community organising
Meeting Daniel Hunter, author of ‘Strategy and Soul’
Anita Tang writes: “When the chance came to meet Daniel in Sydney and to hear more of his insights from the campaign, I leapt at the opportunity! The book itself is full of lessons, insights, and practical tips on almost every page – far too many to summarise....
10 tactics for turning information into action (remixed)
10 Tactics Remixed curates snapshots of information-activism since 2009, featuring stories, debate and analysis about how groups and individuals are (re)claiming citizenship from the ground up.
Community Organising Doorknocking Game
An interactive on-line game from the US that takes you through the steps involved in doorknocking as a community organising tactic. The steps include: assessing a home from outside, getting in the door, breaking the ice, explaining the organisation…
Community organizers handbook
Local organizers are passionate people who see the value in connecting networks and groups for more collaboration on a local and global scale. Many organizers say that they find new work and new projects, meet new contacts and grow a larger network, as well as have...
Community organizing in the 1980s Towards a post Alinsky agenda
John Kretzmann reflects on the actual experience of activist neighborhood organizations in recent years and the need for a critical revision of a number of the classic Alinsky strategies and tactics.
Organising for Power
Organizing for Power is a project of The Alliance of Community Trainers. ACT offers knowledge, tools, and skills to individuals, organizations and communities to empower sustainable transformation. Great collection of resources, especially on anti-oppression.
South East Asia Popular Communications Programme: Community Organising
SEAPCP aims to strengthen and support grassroots organisations to develop their community organising perspective and skills.
Sierra Club Training Academy
Would you like to become a more effective advocate on an issue? Ever wondered about the best way to organize a campaign? Would you like to increase your communication skills? If so there is a great resource available to you: The Sierra Club Grassroots Organizing...
Protest Net Activists handbook
This handbook is a useful practical introduction to being politically active and features tips and tactics on communication, organising and protest.
Resources for activists and organizers
Joshua Kahn Russell’s great resource collection of learning resources, including some from the Energy Action Coalition and Rainforest Action Network.
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.
Strategic practice: Grassroots policy project
Provides social justice groups with tools and frameworks for more strategic approaches to movement-building.
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.
Citizen’s Handbook: A Guide to Building Community
Comprehensive quick guide to community organising ranging from where to begin to Strategic Thinking, including briefs on community building activities such as Child Minding Co-Ops.
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.