Here’s a challenging exercise for practicing making decisions and communication, and deepen a group’s capacity to work more effectively together.
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People bring numbers, time and skills
Handout with information from the CANVAS Core Curriculum to be utilised within the Mind map: Preparing for recruiting activity.
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Confronting Racism in Communities: Guidelines and resources for anti racism training workshops
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Designed to provide background information and analysis of the various forms of racism and racial discrimination that continue to occur in Australia, and to suggest strategies to support those affected and to combat racism more generally. These resources
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Recruitment workshop
A workshop for developing a shared framework of recruitment and recruiting skills, and an understanding of the importance of these in building a social movement.
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Community organising for climate action
James Whelan (2012) describes how parts of the environment and climate change movements are adopting the techniques and logic of community organising. This challenges them to learn new habits of political analysis and engagement, and unlearn old ones.
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Sample workshop schedule: Recruiting
A sample agenda for a workshop aimed at building skills and confidence to recruit others into a social movement.
Organizing for social change
Organizing for social change Compiled by members of the Midwest Academy this book is a bible for anyone who wants to effectively organize to change the quality of their lives or the lives of others. Now in its third edition this book has already sold 60,000 copies in all of its editions since 1991. With…
Rules for radicals: a practical primer for realistic radicals
“What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away. In this book we are…
Power in coalitions: strategies for strong unions and social change
How can communities organise effectively to promote social change in the 21st century? Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organisations in three countries – Australia, US and Canada – extracting invaluable lessons for unions and community activists everywhere. How can we change things in an age in which governments are fixated on…
Strategy and soul
Strategy and soul: a campaigner’s tale of fighting billionaires, corrupt officials, and philadelphia casinos When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of dollars. They were up against powerful elected officials, private investigators, hired thugs, and the state supreme…
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People Power Manual
‘How to’ guides for campaigners, organisers and activist educators.
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