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Diversity & Inclusion

Strong movements are made up of diverse participants, each bringing their particular talents, perspectives and community connections. For this to happen groups need the skills and culture to be inclusive and welcoming. You’ll find materials to support that in this topic, as well as stories and perspectives from different communities, identities and struggles.

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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Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline

The first book to bring together a large collection of neurodiverse contributors to talk about events that shaped the movement, and which they themselves were involved with.

A red square with white text reading 'Dealing with Far-Right Interventions in Our Movements: 8 Ways Activists & Organisers Can Respond'

Dealing with Far-Right Interventions in Left-Wing and Progressive Movements

An examination of the growing influence of far-right and conspiracy-driven ideologies, including interventions in left-wing and progressive movements. The article outlines eight ways activists and organisers can respond.

Digital Accessibility: Making Online Spaces Accessible

Tips, notes and presentation slides from a session at the FWD + Organise 2021 Conference about how to make online spaces more accessible.

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Accessible Online Meetings

Micro-course on making meetings inclusive and accessible for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing & people who are blind or vision impaired.

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Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Organising and Campaigning

How organisations and collectives can create more supportive environments for transgender and gender diverse activists to work and grow in.

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Changemaker Chat with Tyson Yunkaporta: Indigenous Thinking

Tyson Yunkaporta discusses Indigenous thinking on power, change, being and coping with chaos.

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Identity Groups to Build Diversity and Power

This extract from the book Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership outlines the value of identity groups, also known as caucuses and affinity spaces.

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Quotes from Beyond the Gender Binary

Quotes which draw on contemporary experiences of living beyond the gender binary to inspire collective action, resistance and solidarity.

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Book Review: We Will Not Cancel Us

Review of the booklet We Will Not Cancel Us – And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown. Discusses transformative justice approaches as an alternative accountability measure to ‘canceling’ individual harm-doers.

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Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the Workplace

A resource to help non-profit organisations make their workplaces more inclusive and supportive of transgender and gender diverse people.

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Community-led Design Wiki

A wiki of insights and resources around community-led or community-driven design featuring movements, tools, writing, audio and video.

A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects

A report about the rich, diverse and unique history of queer communities in Victoria reflected in places, objects and landscapes.

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Do Better and Win Bigger by Taking on Marginalisation

Change the world with boycotts, workplace action and memes, political campaigns, disaster relief, civil disobedience and more.

How to deal with racism at ‘that’ awkward Christmas dinner

Casual racism at family gatherings can be tricky to navigate! These resources help you prepare how you will respond.

Reset Recommended Reading – October 2020

How do we keep fighting for a better future? Part of it is reflecting, inquiring and generating new ideas. Here are a list of resources to get you thinking.