Introduction
This is a curated a guide on Campaign and Movement Building from the Leading Change Network. The Leading Change Network develops leadership and supports organisers around the world through a community of practice, ongoing learning and coaching. Rooted in community organising, social movement, and civic traditions, the Leading Change Network grew out of the work of Marshall Ganz, his collaborators, their students, and others.
The Leading Change Network Resource Center has many resources on Organizing, Narrative, and Campaign and Movement Building. This Guide includes a selection of resources from the Resource Center. To access all their resources browse the whole topic area on Campaign and Movement Building. Note: Some resources are available to Leading Change Network members only. Here’s how to become a member.
Resources
- Organizing as a Campaign Strategy by Marshall Ganz (Article)
- Scaling Leadership in Organizing Campaigns (Video)
- How the New Civil Rights Movement Can Build on the Lessons of the Old by Marshall Ganz (Article)
- Developing leaders through campaigns by the Center for Popular Democracy (Guide)
Training
- Guide for Trainers: A collation of resources by Leading Change Network
- How to Sustain the Resistance: Resistance School Course (Videos)
- Organizing and Campaigning Training by Haiyya, LCN Affiliate in India (Slides and Video)
- We Own It: How to Build Leaderful Movements with Training and Coaching (Video)
Regions
Africa
- Teaching on WhatsApp: Leadership and Storytelling for Grassroots Community Organizers (Guide)
- Beautiful Trouble Toolbox: Bring Back Our Girls, Nigeria (Case Study)
Asia
- The effectiveness of the LoA pedagogy in bridging caste and gender-based divide in Education in Rajasthan, India (Case Study)
- Health Over Stigma Campaign, India by Haiyya Foundation (Report)
- Toward Holding the LGBT Coming of Age at Saitama, Japan (Case Study)
- Lessons in building civic leadership in Japan (Video)
Europe
- The Power of Organizing: Stories of Community Organizing Campaigns from across Europe
- Rights for Moms: Story about moms who made a power shift in Serbia (Case study)
- Volt Europa: Leading Change Network LCN Member Campaign Showcase (Video)
- Building a Community Organizing Organization: Serbia on the Move (Case study)
- Marshall Ganz in Barcelona: Workshop on Policy Dialogue 2011 (Spanish & Catalan) (Audio Recording)
Middle East
- 6 Minutes: Community Organizing in Amman, Jordan (Case study)
- Stand up with the Teacher Campaign: An experience of collective voice in Irbid, Jordan (Case study)
- Athar Podcast on social movements and campaigns in the Arab World (Arabic & English) (Audio)
- Developing new civic leadership in the Arab World (Interview)
North America
- Faces of Change Podcast: Marshall Ganz interviews Dyanna Jaye on Building the Sunrise Movement (Audio)
- Faces of Change Podcast: Marshall Ganz interviews Art Reyes III, Executive Director of We the People-Michigan (Video and Audio)
- Distributed Leadership in the Obama Campaign, March 19 2009 – MIT World Series: Sloan Innovation Period (Video)
- What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality (Book)
Latin America
- Faces of Change Podcast: Marshall Ganz interviews Mariali Cárdenas, co-Founder of Vía Educación (Audio)
- Beautiful Trouble Toolbox: Brazil’s Free Fare Movement (Case Study)
- Campaign Showcase: Organizing families to reopen schools in Argentina & Mexico (Video)
- Organizing Twenty-First-Century Activism: From Structure to Strategy in Latin American Social Movements
Oceania
- ChangeMakers Podcast: Episodes about Social Change Stories and People (Audio)
- Exploring Challenges and Opportunities around Covid 19: Webinar Series by The Leading Change Network