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Social Justice Toolbox
Twenty terrific workshop resources on privilege, ally-ship, race and racism. The Social Justice Toolbox is a resource hub for free, curated, ready-to-rock social justice activities and facilitation guides designed to help you make the most of your diversity workshops...
Diversity in the workplace | Intergenerational Communication Issues
Being aware of ageism and generational conflict and how they can contribute to generational conflict is a crucial skill to have as a manager, but this can also help you learn how to recognize ageism in the workplace. A generation gap is the difference of opinions,...
Women of colour in the nonprofit sector | New report
This Race to Lead report reveals that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the barriers faced by white women and men of color. Education and training are not the solution—women of color with high levels of education are more...
Diversity, equity and inclusion | CEP Report
Diversity data will only tell you so much about an organization’s commitment and approach to DEI; a conversation beyond the data is essential to building a true understanding. What efforts do you currently take to promote DEI within your organization, particularly for...
No justice without love: why activism must be more generous
Frances Lee writes: “I want to be a member of a thriving and diverse social movement, not a cult or a religion… I believe that social justice activists must be committed to rooting out supremacy, dogmatism, and unhealthy behaviors inside themselves while...
Creating and Sustaining Awareness of LGBTQI Rights
Join the New Tactics community for an online conversation on Creating and Sustaining Awareness of LGBTQI Rights from June 26-30, 2017. LGBTQI rights were only officially recognized as human rights by the United Nations in 2011. Since then the OHCHR’s Free & Equal...
What makes me tired when organising with middle class comrades
After years and years of organising, coming up against similar frustrations, and after lots of conversations between working class mates, grassroots organiser Nicole Vosper writes about what is draining about working with some middle class activists: “You expect...
Important qualities of authentic relationships across differences
Karen Pace and Dionardo Pizana write: “Our commitment to the ongoing process of developing an authentic relationship across racial and gender differences has helped us to identify important foundational qualities of our relationship. These characteristics are...
18 books every white ally should read
Being a good ally to any movement means knowing your stuff about whatever movement you’re supporting. Being a white ally to movements concerning race means having to also look at issues around being white, issues like privilege and the legacy of racism in the U.S. and...
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
Social justice and feminist culture are incredible positive forces that can transform the way we see ourselves and the world around us. But sometimes those same activist cultures can be unnecessarily exclusive – and worse, inaccessible and elitist. Here are nine ways...
The New Now: Working Together for Social Change
LGBT movement leaders know that the discrimination LGBT people face—embedded in cultural norms, policies, and laws—is still a part of the fabric of our everyday lives. This report highlights the intersectional approach through case examples in two states where...
Activist State (Documentary: 1968 San Francisco Student Strike)
The 1968 student-led strike in San Francisco was the longest campus strike in United States history. The five-month event defined the University’s core values of equity and social justice, laid the groundwork for establishment of the College of Ethnic Studies, and...
Gender Avenger
In this moment, as the attention shines on the absurd reality of women’s voices being excluded, the next question is “Now what?” How do we use this one moment to make change? Take the GenderAvenger pledge, because men are an important part of the GenderAvenger mission...
People power facilitators manual
The goal of this manual is to enhance young people’s understanding of diversity and provide them with skills to effectively interact with people from diverse backgrounds. Our aim is to encourage youth to examine their own perceptions, values and biases, teach them...
Whiteness and Blackness in the Koori struggle for self-determination
Gary Foley says: “Despite the plethora of white support groups how is it that Koori people are today constantly asking me, ‘Why does it often seem that some of our best white friends behave like some our worst enemies?’ I regard that as a good...
Tailoring resources to support learners with specific impairments
In the context of inclusive teaching practices which enhance the learning of all students, it is useful to know more about the implications of specific impairments and health conditions in order to better meet the needs of learners.
Working as allies: Resources from the Treaty Resource Centre
These resources are intended as discussion starters for groups or think pieces for individuals interested in the topic of working as allies. They have been developed from discussions with people in North America who are working as allies supporting the struggles of...
Links on allies from the Treaty Resource Centre He Puna M257;tauranga
A critical dimension of social justice struggles is the work of the people who support those more directly affected by a particular justice issue, the work of allies. These resources explore the role of non-indigenous supporters of indigenous justice struggles. They...