Deep Canvassing during the US 2020 Election – ChangeMaker Chat with Adam Barbanel-Fried
Interview with Craig Reucassel: How a career as a comedian and political satirist prepared him to talk about climate change with a diverse audience.
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Organising
Organising builds power by engaging and connecting people in collective action. The resources gathered here educate and inform about the craft of organising. You’ll find case studies, articles, practical tips, and training materials.
Social Movements: Finding Your Place and Welcoming Others
How people can find a place within social movements where they comfortable, effective & supported, & how organisers can help them to feel so.
Organising: Start Here
Organising builds people power for change. Here is a list of resources to get you started including introductions, different approaches, manuals, tactics, videos and more.
Community Organising Leadership in Uncertain Times
Max Smith, co-director of the Community Organising Fellowship, outlines his thoughts on the practice of leadership for community organisers, and what it’s like to practice leadership during uncertain times created by the pandemic.
ChangeMakers Podcast: ChangeMaker Chat with Jane McAlevey
A chat with Jane McAlevey, United States social movement organiser and trainer, about organising for workers’ rights.
House Meeting Handbook: Harnessing the Power of Personal Networks and Storytelling to build Leadership and Support for your Campaign
The goal of this handbook is to help you build leadership, power, and the commitment to win your campaign with the help of house meetings.
Indigenous Gurindji win Land Rights in Australia (Wave Hill Walk Off) 1966-1975
The Gurindji of Wave Hill Station (Northern Territory) protested by a walkout against low wages, leading to the land rights movement.
Marshall Ganz Quotes and Wisdom
Inspiring quotes from Marshall Ganz, an expert in leadership, organizing and narrative/story. He is a lecturer at Harvard University.
Psychology of Change: Evidence Based Strategies to Create Social Change
A video series from the Social Change Lab, University of Queensland explores how to use learnings from psychology to create social change.
The Organiser’s Canvas
The organiser’s canvas is a visual aid that help organisers think creatively around the organizing process. It allows the organiser to focus on individual leadership practices whilst keeping track of how these practices flow into one another to create the greater whole.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Season Four, 2021 – How Small Groups Make Big Changes
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
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.
Behind the scenes of Sunrise’s volunteer-led phone bank program
Want to know how to run a large scale volunteer led phonebank? Learn from the Sunrise Movement and how they managed their teams.
What does that mean? Dictionaries and terminology for civil resistance
Are you looking for a dictionary, glossary and terminology related to civil resistance, activism and organising? Here is a list of resources.
Organising Your First Protest
Learn how to organize your first protest – Resources from the Article 20 Network including a recorded discussion with experience organizers.
Faces of Change: Podcast by Marshall Ganz
Podcast with Marshall Ganz and leaders about how they organize their communities and build the power their people need to achieve real change.
All About Movements: Why Building Movements Creates Deeper Change
Why do movements matter? Why do we march on the streets or come together online? Great resource on movements and movement building.
Tips for Campaigning Women
Tips for setting up strong groups and effective campaigns, provided by Holly Hammond to the WELA program.
Community Organising and Digital Campaigning Webinar Series
A webinar series from Australian Progress exploring insights from Australia and around the world on how to best organise and lead digital campaigns. Includes election case studies from the US, Northern Territory (Australia) and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Transformational Change Leadership: Stories of Building a Just Future
Transformational Change Leadership – A roadmap for leadership in collective, community-led & collaborative action.