James is co-founder of the Change Agency and director of our Community Organising Fellowship.
‘Activism and Social Change’ Masters Program @ University of Leeds
This multi-disciplinary course brings together the worlds of academia and social struggle. It is run by academics working and researching with a variety of campaigns, social movement organisations and communities struggling against social and ecological injustice, and...
water glass exercise
This activity is used by Ouyporn Khuankeaw, a trainer in Thailand who most often works with village development workers, women leaders, monks and nuns, and NGO staff. She finds that popular education/experiential education is easier for participants to get the most...
Catalyst Centre
Non- profit worker co-op that promotes innovative learning, popular education, research and community development to advance positive social change.
Nonviolent action.net
We are scholars, activists, students, researchers, trainers, teachers, adherents, advocates of nonviolent action.
Centre for Community Change
The Centre is helping low-income people, especially people of colour build effective organisations through which they can change their communities for the better. Contains tips on organisational development, dealing with media and leadership.
National Organisers Alliance
The Alliance aims to advance progressive organising for social economic and environmental justice and support people in their social change work. The site features a comprehensive list of progressive organisations and resources in the United States.
Midwest Academy
The academy teaches organising methods and skills that empower ordinary citizens to actively participate in the democratic process.
Lobbywatch
Lobbywatch helps track deceptive public relations and features a list of think tanks, front groups, PR operators and industry friendly experts.
Kotare Research & Education for Social Change
tCA’s sister organisation in Aotearoa (New Zealand). This awesome crew facilitate workshops and develop community research on social change issues. Kia ora!
Joanna Macy’s “Welcome to all Beings”
Articles and resources on experiential group work relating to deep ecology, despair and empowerment.
Highlander Research and Education Center
Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. We work with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny.
Strategic practice: Grassroots policy project
Provides social justice groups with tools and frameworks for more strategic approaches to movement-building.
Experiential learning wikipedia
Experiential education is a process for learning through action. The term is often used interchangeably with experiential learning.
experiential learning david kolb
David Kolb’s model of experiential learning can be found in many discussions of the theory and practice of adult education, informal education and lifelong learning. This website set out the model, and examines its possibilities and problems.
Enabling Change
Resources and tools on activist training and campaign strategy.
Democracy in Action technology for the masses
Online campaigning and advocacy tools accessible to all nonprofits to enable people to connect, communicate, take action, and organise.
Community unionism
Research papers, training documents, annotated bibliography and weblinke created by Amanda Tattersall, an Australian union and community activist and academic, preparing a PhD on Community Unionism.
Comm-Org
Moderated and edited by Randy Stoecker, Comm-org’s mission is to link academics and activists, and theory and practice, toward the goal of improving community organizing and its related crafts. Terrific resources, case studies and links.