Commons Librarian

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Easy Read Resources about Advocacy and Campaigning

Easy Read uses clear language matched with images so everyone understands. These guides introduce advocacy and campaigning.

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Beyond the International Women’s Day Lunch: Resources for Women’s Activism & Cistem Change

Resources for women’s activism and cis-tem change for IWD and beyond. Are you ready to take your next step for gender justice and liberation?

Commons Conversations Podcast: Insights into Activism

Commons Conversations Podcast – Interviews with campaigners about insights into activism, learning in movements, radical history and more.

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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?

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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.

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.

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Franklin River Campaign

Learn all about the successful Franklin River Campaign that took place in Tasmania in the 1980s. Includes videos & school resources.

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Power and Power Mapping: Start Here

Understanding power relationships is crucial knowledge for people engaged in social change. Here are guides, tools and other resources.

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How to Change the Narrative / Story: Guides, Worksheets and Templates

Guides, manuals and tools to help you get the narrative and framing right no matter what social justice issue you are working on.

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Films and Documentaries about Social Justice, Movements, Victories and Leaders

Be inspired with this list of movies and documentaries about social movement struggles, victories and leaders – Selma, Milk, Silkwood, Norma Rae, Gandhi and more.

Deep Canvassing Scripts and Examples

Here is a collection of resources about deep canvassing scripts including script examples and ideas, video training and podcasts.

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What we can Learn from the Marriage Equality Campaign

An array of resources collated about the marriage equality campaign across the world including lessons learned about messaging and framing.

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2022 Australian Federal Election Analysis

Trying to make sense of the 2022 Australian federal election and the resulting political landscape? This collection of articles will give you valuable insights.