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Rebuilding Public Power: Stopping Corporate Overreach

Activities, videos, and case studies that will help participants assess corporate power in their own communities and build visions for public and collective power.

A diagram of the 'The Upside-down triangle'. An upside down triangle is held up by 3 logs on each side coming out of the ground. With out the logs holding it up it would fall.|Diagram showing 'The old way of seeing power'. A triangle with three levels feautures 3 people. The person at the top is a principal

Pillars Of Support – The Upside Down Triangle

Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.

Leaderful Organizing

The Leaderful Organizing Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that offers practical guidance, tools, and examples for fostering leadership and collective action within organizations and movements.

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Justice, Diversity & Inclusion: Start Here

Find a comprehensive list of resources from The Commons Social Change Library on diversity, inclusion and solidarity in social movements.

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Quotes about Power and Social Change

A collection of quotes about power, social change and organising collected by the Commons Social Change Library.

Leaderful Organizing Tool: Chapati Power Diagrams

Chapati Power Diagrams are a leaderful organising tool which helps a group analyse power in a specific situation.

|Looking down on a room full of people. People are in groups of three and holding various poses. Some people are on the flood and others are standing. They are participating in a theatrical exercise called Colombian Hypnosis (by Augusto Boal) where they lead and follow each other. Around the edge of the room are empty seats.|A group of people are standing in a white room with a red door.Five people are standing around two people who are kneeling. One person is pushing their hand onto the forehead of another and that person is falling backwards. They are participating in an exercise called Colombian Hypnosis by Augusto Boal.|book cover - Title reads Games for Actors and Non-Actors

Leaderful Organizing Tool: Columbian Hypnosis

Columbian Hypnosis is a theatrical group exercise which explores our tendencies and assumptions around power and leadership.

Leadership and Leaderful Organizing: Research on Building Leaderful Movements in Europe

This research report explores the concept of leaderful organizing and provides research on building leaderful movements in Europe.

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Towards Inclusive Practice: Guides, Tips and Videos

Easy to use resources including guides, tips and videos provide advice on how to be more inclusive of people with an intellectual disability.

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How to Win Well: Civil Resistance Breakthroughs and the Path to Democracy

Civil resistance-Moving from dictatorship to democracy. Negotiations & elections are the breakthroughs that lead to more democratic outcomes.

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