Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in Brazil. This article draws from the book Iron Will.
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Making Your Activism Accessible
This guide was developed to support activists in making their spaces, events, meetings and communications more accessible, in order to ensure that everyone is welcome and encouraged to join a movement for justice in whatever way they can!
Organising Model Structures: Influences, Challenges and Opportunities
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on influences, structure, subgroups, and how models can be strengthened.
The Shape of Organising Models
Organising Models Mapping Project survey results including images conveying how different organisations structure their organising model.
People Within Organising Models
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on how people gather to take collective action as part of organising programs.
Activism and Pre-Suasion
Lessons for activists on how to be more persuasive and effective, drawing on the book Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini.
Autonomy, Flexibility and Accountability in Organising Models
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project focused on how organisations manage autonomy, flexibility, accountability and absorption.
Support and Leadership in Organising Models
The results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey which focus on how organisations attract, retain and support volunteers.
Street Medic Pro-Tips: Medical and First Aid Support at Protests and Direct Actions
Tips from the Melbourne Street Medic Collective about basic safety, first aid, situation management, organisation and support at protests.
Why North-South Intersectionality Matters in Climate Justice: Perspectives of South Asian Australian Youth Climate Activists
What does climate justice actually look like in the Australian climate movement? Recommendations from a report by SAPNA reveal the need for diversity.
Mining Resistance in Brazil
Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in Brazil. This article draws from the book Iron Will.
Making Your Activism Accessible
This guide was developed to support activists in making their spaces, events, meetings and communications more accessible, in order to ensure that everyone is welcome and encouraged to join a movement for justice in whatever way they can!
Organising Model Structures: Influences, Challenges and Opportunities
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on influences, structure, subgroups, and how models can be strengthened.
The Shape of Organising Models
Organising Models Mapping Project survey results including images conveying how different organisations structure their organising model.
People Within Organising Models
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey focused on how people gather to take collective action as part of organising programs.
Activism and Pre-Suasion
Lessons for activists on how to be more persuasive and effective, drawing on the book Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini.
Autonomy, Flexibility and Accountability in Organising Models
Results of the Organising Models Mapping Project focused on how organisations manage autonomy, flexibility, accountability and absorption.
Support and Leadership in Organising Models
The results of the Organising Models Mapping Project survey which focus on how organisations attract, retain and support volunteers.
Street Medic Pro-Tips: Medical and First Aid Support at Protests and Direct Actions
Tips from the Melbourne Street Medic Collective about basic safety, first aid, situation management, organisation and support at protests.
Why North-South Intersectionality Matters in Climate Justice: Perspectives of South Asian Australian Youth Climate Activists
What does climate justice actually look like in the Australian climate movement? Recommendations from a report by SAPNA reveal the need for diversity.