ChangeMakers Organising School – Season Four, 2021 – How Small Groups Make Big Changes
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
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ChangeMakers
The ChangeMakers podcast tells stories about people who are striving for social change across the world. The aim is to help us all become better at making change, in a world that needs progressive change more than ever.
The ChangeMakers collection also includes articles and resources by Amanda Tattersall based on her many years of experience in social change making. Amanda worked in the student and union movements, co-founded GetUp!, founded and ran the Sydney Alliance for nine years, and wrote the ‘go-to’ book on coalition building (Power in Coalition) and hosts the ChangeMakers podcast.
What does it take to build people power?
People power – Learn about the the five different, dynamic strategies that can create powerful change when mixed together.
ChangeMaker Chat with Jean Hinchcliffe: What does it take for a teenager to turn into a planet defender?
Jean Hinchliffe, climate campaigner and author, talks about her activist journey and the lessons she has learnt about making powerful change.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Online Course (Videos)
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Season Three
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
ChangeMaker Chat with Maurice Mitchell: Black Lives Matter
An interview with Maurice Mitchell, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives since Ferguson. Includes discussions of the protests that exploded following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020.
ChangeMaker Chat with Craig Reucassel: Climate Change
Interview with Craig Reucassel: How a career as a comedian and political satirist prepared him to talk about climate change with a diverse audience.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Season Two
Notes from training sessions hosted by ChangeMakers and Tipping Point April to July 2020. The training aims to equip organisers and campaigners to respond to challenges and continue their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
So, what is community organising?
Community organising is a way of building people power that focuses on building the capacity, skills and leadership of the people involved in making change. This article explains community organising and its history.
ChangeMaker Chat with John Robertson (Labor Party Minister): Inside Politics
Hear from John Robertson, ex Australian Labor Party leader, about the real pressures and backroom deals that make change so hard.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Season One: Organising in a Pandemic
Notes from training sessions hosted by ChangeMakers and Tipping Point April to July 2020. The training aims to equip organisers and campaigners to respond to challenges and continue their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Reset 5: Building Relationships & Power for Transformation
Reset Reading Group resources for A New Economy theme introduced and curated by Godfrey Moase. Includes The Take, a documentary about worker controlled workplaces in Argentina.
ChangeMakers Panel: Organised Money
This podcast explores different ways you can raise money, why it is so hard to raise money and the pros and cons of different strategies.
ChangeMaker Chat with Joan Garry: Personal and Professional Change
A interview with Joan Garry, an inspiring changemaker, who led change in her personal life (marriage equality) and professionally (running not for profits). Joan discusses the pressures on social service organisations and nonprofits during the pandemic and ways to adapt.
ChangeMaker Chat with Richard Fuller: Toxics Crusader
An interview with Richard Fuller, an engineer turned toxics crusader who has helped lead an intervention that has cleaned up places around the world.
ChangeMaker Chat with Margaret Salamon: Climate Change and Psychology
Interview with Margaret Salamon, a psychoanalyst who has transitioned into a climate change warrior. She talks about the psychological features of the climate disaster and her own journey of becoming a changemaker.
Podcasts About Taking Action During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Everyone is talking about the Covid-19 pandemic and the way it is shaking up our lives! You’ll find Coronavirus related content on most podcasts you could listen to. These ones have a particular focus on the implications for social movements.
ChangeMaker Chat with Antony Dapiran: Dissent in Hong Kong
Antony Dapiran is the author of City of Protest – A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong. He is a long-time Hong Kong resident, lawyer, and commentator on Chinese business and legal matters.
Changemaker Chat with Fiona Lee: Bushfire survivor and Climate Change Advocate
When the 2019 Bushfires burnt her home, Fiona Lee did what most would find hard – she became an advocate for climate change. Three days after her house burnt down, Fiona and her family stood at NSW Parliament House calling for serious action on climate change as creating the context for these catastrophic fires. What is her story? How did she do this? And what did she learn about the power of her own voice in this moment.
Changemaker Chat with Paul Oosting from GetUp: Elections and Politics
GetUp is one of Australia’s most impactful and influential community organisations, and Paul Oosting is their national director. We discuss what GetUp learnt from the 2019 Federal Election campaign. We find out Paul’s insights about what it’s like to operate under the pressure of media and political attack.