The five shifts help changemakers move from opposition to vision, using brain science insights to reshape narratives and strategy.
Format: Manuals, Guides and Toolkits
Manuals, Guides and Toolkits
Democracy Resource Hub
The Democracy Resource Hub offers curated tools and connections for democracy practitioners worldwide. Access resources on civic engagement, nonviolent action, peacebuilding, and strategic planning.
Organising your Local Community: One Million Rising’s Campaign against Authoritarianism
Learn how to organise your local community against authoritarianism by watching these videos and accessing this toolkit for the One Million Rising Campaign in the US.
Communicating Palestine: Framing & Messaging Tips
Guide offering tools to narrate and engage with Palestine ethically and responsibly including tips, recommendations and checklist.
Positive Tipping Points Toolkit
What is a tipping point? Learn and explore positive tipping points and making systems change with this curated and resourceful toolkit.
Effective Climate Justice Conversations: Guidance and Tactical Tools
Strategic guidance and tactical tools for organisations ready to invest in conversation-based approaches to climate advocacy.
Protests: Start Here
A collection of resources to explore protests – why protest, do protests work, how to stay safe, how to organise a protest, etc.
Protecting Civic Space: A Primer – How to Prepare your Organization for Politicized Government Investigations
A guide from Protect Democracy about how to protect your civic space and prepare your organization for politicized government investigations.
Democracy Narrative Resources
Democracy narrative resources by the Metropolitan Group to counter authoritarian messaging and advance democratic norms.
Telling the Story of Civil Society: A Toolkit | Creando Narrativas sobre la Sociedad Civil (Spanish – Español)
This toolkit by Metgroup helps civil society groups create powerful, hopeful narratives that build public trust and defend civic space.
Guide to Hope-based Communication: How to use the 5 Hope-based Shifts
The five shifts help changemakers move from opposition to vision, using brain science insights to reshape narratives and strategy.
Democracy Resource Hub
The Democracy Resource Hub offers curated tools and connections for democracy practitioners worldwide. Access resources on civic engagement, nonviolent action, peacebuilding, and strategic planning.
Organising your Local Community: One Million Rising’s Campaign against Authoritarianism
Learn how to organise your local community against authoritarianism by watching these videos and accessing this toolkit for the One Million Rising Campaign in the US.
Communicating Palestine: Framing & Messaging Tips
Guide offering tools to narrate and engage with Palestine ethically and responsibly including tips, recommendations and checklist.
Positive Tipping Points Toolkit
What is a tipping point? Learn and explore positive tipping points and making systems change with this curated and resourceful toolkit.
Effective Climate Justice Conversations: Guidance and Tactical Tools
Strategic guidance and tactical tools for organisations ready to invest in conversation-based approaches to climate advocacy.
Protests: Start Here
A collection of resources to explore protests – why protest, do protests work, how to stay safe, how to organise a protest, etc.
Protecting Civic Space: A Primer – How to Prepare your Organization for Politicized Government Investigations
A guide from Protect Democracy about how to protect your civic space and prepare your organization for politicized government investigations.
Democracy Narrative Resources
Democracy narrative resources by the Metropolitan Group to counter authoritarian messaging and advance democratic norms.
Telling the Story of Civil Society: A Toolkit | Creando Narrativas sobre la Sociedad Civil (Spanish – Español)
This toolkit by Metgroup helps civil society groups create powerful, hopeful narratives that build public trust and defend civic space.