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Turning Grassroots Activism Into Durable Political Power

Watch this webinar to learn the basics of social movement theory and how those insights can be applied to building durable political power.

Can NGOs and Social Movements be Authentic Allies?

Four things not for profit organisations can take into consideration to be authentic allies with social movements.

Australian Actions at the Point of Assumption

Points of Assumption – A list of Australian examples of tactics and actions that have reframed debates and beliefs and made social change.

Australian Actions at Different Points of Intervention

Australian examples of actions that intensify impact in terms of ensuring visibility, challenging opponents, and disrupting narratives. 

Changing Beliefs Through Action at the Point of Assumption

How can activists reframe debates & beliefs? By challenging the assumptions that underpin them using powerful actions at points of intervention.

Points of Intervention

Campaigners – Where is the best place to take action with the greatest impact? Learn about making change using points of intervention.

Guide for Trainers about Organizing, Narrative, Campaign and Movement Building

An array of training resources for organizing, public narrative, campaigning trainers and coaches collated by the Leading Change Network.

Guide to Campaign and Movement Building by the Leading Change Network

Learn about campaigning, organizing, movement building with this list of resources and case studies from the Leading Change Network.

FWD + Organise 2021: Conference Resources

Conference Proceedings from the FWD + Organise Conference 2021 held by Australian Progress for community organisers and digital campaigners.

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?

Making change: What works?

What key ingredients enable movements to realise significant change? Learn from four movements and this report’s insights and findings.

Social movements and the (mis)use of research: Extinction Rebellion and the 3.5% rule 

Extinction Rebellion member Kyle R Matthews explores how scholarship regarding civil resistance campaigns seeking regime change has been used by environmental activists.

Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – Summary & Related Resources

A collation of resources about the book – Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – by Hahrie Han, Elizabeth McKenna and Michelle Oyakawa.

Scaling Social Movements: An Overview 

Summary of key resources about scaling – the process of increasing the size, strength, geographical reach, & impact of social movements.

Social Movements: Finding Your Place and Welcoming Others

How people can find a place within social movements where they comfortable, effective & supported, & how organisers can help them to feel so.

Transforming Coordination within Social Movements 

Lessons from social and labour movements that discuss how movements bringing people together for common preservation arise and can be built.

Scaling Up Movements For Greater Impact

Scaling framework tool for campaigners to evaluate existing efforts and think about new ways of broadening and deepening impact.

International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984

Nestle artificial baby milks infant formula marketing Third World International Baby Food Action Network.

Australian women protest conscription during Vietnam War [Save Our Sons (SOS)], 1965-1972

Save Our Sons opposed military conscription for Australia’s role in the United States invasion and occupation of Vietnam.

Australians general strike for right to unionize, Brisbane, Australia, 1912

Brisbane unionists organised a general strike in 1912 to protect and enhance the rights of tramways workers to organise.