising and Solidarity and Justice
Would you like to gain an understanding of what different terms mean in the world of campaigning and organising?
Accessibility: Introduction to Thinking about Events and Engagement
Introduction to thinking about accessibility engagement and events, providing a set of principles and key considerations.
Questioning for Learning, Co-creation and Liberation
Questions can be revolutionary! An exploration of different approaches to questioning for organisers and facilitators.
Radical Human Resources Policies, Guides and Templates
RadHR providing radical, anti-oppressive approaches to human resources and operations. Access policies, guides and templates.
The Power of Organizing: Stories of Community Organizing Campaigns from across Europe
Case studies and stories of community organizers working in Europe from climate work in Poland to Roma rights in Slovakia and more.
Community Organising Program: Case Studies, Successes and Lessons Learned
Case studies, analysis of the successes and lessons learned from the Civil College Foundation’s Community Organizing Program in Hungary.
Digital First Aid Kit
Guide to help activists better protect themselves and the communities they support against the most common types of digital emergencies.
Manejando la Renovación de Membresia en Grupos Activistas (Spanish – Español)
GuÃa elaborada para proporcionar ideas y estrategias a los grupos de activistas a la hora de hacer frente a la rotación de miembros, especialmente en el caso de los grupos dirigidos por estudiantes
‘This case has made legal history’: Young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine
Read about this successful legal case in 2022 where for the first time human rights arguments were used in a climate change case in Australia.
Storytelling for Deep Impact Course
A course to understand the basics of storytelling to change hearts and minds and specifically to win over the ‘moveable middle’.
Systems Thinking and Campaigning: An Interview with Nicky Ison
This interview with Nicky Ison includes tools and ideas for how to incorporate systems thinking into your campaign work and strategy.
Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects
Practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects.
Four Stages of Climate Action Framework
A climate action campaign tool to analyse if an institution-decision maker is in the Denial, Delay, Diversification or Decarbonisation stage.
Subvertising: Sharing a Different Set of Messages
Exposing the manipulation and damage wrought by the advertising industry and outline the ways in which subvertisers are fighting back.
Constitutions: How To Build Durable GroupsÂ
Looking at building a group? Here are key questions that any group should consider and define during its formation.
Mining Resistance in India
Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in India. This article draws from the book Iron Will.
Mining Resistance in Brazil
Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in Brazil. This article draws from the book Iron Will.