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Pt’chang was an Australian Nonviolent Community Safety Group which conducted a wide range of dynamic and creative violence-prevention, peace-building and community safety initiatives.

Although no longer active Pt’chang has left a valuable legacy both through people they trained and the materials gathered here. The Pt’chang collection includes comprehensive manuals and excerpts designed to be easily used.

  • Quote in white box with big blue speech mark at the top. At yellow and orange background. The text reads - .'Nonviolence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of nonviolence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and nonviolence are firmly committed to a lifetime of nonviolence

    A Collection of Nonviolence Quotes

    A collection of quotes to be used as part of training on strategic nonviolence and nonviolent direct action.

  • Cover of the Pt'chang Volunteers Manual.

    Pt’chang Volunteers Manual

    Resources for inducting new volunteers into a peacebuilding community project. Includes insights into how one voluntary group operated, consensus decision making, and internal conflict resolution processes.

  • A group of people sit together around a table.

    Maintaining Group Morale and Motivation

    Group morale is a key contributor to the success of a group, increasing cohesion, reducing burnout and preventing activist turnover. Build team relationships; resolve conflicts and improve communication; and celebrate success.

  • Cover of the Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacekeeping Trainers' Manual

    Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacekeeping Trainers’ Manual

    Training resources by Pt’chang for practical ways to intervene in violence, to transform conflict and to build peace.

  • 5 black and white photos with a yellow wavy lines overlaying them. First image is of thousands of protestors at Walk on Washington

    Nonviolence Training: A Brief History

    A brief history of nonviolence training around the world, Australia and in the Pacific by a group called Pt’Chang.

  • Front cover of Pt'Chang's Nonviolence Training Project Trainers' Resource Manual. There are four photos of people giving or participating in training.||||

    Nonviolence Trainer’s Resource Manual

    Nonviolence training manual to support the work of people working to increase the power and effectiveness of grassroots social movements.

  • Cover of the Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.

    Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook

    Resource for activists engaged in work for peace including practical ways to intervene in violence, to transform conflict and to build peace.

  • Black and white photograph of a group of men marching with arms interlinked. Banner reads 'Support BLF Green Bans'.

    Green Bans

    In the 1970s Sydney builders labourers refused to work on projects that were environmentally or socially undesirable. This green bans movement, as it became known, was the first of its type in the world.

  • Black and white photograph of four protestors standing in front of Old Parliament House. Placards read 'Land Ownership Not Lease'

    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established in 1972 when the Coalition Government failed to recognise the land rights of Indigenous people. From its inception, the Embassy has been interwoven into Canberra’s physical and political landscape, blending black politics, symbolism and theatre that opponents have found difficult to counter.

  • Black and white photograph of a large crowd of protestors. Banners include 'Vietnam Moratorium Campaign' and 'Stop the Country to Stop the War'.

    The Vietnam War

    Case study of the Australian campaign against involvement in the Vietnam War. The emergence of popular protest in Australia during the 1960s presented a fundamental challenge to government decisions and the way those decisions are made. By taking to the streets people challenged the policy positions of government and, in some cases, the very legitimacy…

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