2018- Commons Library

Shifting the Narrative: What it Takes to Reframe the Debate for Social Justice in the US

This article defines narrative and looks at the opportunities, tensions and challenges of reframing social justice narratives in the US.

Changing Our Narrative About Narrative: The Infrastructure Required for Building Narrative Power

Thoughts on creating the right story about narrative change within the progressive movement and looking at what infrastructure is needed to build narrative power.

PDF cover - Title reads "Effective Activist: An evidence-based guide in progressive social change'. A background pattern of zig zag lines.

Effective Activist Strategic Plans

Overview of the main components of an effective activist strategic plan to help you avoid some common activist planning mistakes.

|Protestors lying in ground with police protecting building in the background.

Nonviolent Direct Action as Social Parable

This article “Nonviolent Direct Action as Social Parable” by Daniel Hunter explores how nonviolent direct action (NVDA) functions as a method of social change, akin to parables in religious and philosophical teachings.

$Book cover - Title reads 'The town that said no to AGL: How Gloucester was saved from coal seam gas'. The title overlays a photo of a person wearing a hat with their arms held up in a cross in front of them.|An older man with a hat sit nexts to a younger woman with a dog. He is holding a sign that reads 'Your grandchildren's future depends on You divesting from fossil fuels'.|A line of signs planted in grass next to safety witches hats. A larger sign reads 'Peaceful Vigil Site and Information. Two signs read 'Lock the Gate' and 'No coal seam gas.'|A group of older ladies posing for photo in a group and smiling. They are dressed mainly in yellow and are holding protest signs. One reads 'Gloucester Knitting nanas agains gas'.|Three protestors posing for photo holding cardboard signs. A man with a hat holding a sign that reads 'Tell em they're dreaming'. A woman wearing sunglasses and a hat holds a sign that reads 'How's the serenity in a gasfield'. There is a lock the gate triangle logo poster in the background behind the man's head.|Three protestors hold a yellow and black banner that reads 'If they frack$

Groundswell Gloucester: Fighting and Winning against Fracking

Insights into how a grass roots community campaign based in Gloucester Valley, NSW scored a major victory against the Coal Seam Gas industry.

A brown naked body- mostly the hand and leg- are wrapped around and crawling out of a rich root system. The title “Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice: Essays by Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha” is above this on a white background.

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice is a collection of essays by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha published in 2018. It is an influential text for disability advocates and all people working to overcome systems of oppression.

12 Habits of Successful Changemakers

How do I become an effective changemaker? Discover the 12 key habits or behaviours of successful changemakers.

Looking down at a crowd of people walking across a road pedestrian crossing. The photo is in black and white and three of the crossing stripes stand out in yellow.|silhouette of a large gathering of people standing together in front of a fence|silhouette of a large gathering of people standing together in front of a fence

Community Organising Program: Case Studies, Successes and Lessons Learned

Case studies, analysis of the successes and lessons learned from the Civil College Foundation’s Community Organizing Program in Hungary.

Ivan Marovic serving as a battering ram to break the door of the Deanery at Belgrade University during the 1996-1997 Student Protest. Photo by Miroslav Petrovic||||

The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns

The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns by Ivan Marovic is a practical guide for activists and organizers of all levels, who wish to grow their resistance activities into a more strategic, fixed-term campaign.

How to Build a Team: Online Course by Marshall Ganz

Do you want to know about building leadership teams and organising? 12 videos by Marshall Ganz that will help you learn all about setting up a team.

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