tCA news - june 2010

what's on top

Community activism is all-consuming and addictive! The first half of the year has raced by for the tCA collective. We're all engaged in campaigns in our communities, loving the connections, the passion and the occasional win!

We've really enjoyed working this month with a state-wide disability advocacy group to develop their campaign strategy to change government policies relating to how support funding is administered. It's inspiring to work with such committed and creative crew.

The new DIY (do-it-yourself) workshop resources listed in last month's enews contributed to a spike in traffic to tCA's website. During May, we recorded almost 20,000 visitors and 12,000 downloads. If you've recently written a campaign case study, workshop outline or other community organising resources and you're keen to share, we'd love to hear from you!

great online resources

	new media ventures - New Media Ventures is the first national network of early stage angel investors who are putting their time and money into cutting edge start-ups focused on creating progressive political change.
	tavaana: leadership, civic education, democratic transition, digital security, and human rights advocacy - Tavaana - meaning ‘empowered’ and ‘capable’ in Persian - is an e-learning space for Iranian civil society.
	using radio to empower and engage communities - This dialogue brought together human rights practitioners using community radio to empower communities, shortwave radio to reach communities limited by government-run media and radio stations, and other innovative uses of audio to share critical information.

upcoming learning opportunities

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

	8th world congress of the action learning action research association \| Melbourne, Sept 4-9 2010 - Global congress of practitioners and theorists of participatory action research, action research and action learning.
	building alliances between community groups and with humanitarian agencies \| Melbourne, June 22 - The Humanitarian Crisis Hub invites community groups advocating for human rights in war and conflict to a series of free workshops and evening presentations designed to promote discussion and networking, and improve their practical activism skills and outcomes.
	theatre of the oppressed training for artists, activists, and community workers \| Canada 16-20 August - Stage Left Productions offers this annual, week-long immersion in Theatre of the Oppressed practices as a means of learning to use the arts as an effective community engagement and social justice tool.

		basic campaign questions Chris Rose, author of 'How to Win Campaigns' circulates an excellent monthly newsletter. In
		congratulations Greenpeace In just two months, Greenpeace encouraged more than 23.000 motivated Australians to contact Nestlé, urging the global food corporation to stop using...
		thank you Cam! This month, Cam Walker celebrated 21 years with Friends of the Earth Australia. Congratulations Cam, and thank you deeply for your passionate and...

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