Collection: Original Power

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Original Power

Original Power is a small community-focused organisation that aims to build the power of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through collective action. Original Power provides strategic advice and campaign support, builds skills, and connects communities to resources.

Original Power’s resources are designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, activists, educators, change makers and community members wanting to make a difference for their people.

Key Ingredients for Building the Power of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Cyclone Warning: A Training Guide for Solving Problems

This is a training process guide to explore different approaches to solving community problems, investigate how different problems require different approaches to change to solve them, clarify the differences between community organising, community development, advocacy and service delivery.

Key Ingredients for Building the Power of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Community Resistance Timeline: A Training Guide

This is a training process guide to introduce participants to each other, connect their own history to a larger history of social change, identify local tactics, and to rethink what success looks like. It is an excerpt from Building Power: A Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Who Want to Change the World.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Timeline of Resistance

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Timeline of Resistance

The Timeline of Resistance was produced by Original Power as a training aid for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities as well as allies aiming to work in solidarity. The timeline summarises a history of campaigning and organising since invasion.

Key Ingredients for Building the Power of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Cyclone Warning: A Training Guide for Solving Problems

This is a training process guide to explore different approaches to solving community problems, investigate how different problems require different approaches to change to solve them, clarify the differences between community organising, community development, advocacy and service delivery.

Key Ingredients for Building the Power of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Community Resistance Timeline: A Training Guide

This is a training process guide to introduce participants to each other, connect their own history to a larger history of social change, identify local tactics, and to rethink what success looks like. It is an excerpt from Building Power: A Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Who Want to Change the World.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Timeline of Resistance

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Timeline of Resistance

The Timeline of Resistance was produced by Original Power as a training aid for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities as well as allies aiming to work in solidarity. The timeline summarises a history of campaigning and organising since invasion.