Sep 28, 2011 | Direct Action, Featured, Nonviolence, Resources, Social Movement History
Feeling stuck in your social change work? Need some inspiration from the history of social movements? These three excellent online resources have got what you need. All three are concerned with cataloguing examples of nonviolent action and sharing those to support the...
Sep 22, 2011 | Facilitation, Workshop Reports
On the 7th September I participated in the One Day Wonder held at Abbotsford Convent. The One Day Wonder is a learning event created by, with and for facilitators and community engagement practitioners, or anyone who organises group meetings. Participants came from a...
Sep 20, 2011 | Art & Creativity, Review
It’s handy when mainstream events include opportunities for social movement learning. Here’s my highlights for this year’s Melbourne Festival. The events vary in cost – you can reduce costs if you gather a group together. Add on a post-event discussion and you’ve got...
Sep 15, 2011 | Featured, Group Process, Sustaining Activism
Today is R U OK Day, a national day of action which aims to prevent suicide. The website states: ‘Staying connected with others is crucial to our general health and wellbeing. Feeling isolated or hopeless can contribute to depression and other mental illnesses,...
Sep 13, 2011 | Book Review, Story-based Strategy
A key focus of the Plan to Win project over the next few years is spreading the use of story-based campaign strategy among Australian social movements. Many social change battles are won or lost at the level of story. The recent hardening of offshore processing shows...
