FWD+Organise 2024: Conference Resources

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Introduction

Explore resources collated by the Commons librarians from the FWD+Organise 2024 conference held in Naarm | Melbourne from the 5th – 6th of December.

The conference brought together community organisers and digital campaigners from across Australia and Aotearoa to share practical skills, learn innovative approaches to advocacy, and build lasting collaborations to win systemic change. The program included keynotes, workshops, masterclasses, and expert briefings.

It was hosted by Australian Progress, a national organisation dedicated to building the advocacy and campaigning capacity of Australian civil society to achieve systems change.

Thank you to the presenters who shared resources. If you presented at FWD+Organise 2024 and would like to add to this collection, please get in touch. Thanks to our volunteers for attending the conference and contributing articles alongside Commons Librarians.

Note: More conference resources are coming.

Resources

Text: What Happened in France's Shock Election? FWD+Organise 2024 Round Up by the Commons Library. Includes a photograph of Sarah Durieux.

From Struggle to Victory: The Role of Civil Society in the Last French Election

Sarah Durieux shares the story of the snap French election of July 2024 and the way the left collaborated to win.

Title reads 'Fighting Back Against Authoritarianism in Brazil'. Portrait photo of a Brazilian man called and text reads 'Ricardo Borges-Martins'. Text below his name reads 'Commons Librayr round up'. Logos of Australian Progress and commons social change library are bottom right. Top right is logo of 'FWD+Organise 2024'. There are coloured blobby shapes around the corners.

Fighting Back Against Authoritarianism in Brazil

How organisers at the communications lab, Quid, used powerful organising and digital strategies to build civic engagement and overcome the far right in Brazil.

Text: Impact evaluation in campaigns and social movements. FWD+Organise 2024 Round Up by the Commons Library. Contains a photograph of Sophie Hartley.

Impact Evaluation in Campaigns and Social Movements

Sophie Hartley presented on impact evaluation in campaigns and social movements at FWD+Organise 2024.

Text: Organising Across Difference: Coalition Building to Win. Contains photographs of Sarah Durieux, Riley Rocco, Darcy Gunning and Lauren Farrow.

Organising Across Difference: Coalition Building to Win

Sarah Durieux, Riley Rocco, Darcy Gunning and Lauren Farrow presented this panel session on building coalitions at FWD+Organise 2024.

Text: What's Next for First Nations Justice? FWD+Organise 2024 Round Up by the Commons Library. Includes a photograph of Celeste Liddle.

What’s Next for First Nations Justice?

Read Celeste Liddle’s powerful keynote address from the FWD+Organise 2024 conference – What’s Next for First Nations Justice?

Text: Digital Organising for Housing Justice. FWD+Organise 2024 Round Up by the Commons Library. Includes a photograph of Jordan Van Dem Lamb (@PurplePingers).

The Purple Pingers Guide to Digital Organising

Jordan Van Den Lamb (aka @PurplePingers) on digital organising and housing justice, as presented at FWD+Organise 2024.

A group of people standing on a street in front of a large tree. The people are smiling and most are wearing hats. They are all wearing a tshirt with the Australian Conservation logo.

Community Organising: Event Promotion Tips and Checklist

Tips and an example checklist for community organisers about planning and promoting an event from the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Screenshot of a worksheet with different questions and boxes to fill out. Text reads 'POWER & POSITIONALITY IN CAMPAIGNS www.forpurpose.au Sense check how power is being expressed within your campaign by looking at the relationship between storytelling and decision-making.' Questions read 'ower and Positionality in Advocacy Campaigns Worksheet (PDF) This simple process can be used to sense check how power is being expressed within your campaign by looking at the relationship between storytelling and decision-making. Whose stories need to be heard in this campaign? Do the people whose stories need to be heard have agency as storytellers? If you are not a storyteller, what is your role? Are you: Supporting and uplifting Collaborating and co-creating, OR are you taking up power and space? 1. Map ALL of the stakeholders that may be touched by the campaign and the social issue it aims to address. 2. Identify those who have lived experience of the issue and/or are directly impacted by the outcomes of the campaign. 3. Have people you have identified with lived experience (whose stories will be shared) been involved in shaping the campaign strategy and making decisions? If not, is it because there are barriers to participating in campaign decision-making? Is there a possibility that you are a barrier? What are the barriers to participation in the campaign - digital, social, physical, and financial? What can you do to remove the barriers? 4. Reflect on the way you might invite people to participate in the campaign using these guiding questions: Who decided who will be included? How will different people be invited to participate? How might the nature of the invitation affect their feelings of inclusion? 5. For each person or community make notes on how you will address access, decision-making ability, invitations, and recognition. !!! If sufficient power for decision-making doesn’t sit with people with lived/living experience/expertise how will you remedy this?Should you be involved in this campaign at all or should you distribute your space and resources as an ally?'

