Advocacy

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Lobbying and Advocacy: Start Here

Welcome to the Lobbying & Advocacy topic in the Commons Social Change Library. This article guides you through a wide range of materials to inform the public in relation to lobbying, advocacy and policy-making.

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Lessons from the Transport for All Campaign

The Transport for All campaign, coordinated by DRC Advocacy, is fighting for accessible public transport in Victoria, Australia. An interview with Ally Scott and Greg Ferrington about the campaign.

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Insights from Disability Campaigning from Rochelle Porteous

Interview with Rochelle Porteous, experienced campaigner on a range of issues and the Advocacy Manager at the Council for Intellectual Disability.

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Accessible Pub Crawls and Positive Change: An Interview with Des Ryan

In this interview hear about Des Ryan’s annual accessible pub crawl in the town of Rockhampton in Australia – making positive change.

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The History of Campaigns in Australia by People With Disability

Histories and case studies from Australia of the fight for independence, inclusion, equality, access and services for people with disability.

All about El Gibbs: Disability Advocate

Learn all about El Gibbs, an Australian Disability Advocate, through her writing and books, podcasts and webinars.

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Disability Advocacy Online Courses

Free, online video courses about disability advocacy, introduction and best practice, from the Disability Advocacy Resources Unit DARU.

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Easy Read resources about advocacy and campaigning

Easy Read uses clear language matched with images so everyone understands. These guides introduce advocacy and campaigning.

What is the Difference between Advocacy and Activism?

Find out the difference between advocacy and activism in this book chapter published in 2022 by Jane Johnston and Robyn Gulliver.

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Campaign Communications Course

A course for grassroot groups to understand the basics of public communications for building a convincing, winning campaign.

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What Makes a Brilliant Advocacy Strategy?

What are the key elements of building a powerful coalition? Here are 3 tips to become a great coalition builder.

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Government Relations and Winning Reform – Australian Progress Webinars

Two webinars by Australian Progress about political reform and government relations in relation to the newly elected Labor Government who won power in the Australian Federal Election 2022.

Measuring Your Impact

How do you measure the impact of activism and advocacy work? Here are some ideas, resources and organisational examples to get you started.

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What Helps Motivate People to Take Action?

What helps motivate people to take action? Learn from this research from the University of Queensland that analysed the website communication of almost 500 Australian environmental groups.

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Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline

The first book to bring together a large collection of neurodiverse contributors to talk about events that shaped the movement, and which they themselves were involved with.

Lessons from the Campaign to Stop Independent Assessments Webinar

Watch webinar which brought together a panel of activists to share their insights about the campaign to stop Independent Assessments.

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Campaign Monitoring and Evaluation: Measuring What Matters

How can we equip ourselves to design effective monitoring and evaluation approaches for campaigns, movement building and organising work?

Anti nuclear poster. Text says For a nuclear-free and independent Pacific. Stop French tests, US out, USSR Stay Out! The image is a nuclear symbol overlaying an illustrated aerial view of land and clouds. Text in other language is - Kia toituu te mana o te Moana-niu-aa-Kiwa: raahuitat kia waatea i ngaa Nuukrina whakahaehae whakamootii. La matua fa'asaina le fa'aaogaina o aupega malolosi e ai le nuclear bomb i le pasefiak atoa

From Protest to Politics: The Effectiveness of Civil Society in shaping the Nuclear-free Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand

A case study about what made anti-nuclear activism successful in Aotearoa New Zealand between the 1960s – 1980s.

How to Write a Powerful Submission to Government – in as little as 10 minutes!

Contributing to government submission processes can be a valuable way for individuals to have a say on issues they care about. This article outlines some of the steps you can take to make your submissions powerful.

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The WA Forest Conflict: The Construction of the Political Effectiveness of Advocacy Organisations

Tactics and strategy of nonprofit organisations involved in advocacy regarding forestry in the 1990s-2000s in Western Australia.

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