• Title reads 'Bird-dogging'. A person speaks at a lecturn to an audience. Two people are at the side holding placards up above the heads.|A man stands behind Jim Chalmers on stage holding a sign that reads "No New Coal and Gas"

    Tactic: Bird-dogging

    What is bird-dogging? Here is a collection of resources curated by the Commons librarians about what bird-dogging is, how to do bird-dogging and examples from around the world.

  • Title reads 'Accountability sessions'. At the top in yellow semi-circle text reads 'Tactic'. Illustration of a group of people sitting in chairs facing a stage with three people sitting on the stage.|Diagram showing an accountability session. There is a person at a microphone standing before an audience titled "mike holder". There is a panel of four sitting at a long table on the left titled " panel". Next to the panel on the right is a single person sitting at a table that reads 'The Chair

    Tactic: Accountability Session

    The Accountability Session is a tactic used in community organising to demonstrate power and hold decision-makers accountable.ย ย 

  • Text reads 'Charter for Equitable Relationships between NGOs

    Charter and Checklist for Equitable Relationships between NGOs, Funders and Grassroots Groups

    Principles and Best Practices for a Charter for Equitable Relationships between NGOs, Funders and Grassroots Groups.

  • Title slide reads 'Moving at the Speed of Trust: Disability Justice & Transformative Justice'

    Moving at the Speed of Trust: Disability Justice and Transformative Justice

    An online conversation between Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Elliott Fukui on the intersections of disability justice and transformative justice.

  • Cover of the booklet We Will Not Cancel Us. The cover is bright pink with black text.

    We Will Not Cancel Us: Book Review

    Review of the booklet We Will Not Cancel Us – And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown. Discusses transformative justice approaches as an alternative accountability measure to โ€˜cancelingโ€™ individual harm-doers.

  • A large daffodil grows out of a concrete block. The block is a prison cell with metal bars. The daffodil's stem

    Transformative Approaches to Conflict Resolution

    This article introduces some of the key concepts of transformative justice and provides links to a wide array of resources. Transformative justice describes a systems approach to identifying root causes of conflict and responding to these as a community.

  • Reset 6: Centring Justice & Care

    Reset Reading Group resources for the Centring Justice & Care theme introduced and curated by Roj Amedi.

  • Photograph of a sandwich board on pavement

    Tips on How to Give and Receive Feedback

    Giving and receiving feedback is a core skill for people engaged in social change projects. These slides and related text outline what can maximise or minimise the effectiveness of feedback and useful phrases.ย 

  • Lobbying Workshop Guide

    A process guide to be used in training workshops and planning sessions to introduce participants to lobbying in an experiential way; identify lobbying as just one tool in a community organiserโ€™s toolkit of skills and techniques for change; provide resources and information for future reference.

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    Lobbying: A Tactic for Social Change

    Lobbying is one method of raising public awareness of an issue and enlists support for a particular cause. The objective of lobbying is to persuade decision makers to take or not to take particular actions. This handout covers the skills, knowledge and qualities of effective lobbyists, as well as the essential steps to preparing for…

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