MCN: Call for presenters on campaign skills and innovation
Got something to share with your fellow campaigners? Expressions of interest to run Melbourne Campaigners' Network sessions in the second half of 2017 are now welcomed. The Melbourne Campaigner’s Network holds gatherings for activists, campaigners and organisers to...
Training for Activist Trainers
4pm Thursday 27th to 5pm Sunday 30th April at Save the Children office, 33 Lincoln Square South, Carlton. Register here by the 12th of April. Plan to Win is offering an intensive 3.5 day train-the-trainer workshop for people keen to facilitate and educate in social...
Activist Wellbeing Retreat
5pm Friday 17 – 3pm Sunday 19 March at Rocklyn Yoga Ashram, Daylesford, Victoria. Join us for the first retreat of this kind, specially crafted for activists. This retreat will: Provide space outside of everyday life for activists to relax and reflect Help activists...
MCN: Radical resistance at La ZAD
Hear from a visiting French activist about the inspiring struggle to stop an airport and save farms and forests. For over 50 years, farmers and locals have resisted the building of a new airport for the French city of Nantes (which by the way already has one). Now in...
Save the dates! 2017 Workshops
There's a big year of activist training coming up! WELA leadership program - May to October (deadline for applications 10 February) Activist Wellbeing Retreat - March 17-19 Training for Activist Trainers - April 27-30 Brisbane Activist Training - August 5-6 Activist...
No Shortcuts to Building Power
What's on your summer reading list? Joel Dignam whets our appetites with this review of Jane McAlevey’s ‘No Shortcuts: Organising for Power in the Gilded Age’. “Organising”, says Jane McAlevey, “is fundamentally about having hard conversations with people and not...
Campaigners’ Working Rights
Do progressive organisations have a responsibility to live their values in their workplaces? Can campaigning organisations demand progressive change without demonstrating that we adhere to its basic values – treating people with dignity, people having the right to be...
MCN: Workers’ rights for campaigners
We all know progressive organisations that don’t have a great track record in terms of working conditions. There can be a disjunct between stated values (equality! justice! respect!) and the treatment of workers. What can we do to make sure our organisations and...
Apply Now: Activist Educator Traineeship
An intensive learning and development program in the skills to provide training and facilitation in a social movement context. Australian social movements need skilled trainers and facilitators. Plan to Win is a consultancy focused on supporting the effectiveness of...
MCN: Sustaining Activism
A relaxing session that will share new ideas and tools for activist wellbeing. Holly Hammond (Plan to Win and Plan to Thrive) recently travelled to the UK and Spain for a research trip about activist health and wellbeing. Her trip included: Participating in Sustaining...