Campaigning - Grassroots- Commons Library

A woman holding a fist in the air and a sign at a protest. The sign reads 'Zakeyo Shuka!! #RejectFinanceBill2024"

Insights from the Frontlines of Kenya

Kenya’s 2024 Finance Bill protests sparked a youth-led movement that challenged corruption, won key reforms and reshaped civic activism amid state repression—powerful insights from the frontlines.

Tomorrow Movement: The Momentum Organising Framework in Australia

Explore the Momentum Model and how Tomorrow Movement uses this grassroots organising framework in Australia.

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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.

Zine cover - Title reads 'Movement Power A Toolkit for Building People Power in a Time of Crisis'. Illustration of 3 abstract people moving forward together. The front person is holding a blue flag with the words 'Movement Power'.|Screenshot of a page from the Movement Power A Toolkit for Building People Power in a Time of Crisis. These two pages has an illustration of the Spectrum of Allies

Movement Power: A Toolkit for Building People Power in a Time of Crisis (Zine)

A toolkit for grassroots groups that explores how power works and how powerful we can be when people act together in common cause and solidarity with each other.

A sign board on a street in Atlanta with people riding past on bicycles. On the board is a black and white photo of a woman called Ella Baker. On the board it reads '"Legendary leader Ella Baker moved to Atlanta in 1957 to help form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Bayard Rastin and Dr. Martin Luther King

Building Movement Capacity and Structure: Ella Baker and the Civil Rights Movement

Take inspiration from this Civil Rights Movement story about how to build movement capacity and structure. Learn about Ella Baker and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC.

You talk, We die: The Battle for Victoria’s First Safe Injecting Facility – Book review

A campaign case study and book review of a rapid-fire campaign journey to establish a drug injecting centre in inner-city Melbourne.

|Handbook cover - The title reads 'The Nightcap Handbook'. Illustration in green of a rainforest with a bird and a wallaby.|The cover of the 'Franklin River Blockade Handbook'. A big red hand is held up and stopping a person driving a bulldozer.|Cover of Handbook - Title reads 'Daintree Handbook

Australian Blockading Handbooks

A collection of Australian Blockading Handbooks from the 1980s to the present including the Daintree, Franklin River, Jabiluka, etc.

global support grassroots network GGSN members on a video group call. Their faces are covered with smiley faces and smiley flowers to anonymize them for digital security reasons.|Map of the world showing locations that GGSN members joined from in Year 1|Bar graph showing relative frequency of top challenge themes raised by GGSN members.|Commons Library section featuring GGSN guides|Map of the world showing areas of expansion for the GGSN in Year 2

Supporting Grassroots Justice-oriented Activists Around the World: A Year’s Worth of Learnings

Grassroots activism often lacks funding & support but the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN) has brought together organizers to tackle common challenges and share resources.

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Leaderful Organizing Tool: Race Class Narrative Checklist

Race Class Narrative Checklist is a tool for increasing inclusion and solidarity in movements, by ensuring we push back against racism and classism.

Leaderful Organizing Tool: Flipping the Script

Flipping the Script is a tool for building confidence in one on one conversations in community organizing.

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