Storytelling with Community: Applying Co-design Principles in Collaborative Storytelling for Advocacy Campaigns

Tips, tools, and a presentation from a workshop session for digital storytellers and organisers working with affected communities.

Presentation slide - Title reads "The 4 Islamic Climate Audiences". There are illustrations of

Green Islam: Shifting Hearts and Minds on Climate in Indonesia

Discover how hearts and minds are being shifted on climate change in Indonesia and empowering the Islamic community to take climate action through the concept of Green Islam, which merges Islamic principles with climate advocacy.

Slide Presentation Title Slide - title reads 'Surviving the Pile-On Navigating Online Culture Wars'. Quiip logo is top left. Photo on right of young person sitting outside on shop ledge looking at their phone.

Surviving the Pile-On: Navigating Online Culture Wars

Learn how to navigate online culture wars and survive social media pile-ons with tips and information by Larah Kennedy from Quiip.

Text reads 'Making Messages Matter: Media Training Masterclass'. Photos of Alex Kelly and Junghua Qian. Top right hand text reads 'FWD+Organise 2024, Commons Library Round up'. Logos of Australian Progress and The Commons Social Change Library in bottom right corner.

Making Messages Matter: Media Training Masterclass

Insights into the media landscape in Australia and the unique challenges this poses to movements working for economic and social justice, as well as practical tips and planning tools for engaging media.

Screenshot of the front webpage of the organisation New Disabled South - https://www.newdisabledsouth.org/ The main text reads ' NEW DISABLED SOUTH is fighting for disability rights and disability justice in 14 states. There is an outline of a map of the United States with the 14 Southern States highlighted in orange.

Building Ambition and Growing Movements for Disability Justice: A Case Study

A case study of New Disabled South, a not-for-profit organisation in the United States that builds movement capacity and solidarity for disability justice.

Illustration of a sandwich with different layers. The title reads 'The Truth Sandwich'. Text below the sandwich reads 'An adaptation by The Workshop of George Lakoff's Truth Sandwich'. Each layer represents a concept. At the top is a flag in the bread that reads 'Values led-opening'. The first layer is the top piece of bread that reads 'Facts'. The next layer is a piece of lettuce that reads 'Warning'. The next layer are tomato slices that reads 'Myths mislead'. The bottom layer is a piece of bread on a plate that reads 'Facts'.

From Elephants to Sandwiches: Countering False Information

Learn about countering false information with tips to help you avoid the most common mythbusting pitfalls such as using the Truth Sandwich.

Title reads 'What to do in the first 100 days: Building a post-election gameplan'. Four portrait images of people. From left to right thaty read 'Jo Scard, Maria Poulous, Andrew Hudson, Kirsty Albion'. In top top corner treat reads 'FWD+Organise 2024, Commons Library Roundup'. Australian Progress logo on bottom right.

What to do in the First 100 Days: Building A Post-Election Gameplan

Quick tips to think about in the lead-up to an election from a panel of political experts at the FWD+Organise Conference in 2024.

This graphic has text that reads 'Recommended Resources for FWD+Organise 2024 Gathered by the Commons Librarians'. It includes the logos of Australian Progress & The Commons Social Change Library.

Recommended Resources for FWD+Organise 2024

Recommended resources for the FWD+Organise Conference in Naarm/Melbourne in 2024 for community organisers & digital campaigners.

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