Movement Action Plan wiki
The Movement Action Plan is a strategic model for waging nonviolent social movements developed by Bill Moyer, a US social change activist. The MAP, initially developed by Moyer in the late 1970s, uses case studies of successful social movements to illustrate eight...
Movement Action Plan
U.S. activist-educator Bill Moyer conceived Movement Action Plan (MAP) to explain and explore the stages and advocacy roles evident in successful social movements.
movement action plan
U.S. activist-educator Bill Moyer conceived Movement Action Plan (MAP) to explain and explore the stages and advocacy roles evident in successful social movements. The model’s apparent simplicity may hold the key to its appeal and practical application to...
Moved to Action: Joel Dignam’s review of Hahrie Han’s text
Hahrie Han’s Moved to Action (published in 2009) tackles the question of what motivates political participation by people who face significant barriers to participation. While some people have many resources that facilitate political participation (education, wealth,...
NGO climate action strategies: A Ugandan case study
Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby’s (2017) case study of NGO strategies to re-climate solutions. An analysis of selected NGO strategies in Uganda, based on the researchers’ long-term fieldwork and utilising Bill Moyers’ Movement Action Plan framework....
Climate action: a campaign manual for greenhouse solutions
“The word academic is synonymous for irrelevant”, declared Saul Alinsky, the influential Chicago activist-educator. A notable exception to Alinsky’s rule is Mark Diesendorf, author of ‘Climate Action: A campaign manual for greenhouse...
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...
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...
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...
social movement educate the educator ed2
Activist education is conducted by and with activists, is openly interested in the processes of change, and utilises educational methods that bring about change toward social justice. Activist education builds a sense of personal agency in the learning environment. We...
Community organising action research
How can social and environmental justice campaigns mobilise, support and strengthen grassroots community organising? When education, collaboration and policy advocacy fail, it’s time for a different approach: one that builds power at the grassroots community level and...
climate action research
Climate change is the highest priority for most environmental and social justice non-government organisations in Australia. With a high level of community and political attention to the dangers of run-away climate change, the climate movement is growing rapidly in...
anticipating and avoiding demoblisation (June/July 2009)
De-mobilisation: Avoiding the post COP doldrums The Australian grassroots climate movement, like its counterparts in other parts of the world, risks a period of serious and substantial de-mobilisation of energy, resources, momentum and strategic direction following...
Glossary of terms
action learning | activist research | capacity building | community organising | effective advocacy | grass roots activism | popular education | social action | social change | Action learning An approach to research or organisational learning based on cycles of...
The practical strategist
Abstract from Bill Moyer (1989) The Practical Strategist: Movement Action Plan strategic theories for Evaluating, Planning and Conducting Social Movements. Social Movement Empowerment Project.
Defend Freedom: national security and human rights
Justin Whelan’s succinct analysis of Australian campaigns to protect human rights in the ‘war on terror’. Draws on Moyer’s Movement Action Plan.
Resources to support campaigners and organisers | tCA re-boot
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We are all leaders: Learning from the Climate Camp (Anth Kelly)
In July 2008, several hundred climate change activists gathered in Newcastle for Australia’s first climate camp. Anth and James supported the camp’s training program and facilitation team. Anthony Kelly’s draft article focuses on the decision-making...