ChangeMaker Chat with Ernie Cortes: Community Organising
A chat with one of the biggest names in US community organizing, Ernie Cortes, including history, Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) & Saul Alinksy.
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ChangeMaker Chat with Ed Miliband: Political Parties as Agents of Change
Ed Miliband, leader of the United Kingdom Labour Party, describes how political parties can be agents for major change.
ChangeMaker Chat with Jonathan Cox: Scale and Organising
Community organiser and Deputy Director of Citizens UK Jonathan Cox discusses the importance of scale in community organising.
ChangeMaker Chat with Meena Palaniappan: Digital ChangeMaking
Digital changemaking with Meena – Learn how she has created scaled change and worked with communities in the Global South.
ChangeMaker Chat with Sam Rye: Building a Movement for Nature
Listen to this podcast with Sam Rye about using decentralised leadership to build a movement for ecological restoration in Australia.
ChangeMaker Chat with Jane McAlevey: Winning Change Through Organising
A chat with Jane McAlevey, United States social movement organiser and trainer, about organising for workers’ rights.
ChangeMaker Chat with Jennifer Dillon: Standing up for Domestic Workers
A chat with Jennifer Dillon, the communications director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance in the US, about workers’ rights and their campaigns.
Changemaker Chat with Becky Bond: Combining Radical Agendas and Political Parties
We have radical challenges like climate change and inequality but not many radical political leaders. What does it take to find and elect leaders like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who is trail blazing a new political agenda in the United States? Becky Bond was one of the Field Directors for the Bernie Sanders campaign and she shares her experience of combining radical agendas and political parties.
Changemaker Chat with Jolovan Wham: Migrant Domestic Workers in an Authoritarian State
Imagine trying to make change in an authoritarian state? Jolovan Wham works in Singapore with migrant domestic workers. Why does he do it and what does the state do to make his change making so hard?
Changemaker Chat with Hahrie Han: People Power Researcher
Hahrie Han is one of the world’s top researchers studying ways of strengthening civic engagement. We explore the different strategies you can use to build people power and the journey she took to become one of the world’s top researchers in this space.
Changemaker Chat with Adam Barbanel-Fried: Deep Canvassing during the US 2020 Election
Interview with Craig Reucassel: How a career as a comedian and political satirist prepared him to talk about climate change with a diverse audience.
ChangeMaker Chat with Maurice Mitchell: Black Lives Matter
An interview with Maurice Mitchell, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives since Ferguson. Includes discussions of the protests that exploded following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020.
So, what is community organising?
Community organising is a way of building people power that focuses on building the capacity, skills and leadership of the people involved in making change. This article explains community organising and its history.
Podcasts About Taking Action During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Everyone is talking about the Covid-19 pandemic and the way it is shaking up our lives! You’ll find Coronavirus related content on most podcasts you could listen to. These ones have a particular focus on the implications for social movements.
Changemakers Podcasts Series 3, 4 and 5
The ChangeMakers podcast is short series podcast that tells stories about people who are striving for social change across the world.
Moving the rock: Shifting power for sustained change
This article explores the ‘moving the rock’ concept put forward by Daniel Hunter in his book Strategy and Soul. The concept has been valuable for campaigners and organisations reassessing their theory of change and particularly how they engage politicians and supporters.
Strategic Questioning Manual: A Powerful Tool for Personal and Social Change
Strategic questioning is a powerful tool for social change which helps people discover their own strategies and ideas for change.
Being Purpose Driven
Nothing precedes purpose. The starting point for every organisation or movement should be the question ‘Why do we exist’? A number of tips for focusing an organisation on vision and purpose. An excerpt from Purpose Driven Campaigning, based on Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Church.
Levels of Commitment from Community to Core
Rick Warren focuses on five ‘circles of commitment’ – community, crowd, congregation, committed and core, and argue that it’s important to recognise where your supporters fall in these categories, and develop processes to move them from the outside in. An excerpt from Purpose Driven Campaigning.
Time to Move the Rock: Activating Social Values to Bring About Change
Learn about Daniel Hunter’s metaphor of moving the rock to bring about social change through activating people’s social values.