This guide is aimed at people and groups working for social change who want to develop an understanding of conflict and how to deal with it. There are sections on what conflict is, the benefits of addressing it, and tools to work though conflict and maintain healthy and effective social change groups.
Learn about why conflict happens in social change groups in Working with Conflict in our Groups: A Guide for Grassroots Activists.
How to take effective action to deal with conflict in your group from Working with Conflict in our Groups: A Guide for Grassroots Activists.
This Guide provides ideas and strategies for activists groups to implement when dealing with conflict which is inevitable.
This excerpt from Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership explores the dilemma of growth in groups and outlines primary and secondary organisation systems.
Explore how movements can manage internal conflict when it inevitably arises as they seek to build broad-based pro-democracy coalitions of active, passive, and unlikely allies.
Community Connections – Te Hapori Awhina Tangata produced this video which includes tips for people organising networks inclusive of people with disability.
Researchers interviewed climate activists about their physical and mental health experiences. Here are 10 tips based on the activists’ experiences, insights and recommendations.
Welcome to the Collaborative Impact Methods Kit. This is a community-curated library of 500+ techniques and tools to unleash collective change.
This activity makes visible the margins of the group and aims to support group members to feel seen and welcomed.
Giving and Receiving feedback is a group exercise which supports authentic group relationships for long term collaboration.
Organizational Structure Matrix is a conversational tool to explore the benefits and disadvantages of different organizing structures.
Race Class Narrative Checklist is a tool for increasing inclusion and solidarity in movements, by ensuring we push back against racism and classism.
The Republic of Kunbábony is a group roleplay exercise which explores strategic ways to get involved in the political process.
Resilience Trees are a visual exercise to deepen our understanding of the practices that increase our resilience and strengthen our movements.
Flipping the Script is a tool for building confidence in one on one conversations in community organizing.
Chapati Power Diagrams are a leaderful organising tool which helps a group analyse power in a specific situation.
Meditative tool to develop awareness in order to increase our capacity to show up, work together and bring about change in the world.
This leaderful organising tool is a roleplay exercise which teaches skills for facilitating and participating in good meetings.
The mística is a feminist ritual exercise that is both political and spiritual, focused on deep listening and trust.