Tips for Campaigning Women
Tips for setting up strong groups and effective campaigns, provided by Holly Hammond to the WELA program.
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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.
Resisting repression: Resources for defending Australian freedoms
Resources about resisting repression, defending civil liberties, promoting alternatives to repression and fostering nonviolent methods of social defence and social change.
Backfire Manual: Tactics Against Injustice
A practical handbook and model for activists to be more effective when facing injustice and powerful, dangerous opponents.
How defeating Keystone XL built a bolder, savvier climate movement
From frontline battles to large national mobilizations, tar sands resistance developed new tactics & organizing strategies for the larger climate struggles ahead.
Digital tools to support effective meetings, training and conferences
List of digital tools activists have used to support effective meetings, training and conferences that complement and/or integrate with Zoom.
5 Principles to Guide Campaigning in 2021
Ideas about how organisations and grassroots collectives can campaign in 2021 – it’s not a ‘normal’ year.Here are 5 principles to guide you.
Transformational Change Leadership: Stories of Building a Just Future
Transformational Change Leadership – A roadmap for leadership in collective, community-led & collaborative action.
Reconciliation in the forest? An exploration of the conflict over the logging of native forests in the south west of Western Australia
Why two Western Australian social movement organisations on opposite sides of the logging debate continued to contest WA’s forest policy for so long.
Project Iceberg: Fremantle’s Response to Visiting Nuclear Warships in the 1980s
A history of the unique nonviolent civil disobedience activities of a group of mainly Fremantle residents aimed at visiting US nuclear warships between 1983 and 1985.
Navigating the ‘Festive Season’ as an Activist
Holly Hammond reflects on the challenges and opportunities of an activist Christmas. Great tips on surviving the holidays.
Lost Voices: A toolkit for Digital Campaigners
This toolkit helps charities improve their digital campaigns by centering the voices of lived experience. Reshape your digital campaigns to be more accessible, effective, inclusive and responsible.
Network Building Canvas
The Network Building Canvas and Prompt Cards are designed to help you, your team or your organisation design your network for maximum impact.
Ending the Activist Year Well
After a big year of effort it’s important to take time for reflection, evaluation, team-building, celebration, and planning. These resources will help.
Activist Holiday Gift Guide
Wondering what to give the passionate changemaker in your life… including yourself?! Pay for a training session, look after their wellbeing, support the causes they are passionate about or buy them a book.
Books to Read About Social Change
Looking for some inspiring reading for 2021 for yourself or as a gift? Here is a list of books on activism and organising to get you thinking.
Frame the Debate: Insights from Don’t Think of an Elephant!
An introduction to the concept of framing, drawing on George Lakoff’s book Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.
Om gaia dudes: The North East Forest Alliance’s old-growth forest campaign
This book chapter by Aidan Ricketts is about the key moments and positive sides of the old forest growth campaign in northern NSW in the 1990s.
A Preface to Advocacy: What You Should Know as an Advocate
Practical tips from experienced advocates. Collated by Erin Gilmer to empower any person entering the advocacy space to have the knowledge they need to make the biggest impact.
The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns
The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns by Ivan Marovic is a practical guide for activists and organizers of all levels, who wish to grow their resistance activities into a more strategic, fixed-term campaign.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Online Course (Videos)
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.