Sarah Durieux, Riley Rocco, Darcy Gunning and Lauren Farrow presented this panel session on building coalitions at FWD+Organise 2024.

When groups come together with a common concern they can have a much greater impact than working alone. However, it can be challenging to align groups across different missions, cultures and structures. The resources here will help you consider the key elements in building effective coalitions.
Sarah Durieux, Riley Rocco, Darcy Gunning and Lauren Farrow presented this panel session on building coalitions at FWD+Organise 2024.
Sarah Durieux shares the story of the snap French election of July 2024 and the way the left collaborated to win.
How do you build a broad coalition, a united front, despite frictions in ideology and political positioning? Are there examples from other countries that have been able to do this?
A guide to Coalition Building resources in the Commons Social Change Library including frameworks, training sessions, podcasts, and case studies.
A summary of the Testing Change Project which developed and tested new ways of operating for civil society organizations.
Here is a useful framework to help you understand your role in social change. It describes different social change roles: Helpers, Advocates, Organizers & Rebels.
Understand the four roles of activism (Bill Moyer) that show up in Palestine solidarity and the movement to end genocide.
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.
Listen to two podcasts from the Commons Conversations about campaigns, coalition building and citizen science to end logging in Australia.
A guide to writing a solidarity statement by the Building Movement Project including examples of inspiring statements from different groups.
Sarah Durieux, Riley Rocco, Darcy Gunning and Lauren Farrow presented this panel session on building coalitions at FWD+Organise 2024.
Sarah Durieux shares the story of the snap French election of July 2024 and the way the left collaborated to win.
How do you build a broad coalition, a united front, despite frictions in ideology and political positioning? Are there examples from other countries that have been able to do this?
A guide to Coalition Building resources in the Commons Social Change Library including frameworks, training sessions, podcasts, and case studies.
A summary of the Testing Change Project which developed and tested new ways of operating for civil society organizations.
Here is a useful framework to help you understand your role in social change. It describes different social change roles: Helpers, Advocates, Organizers & Rebels.
Understand the four roles of activism (Bill Moyer) that show up in Palestine solidarity and the movement to end genocide.
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.
Listen to two podcasts from the Commons Conversations about campaigns, coalition building and citizen science to end logging in Australia.
A guide to writing a solidarity statement by the Building Movement Project including examples of inspiring statements from different groups.