Tactics analysis
An activity to assist groups select effective tactics through dialogue and thinking strategically.
Aquarius Rising: Terania Creek and the Australian forest protest movement
Vanessa Bible’s thesis on how the Terania Native Forest Action Group formed in 1974 and challenged the NSW Forestry Commission’s plans for Terania Creek in any conceivable way they could. What unfolded was a natural and spontaneous response Ð a direct...
Conference organising tips
Detailed checklist by Christine Laurence covering everything you need to consider when organising a conference.
Assessing advocacy
Justin Whelan (2006). Extracts from ‘Work Justice’, a case study of the campaign by Uniting Justice to influence Industrial Relations legislation in Australia.
Community organising by the book
James Whelan (2002). A critical appraisal of the Midwest Academy community organiser training program (a modified version of this paper was published in Applied Environmental Education and Communication)
For the Common Good: the Murray Darling Basin campaign
Mary Tinney. A Case Study of the Murray-Darling Water and Salinity Campaign of the Social Action Office
Roles in tension: Team types in strategy
Learn to recognise and value the diversity of roles played in your organisation, including your own strengths and blind spots!
Environmental Advocacy study guide: Unit 1
Unit 1 of the Environmental Advocacy James taught at Griffith Uni in the mid 2000s.
Union community coalition comparison chart
Amanda Tattersall’s matrix contrasting ad hoc, support, mutual-support and deep coalitions according to six criteria.
The Big Switch internship
Climate campaign internship program run by James and Sam in 2007
The ‘circumstantial’ activist: holistic practice, learning and social activism
Tracey Ollis has researched the ‘social learning’ of social and political activists. She argues that activists’ learning is holistic and embodied. Activists learn through cognition, emotions and the physical body.
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.
Cofacilitation resources
Outlines the major advantages, some potential disadvantages, and suggestions for avoiding the dangers in co-facilitation. So detailed – a real gem.
Games, Energisers and Ice Breakers
The games in this section are separated into the categories of introductory games, name games, dynamicas (energisers) and fun ways to get people into groups.
Stepping stones
An activity to elicit knowledge about strategy, and provide a group challenge and strengthening of team work.
Tactics analysis handout
This resource is used in the Tactics Analysis activity.