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Screenshot of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SNCC Digital Gateway Timeline website. A list of dates and events.

Direct Action to Voter Registration: Case Study

Timeline case study of direct action to voter registration follows the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SNCC (US) from 1960 – 1962.

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Changemaker Chat with Samuel Chu: Community Organising in the US for Hong Kong Democracy

Samuel Chu – founder of Hong Kong Democracy Council in the US – discusses the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement and international solidarity.

ChangeMaker Chat with Myint Cho: Burmese Pro-Democracy Activist

Myint Cho, Burmese student pro-democracy activist, discusses the civil disobedience movement in Burma from past to present.

Black and white photograph of protestors standing next to bus.

University of Sydney students uncover and protest discrimination of Aboriginal people in New South Wales, 1965

Torres Strait Islander soldiers strike to end discrimination in the army during World War Two.

Female highschool walking in protest against inaction on climate change holding painted pandanus mat with words 'stop adani'.

“When the bombs drop, school stops” – Over 100 years of Australian school strikes and direct action

Australia has a long history of students walking out of the classroom to demand change. A timeline of Australian school strikes from the 1930s until 2019.

ChangeMakers Podcast Series 1

The ChangeMakers podcast is short series podcast that tells stories about people who are striving for social change across the world.

Photograph of hands holding cups with lit candles against the dark sky.

After Florida Can America change its gun laws?

The massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida is similar to many that have happened at schools across the USA. But there is a hope here in Florida that feels different to previous tragedies, because of the powerful political analysis and leadership coming from students.

A group of people filling a street and stopping traffic.

Reflections on #FeesMustFall movement

#FeesMustFall movement was very diverse and rich with dialogue and conflict. This letter by a student leader, Anzio Cameron, gives a live account of some of the tensions that divided the movement.

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