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Community empowerment key words
These are not definitions, but notes about concepts related to empowering low income communities. They are directed first to community field workers, but will be of interest to planners, activists, academics, students, researchers, programmers, managers and...
Give racism the finger (campaign evaluation)
Campaign evaluations are few and far between. Relatively few campaigners even document their campaigns! We’re pleased to link to Priscilla Brice-Weller’s evaluation of the ‘Give racism the finger’ campaign.
Cacophany: Why digital activism isnt helping America
The US is mired in some of the most toxic and unproductive politics in recent memory. The author of this report argues that America’s democracy and pluralism make digital activism less effective at bringing about dramatic change.
Community Engagement to Facilitate Legitimise and Accelerate the Advancement of GMOs in Australia
Despite promises that community engagement activities will enable policy makers to identify complex and contested community attitudes, and that these will be included as part of the policy making process, a closer look at Australia’s engagement activities reveals...
Community empowerment training modules
Phil Bartle’s great collection of training modules at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels on topics including: principles of community empowerment; mobilization, skills in moving and organizing a community to act; participatory appraisal…
Community building and community organising
Sandy O’Donnell and Ellen Schumer examine the problem of organizing in housing and community development. The Shelterforce website is a great online resource for community organizers.
Coming out as a working class man (George Lakey)
Classism is more powerful (and more subtle) than most middle class activists realize. Activist groups can grow by changing their internal culture to encourage members who were brought up working class to be who they fully are.
Popular education South Africa
This site is concerned with popular education in past, present and future: links to organisations dealing with popular education in other parts of the world; a library of documents, visual, auditory and print information about past and present popular education...
Collective book on collective process
A handbook on group process for egalitarian collectives. Its focus is on the often unrecognised negative dynamics that can occur when people try to work collectively. it is a collaborative work-in-progress, and everybody is invited to contribute.
Collaborative process to develop your theory of change
Les Robinson’s engaging and collaborative method for designing programs to tackle complex social and environmental problems: to “mobilise and process the contributions of diverse participants… scalable from small to large programs…
Class matters
“Often the paid organizers in low-income communities come from professional middle-class backgrounds. I worked as a community organizer for many years, and the class dynamics can be tricky…”
Citizen activism and the public interest lobby
An excellent case study that describes the principal anti-arms trade campaigns on going and some lessons derived from those efforts. It also highlights effective outreach and lobby tactics employed by citizen groups across the country.
Changemakers Australia
Changemakers are devoted to inspiring grantmakers to practice social change philanthropy: New case studies of inspiring people and projects; a huge variety of resources to help you think about your grantmaking approach.
Changing advocacy: The movement fragments
Building network capacity is not magic. Powering networks for social action are constructed around seven key enabling attributes. The challenge to grassroots organizers and advocacy communication strategists is to match mobilizing and advocacy efforts with these new...
Change.org
Helps organisers create and promote online petitions
Building Movement Project Leadership resources
These tools are designed to help you apply what the Building Movement Project has learned about how to work across generations and build leadership for social change in your organization and in the nonprofit sector.
Centre for Australian Progress Fellowship
We train and empower 21st century change agents: campaigners, non-profit managers, and community organisers, who build and serve social change movements. The Fellowship Program is a leadership course for a specific type of leader: people working to change the world...
Catalyst Project: Center for political education and movement building
Catalyst Project helps to build powerful multiracial movements that can win collective liberation. In the service of this vision, we organize, train and mentor white people to take collective action to end racism, war and empire, and to support efforts to build power...