tCA news - may 2010

tCA news - may 2010

what's on top

Go team! We added 35 new resources to the tCA website just this week. Our work with World Vision's facilitation and education team created space to systematise our curriculum. These do-it-yourself activist education guides and resources were developed and trialed in our workshops during the last year. They're now available from our working with groups, activist education and personal development and lifeskills webpages. A special thanks to Jason and Catherine for your hard yards bringing this to fruition!

We've also uploaded Julie Foreman's fascinating case study 'Listening' based on her work with public housing tenants in Minto. Julie's reflections examine the dilemmas and challenges of working with communities undergoing crises, in this case the demolition of the homes of public housing tenants. (Download from our 'case studies' page.)

If you download and use these resources, we'd love your feedback... and welcome contributions to share.

Sam La Rocca speaking on non-violent direct action at Climate Summit 2010

great online resources

	Chris Rose's latest 'Campaign Strategy' Newsletter (Edition 59) - Chris shares his thoughts on the link between climate change and the Icelandic volcano, and analyses the UK election.
	10 tactics for turning information into action - Exploring how rights advocates use information and digital technology to create positive change.
	powercube: understanding poewr for social change - A resource for understanding power relations in efforts to bring about social change. Powercube.net contains practical and conceptual materials to help us think about how to respond to power relations within organisations and in wider social and political spaces.
	NOA Enews April 2010 - The latest newsletter from the (U.S.) National Organizers' Alliance. Check out the article on the Organizer Mentoring Project.

upcoming learning opportunities

Our online calendar has details of additional events and opportunities. Contact us if you have something to add to the calendar.

	Using online, new and alternative media for campaigning \| Melbourne, May 22 - Learn how to use information, communications and digital technologies to maximise the impact of your advocacy work.
	Building Alliances Between Community Groups and with Humanitarian Agencies \| Melbourne, June 22 - What is the potential for collaboration between international humanitarian agencies and community groups to work together in Human Rights in armed conflict? Come and explore the possibilities.
	8th World Congress of the Action Learning Action Research Association \| Melbourne, Sept 4-9 2010

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