James is co-founder of the Change Agency and director of our Community Organising Fellowship.
tCA strategy chart
The anatomy of a campaign strategy: a chart illustrating elements of strategy and processes your group can use to develop them.
The wave: Where we stand in relation to…
A great exercise to encourage people to recognise and empathise with different viewpoints relating to a social problem, developed by Christine Herzog of AWEA.
‘I want you to know, I need you to hear’
A creative tool for open sharing within established teams. It’s especially useful for organisations where regular communication about personal needs is not straightforward, such as groups whose members are geographically remote from each other.
Pacing Yourself for the Journey
‘How to Avoid Burnout and Thrive while Working to Change the World’ – a terrific resource developed by Berit Lakey; George Lakey, Rod Napier, and Janice Robinson.
Social Movement Ed2
further information about the workshops, including background on the Change Agency, testimonials, and fee details.
The forest protest protocol: An outbreak of participatory democracy
Aidan Ricketts (2000) examines how the North East Forest Alliance has successfully combined uncompromising direct action strategies in the form of blockades and occupations with sophisticated lobbying and litigation. Published in the Alternative Law Journal.
Theatre of protest: The magnifying effects of theatre in direct action
Aidan Ricketts (2000) examines how devices such as imagination, ritual, ceremony, romance and symbolism, when combined with bold physical acts of protest, disobedience and defiance produce a powerful medium for asserting dissent. Published in the Journal.
Directors’ duties to the company and minority shareholder environmental activism
Aidan Ricketts, Shelley Bielefeld, Sue Higginson and Jim Jackson investigate the use of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the common law that applies to companies as mechanisms to discourage environmentally destructive activities of corporations.Publish
Not in our name: An evaluation of the Australian anti war movement 2002-2003
Justin Whelan’s (2007) evaluation of the campaign against Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war examines the efforts of anti-war coalitions and the broader movement. Justin draws on social movement theories including Bill Moyer’s Movement Action...
Steps to climate justice [tCA process guide]
Interactive exercise for climate change activists and action groups, incorporating critical path analysis and facilitating political analysis.
Lobbying workshop outline and resources
We’ve created a process guide to help facilitators design and lead a 1-2 hour participatory workshop on lobbying. The workshop draws on resources developed by Lois Levy.
A history of the Australian environment movement
This book traces the development of the environment movement in Australia from the first visionaries who pressed for preservation of native fauna and for sanitation in cities, to a mass social movement that challenges the most powerful interests in society. The...
Webs of power: notes from the global uprising
“Since her arrest and five-day jail stay during the Seattle anti-WTO protests in November 1999, Starhawk has poured her energy into the global justice movement, participating in direct actions, leading nonviolence training workshops, and writing, always writing....
Heart politics revisited
“Heart politics revisited” is part autobiography, part manifesto, and it dares to dream about a new politics with people at the center. “Heart Politics Revisited” is a new and expanded edition of the classic 1985 handbook for activists....
Resource manual for a living revolution
An all time favourite of activist educators. Nicknamed ‘the Monster Manual’ this trainers’ manual made a big impact in Australian social change movements during the 1970s when it was used by trainers during the Franklin dam blockade. Coover and her...
Doing democracy: The MAP model for organizing social movements
Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social move-ments is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement’s evolution to determine the best way forward. Doing...