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Communications & Media

Creating change requires engaging audiences, communicating messages, and inviting people to join in action. The resources here will help you get clearer on what communication channels to use and how, how to develop compelling framing and messages, and the skills required to engage media (traditional and new forms) effectively.

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The 2023 Voice Referendum Outcome: A Messaging Guide

In the aftermath of a challenging referendum loss, our communities are facing a critical juncture. GetUp and Australian Progress offer a messaging guide for social change organisations, helping you speak out and channel emotions into constructive action. Read an excerpt and download the full report.

How Collective Action Communication Frames are used to Drive Action on Climate Justice

Insights into how Australian environmental groups use collective action frames in their communication on climate justice.

Bar graph with yellow bars. Figure 1: Most common understandings of climate justice shown as a percentage of all mentions found in Australian environmental group communication.

Climate Justice: What does it mean?

Many environmental and social change groups call for climate justice, but what does ‘climate justice’ actually mean?

Guide cover - Title reads 'Un Fil Entre Nos Bulles Guide mégalodeste pour l’organisation d’Espaces transnationaux en ligne'. Image of a world with people in different countries connecting with each other shown by curved lines connecting different people across the world.

Un Fil Entre Nos Bulles Guide mégalodeste pour l’organisation d’Espaces transnationaux en ligne (Français) [A Guide for organizing transnational online meetings in French]

Le guide, Un fil entre nos bulles, a été élaboré pour outiller les groupes dans la création d’événements transnationaux en ligne.

Report cover - Title reads 'Passing the message stick'. The subheading reads 'Messages that build widespread public support for transformative change on First Nations justice, now and beyond the referendum.' The image is an aerial of an Australian coastline - clear, turquoise water with white sand, coastal vegetation and red soil.

Passing the Message Stick: Messages that Build Support for Change on First Nations Justice

Persuasive messaging to build widespread support for transformative change, like treaties, truth-telling and representation, now and beyond the referendum.

Report cover - Title reads 'The Authoritarian Playbook: How Reporters can Contextualize and Cover Authoritarian Threats as Distinct from Politics-as-usual'. Title overlays images of the US white House which has a blue and red filter overlay.

The Authoritarian Playbook: How Reporters can Contextualize and Cover Authoritarian Threats as Distinct from Politics-as-Usual

Guide for journalists and the media on the seven fundamental tactics used by aspiring authoritarians and a framework journalists can use to discern, contextualize, and cover the tactics.

Writing a Letter to the Editor

This article by Oxfam Australia provides tips to help get your letter to the editor published.

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Lobbying Playbook: How to Guides, Stories and Examples

This guide is useful for anyone who is new to lobbying and wants to learn more. It includes how to guides, stories and examples.

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The Activist Handbook: Campaigning Guides for Activists

The Activist Handbook is a ‘wikipedia’ style website that provides guides and resources for people to become effective activists.

Six disabled people of color smile and pose in front of a concrete wall. Five people stand in the back, with the Black woman in the center holding up a chalkboard sign reading "disabled and here." A South Asian person in a wheelchair sits in front.

Guidelines: Images Portraying People with Disability

A short guide from People with Disability Australia PWDA with useful tips on how to portray images of people with disability.

Reporting In Contentious Times: Insights for Journalists to Avoid Fanning the Flames A Memo

This memo provides a brief overview of key considerations and pointers for responsible and conflict-sensitive election-related reporting.

Building a Resiliency Network: A Toolkit for Building Community Resilience during a Contentious Election Cycle

This toolkit offers simple, step-by-step guidance and worksheets for leaders seeking to take decisive steps to create resilience to violence in their communities.

Every Worker in Australia: A Race Class Narrative

Introduction This guide offers a blueprint for building and sustaining the collective power needed for workplace and electoral wins. However, just like an architectural blueprint, lines on a page on their own do nothing. It is up to organizers, activists and elected leaders to take the guidance herein and apply it when and however you […]