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Movement Learning Catalyst: A Guide to Learning for Systemic Change

Guide for experienced activists and organisers in social movements who are keen to enhance their effectiveness in effecting systemic change.

The Power of Story: The Story of Self, Us and Now

Learn all about the power of story and how to tell a story to inspire, make change and motivate action using a framework developed by Harvard Professor Marshall Ganz called “Public Narrative” that revolves around three elements – a Story of Self, Us, and Now.

How to Create your own Podcast

Learn how to create your own podcast – Tips and examples to help you understand and start your own podcast project.

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Leaderful Organizing Tool: Diversity Welcome

This activity makes visible the margins of the group and aims to support group members to feel seen and welcomed.

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The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline

3 attributes can make the difference between success and failure for nonviolent movements around the world: unity, planning, & nonviolence.

SNAP: Synergizing Nonviolent Action and Peacebuilding: An Action Guide

A strategic framework for activists, peacebuilders, and organizers working to transform violent conflict and advance a just peace.

Beautiful Action Trainer Modules (BATMo): Resources for Nonviolent Action Trainers

People Power, Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Action NVA Trainers and Facilitators – Lists of training activities from Beautiful Trouble.

A woman standing in front of large crowd giving a speech. She has one hand pointing up to the sky. Many in the crowd are filming her on their mobile phones. The picture on the cover was taken during the nonviolent conflict that ended Sudan’s reign of terror under Omar al-Bashir.

The Checklist to End Tyranny: How Dissidents will Win 21st Century Civil Resistance Campaigns

This book is designed to help opponents of autocratic regimes become more strategic and more skilful in their struggle for democracy.

Introduction to Campaigning and Social Movements (Online Courses)

Three courses by 350.org about how to campaign and social movements. The courses are very user friendly, easy to follow and accessible.

Build Stronger Communities with the Community Canvas

A framework that helps people and organizations build stronger communities. It provides a template for anyone who brings people together.

NaManejando la Renovación de Membresia en Grupos Activistas

Manejando la Renovación de Membresia en Grupos Activistas (Spanish – Español)

Guía elaborada para proporcionar ideas y estrategias a los grupos de activistas a la hora de hacer frente a la rotación de miembros, especialmente en el caso de los grupos dirigidos por estudiantes

Entablando un activismo accesible (Spanish – Español)

A Guide in Spanish to support activists in making their spaces more accessible, to ensure everyone is welcome & encouraged to join movements.

Guide to Public Narrative from the Leading Change Network

Learn all about public narrative developed by Marshall Ganz and the story of self, us and now with this collection of tools and resources.

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Story Based Strategy 101

An accessible guide to story based strategy in movement building by the Center for Story Based Strategy.

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Civil Resistance Tactics in the 21st Century: Report and Webinar

An update of Gene Sharp’s 198 methods of nonviolent action, detailing inspiring and powerful civil resistance tactics.

Backfire Manual: Tactics Against Injustice

A practical handbook and model for activists to be more effective when facing injustice and powerful, dangerous opponents.

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The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns

The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns by Ivan Marovic is a practical guide for activists and organizers of all levels, who wish to grow their resistance activities into a more strategic, fixed-term campaign.

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Organizing Guide: People, Power, Change

This handbook, based on the work of Marshall Ganz, aims to support you in developing your capacity for effective community organizing. It covers five key practices of organizing to build people power for change.

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How to Build a Resilient Culture of Resistance in Hard Times

US activist and educator Daniel Hunter shares important tips for sustaining ourselves and our movements in the face of challenging times. He outlines seven behaviors that we could incorporate into our groups so we can keep taking powerful and strategic actions.

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The Mobilisation Cookbook: A Greenpeace Guide to cooking up People Powered Campaigns

The Mobilisation Cookbook is a guide to answer (almost) everything you wanted to know about “people-powered” campaigns at Greenpeace but were afraid to ask.

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