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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.

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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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The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline

3 attributes can make the difference between success and failure for nonviolent movements around the world: unity, planning, & nonviolence.

Nonviolent Action and Pro-Democracy Struggles

The main issue is that the US government’s “democracy promotion” agenda has provided repressive regimes with an excuse to label popular pro-democracy movements challenging them as foreign agents, even when led by independent grassroots nonviolent activists.

Beautiful Action Trainer Modules (BATMo): Resources for Nonviolent Action Trainers

People Power, Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Action NVA Trainers and Facilitators – Lists of training activities from Beautiful Trouble.

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.

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.

Key Resources from Mobilisation Lab

Reports, toolkits, templates and guides from Mobilisation Lab including campaign strategy, storytelling, digital campaigning, security and more.

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What does it take to build people power?

People power – Learn about the the five different, dynamic strategies that can create powerful change when mixed together.

ChangeMakers Organising School – Online Course (Videos)

ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.

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