S11: Australians Blockade World Economic Forum
The S11 Alliance protested againsts the World Economic Forum in Melbourne in September 2000. Their blockades were met by police violence.
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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.
Marriage Equality Campaign Timeline and Reflections
A timeline of events related to the Australian campaign for marriage equality along with reflection and analysis related to Australian, Irish and US campaigns.
Marshall Ganz Quotes and Wisdom about Leadership, Hope, Organizing and Narrative
Inspiring quotes from Marshall Ganz, an expert in leadership, organizing and narrative/story. He is a lecturer at Harvard University.
We Will Not Cancel Us: Book Review
Review of the booklet We Will Not Cancel Us – And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown. Discusses transformative justice approaches as an alternative accountability measure to ‘canceling’ individual harm-doers.
Transformative Approaches to Conflict Resolution
This article introduces some of the key concepts of transformative justice and provides links to a wide array of resources. Transformative justice describes a systems approach to identifying root causes of conflict and responding to these as a community.
Mapping Story Archetypes
The six-page PDF includes instructions, worksheet, and an example to get you started mapping the movies, shows, books and entertainment your audiences consume, and how to match stories with the kinds of actions you want your audience to take.
Re:Imagining Change: How to use story-based strategy to win campaigns, build movements, and change the world
Tools, pragmatic lessons and case studies on harnessing the power of narrative, culture, and imagination to help our movements win.
Story Based Strategy 101
An accessible guide to story based strategy in movement building by the Center for Story Based Strategy.
Movement as Network: Connecting People and Organizations in the Environmental Movement
The environmental movement requires new organizational structures and strategies to succeed in this next phase of its evolution.
Nuts and Bolts of Building an Alliance
Looking for tips about how to build an alliance? Here is a clear guide about the nuts and bolts of building alliances.
Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights
The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.
Facilitation Tools and Techniques
A selection of tools and techniques – both formal and informal – for facilitating meetings, workshops and events by Rhizome.
Facilitating Meetings: A guide to making your meetings effective, inclusive and enjoyable
Introduction An in-depth guide by Seeds for Change about facilitating meetings and how to make them more effective, inclusive and enjoyable. Meetings have the potential to be inspiring! They provide a space where people come together for a common purpose – whether that’s making decisions, exploring a shared problem or providing mutual support. Ideally, everyone […]
Campaigning for Social Change: Beyond just protesting for it!
Daniel Hunter outlines the key elements of campaigns: a strategic time-tested model for effective social change work.
Naming an Advocacy Campaign
How do you name an advocacy campaign? Here is a guide, tips, and thoughts to help you with the process of naming a campaign.
Developing Strategic Campaigns: An ITF Manual for Trade Union Activists, Educators and Organisers
This manual will help workers to identify clear campaign goals and objectives, develop strategies and tactics, and create unifying public messages and timelines for campaigns.
Lessons from the Grassroots Campaign Playbook
What are the key elements of a grassroots campaign? Tips and tricks learnt from working with grassroots activists.
The Organiser’s Canvas
The organiser’s canvas is a visual aid that help organisers think creatively around the organizing process. It allows the organiser to focus on individual leadership practices whilst keeping track of how these practices flow into one another to create the greater whole.
Did You March 4 Justice? Ideas for Your Next Steps
Ideas for next steps after the Women’s March 4 Justice – including action, skills development, videos, books and podcasts.
Key Resources from Mobilisation Lab
Reports, toolkits, templates and guides from Mobilisation Lab including campaign strategy, storytelling, digital campaigning, security and more.