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The Change Agency is an independent social movement education initiative. They work with community organisers and activists in the Australia Pacific region to help people win social and environmental change. Major projects include the Campaigners Toolkit, the Community Organising Fellowship and the People Power Manual.

For many years tCA has developed, collected and shared an amazing array of tools to help activists and community organisers define and achieve their goals. A selection of these resources, many of which equip social movement trainers, are included on the Commons.

  • ten dvd covers of movies about social movements struggles and leaders|illustration of fist holding a bar of music|a woman looking up||a young man with a guitar slung over his shoulder pushing another man in a wheelchair|Dolores holding a loud speaker.|DVD cover for movie Erin Brockovich - a mother holding a baby on her hip||portrait of Gandhi looking down|||Cover image of A Force More Powerful DVD - shows a protesting crowd in sihouette.||men standing on railway tracks|a woman holding a piece of paper that says 'union'|an photo of Sean Penn who plays Harvey Milk in the movie titled Milk|a group of people standing together|protestors||||a silhouette of a man jumping up and clicking his heels||Three photos of Australian Aboriginal Protestors at the camp at the Old Swan Brewery camp in Perth|||close up of Orca|dvd cover with outline of the top of Australia|||The cover of the DVD of the film Mabo. Eddie Mabo (actor) and Bonita Mabo (actress) stand together looking at the camera.|The dvd cover for Devil's Dust. Close up of three men's faces. The man on the top left is wearing oxygen breathing tubes.|Cover of DVD titled Show Me Democracy. The screen is split into two images. The left hand side is a person wearing a hoodie with the hood on. The writing on the hoodie reads Not your respectable negro in capital letters. The person is holding their fist in the air. Behind them is a parliament building with a red transparent overlay. On the right hand side is a photo of 6 people standing in front of the same building.|Cover of film titled Rustin. A close up of Bayard Rustin. He is wearing black rimmed glasses and has a moustache.|disobedience documentary||DVD cover for How to start a revolution. Close up of a man's face. The man is Gene Sharp.|Poster for movie

    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.

  • four people sitting at desk holding pens with hands on chins in a thinking stance|a model with 5 steps. step 1 - Start with experience of participants. Step 2 - look for patterns. Step 3 - Add new theory and information. Step 4 - Practice skills and strategise for action. Step 5. Apply in action. These steps are connected with arrows in a spiral around the word Reflection in the middle.

    Organising deeply during crisis

    Adele Neale, co-director of the Community Organising Fellowship, makes the case for deep listening and learning as part of organising during times of crisis, including the current pandemic.

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    Theories of Change

    A theory of change can help guide campaigners, their teams and communities. James Whelan from the Change Agency addresses four common pitfalls and some remedies so your theory of change works for you and your team.

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    3 Tools for Advocacy Evaluation

    Links to useful resources in the area of advocacy, policy change, and social movement evaluation.

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    Campaign Strategy Planning Template

    Campaign strategy planning template prompts you to apply a number of different campaign strategy and organising concepts and tools.

  • Elements of Campaign Strategy

    This overview of campaign strategy elements is offered to clarify language shared by campaigners. The elements include campaign focus and goals; vision; situational analysis; critical path analysis; organisational considerations; allies, constituents and targets; objectives; tactics; evaluation and success indicators.

  • Picture of an orange manual. Title reads 'The People Power Manual: Community Organising Guide.' There are silhouetted hands pointing and a drawn connected circles.|Three circles with arrows running between them: 1. Collect Information

    What is Community Organising?

    This excerpt from the Community Organising Guide provides an introduction to community organising. Organising is about generating and wielding people power.

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    Tactics Analysis to Develop Campaign Strategy

    A process guide to be used in training workshops and planning sessions to develop campaign strategy. Activists often love our tactics! We can even be wedded to our favourite tactics. Here’s a tool to help move from tactics to a larger strategy conversation by analysing tactics.

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    Tips for Action Group Meetings

    This tip sheet has been written to help you and your group work well together and achieve your objectives and highlights some group habits and actions that resilient community groups have relied on: effective meetings with an agreed agenda; clearly-defined roles; mindful decision-making; accountability; and inclusiveness.

  • Picture of an orange manual. Title reads 'The People Power Manual: Community Organising Guide.' There are silhouetted hands pointing and a drawn connected circles.|Three circles with arrows running between them: 1. Collect Information

    Introduction to Community Mapping

    Community organisers need to continually analyse their communities. What’s going on that has implications for our issue and campaign? Which groups do we need to be connecting with? How is power being exercised?

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