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...
Sep 8, 2011 | Facilitation, Group Process, Workshop Reports
The Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair took place in August at the Abbotsford Convent. There were stalls from a range of great groups, kid’s play space, handmade bunnies, and awesome Activist-Maisy colouring books (I may have been preoccupied by the kid-centric stuff as my...
Sep 6, 2011 | Community Organising, Workshop Reports
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of training and mentoring around community organising theory and practices. I find this area really energising – I get to see people grasp the sense that they can have collective power, take on leadership and win significant change. In...
Aug 31, 2011 | Events, Melbourne Campaigners' Network, Story-based Strategy, Training
The Melbourne Campaigner’s Network is a monthly gathering for campaigners, activists, and organisers to discuss ideas, exchange resources and discover new approaches to social change. Introduction to Story-based Strategy The October meeting is a report-back by...
