Jul 4, 2012 | Community Organising, Featured, Melbourne Campaigners' Network, Workshop Reports
June’s Melbourne Campaigners’ Network focused on building strong attendance at rallies and other actions. There was participation from a diverse group of campaigners – an even split between workers’ rights, social justice and environmental/animal rights activists. The...
Nov 21, 2011 | Engaging New Activists, Featured, Sustaining Activism, Workshop Reports
I had a fun time at the Commonground Festival, enjoying the beautiful environment, lovely music and friendly folks. I also ran a short workshop on ‘Getting Started in Activism’. It was a great discussion and it made me think a lot about what it takes for people to get...
Nov 7, 2011 | Featured, Melbourne Campaigners' Network, Online Campaigning, Workshop Reports
The second Melbourne Campaigner’s Network covered all things online campaigning, with a talk from Oxfam Australia’s Digital Campaigns Coordinator Tim Norton. In my last post I spoke about identifying audiences, aims, objectives and briefly touched on...
Oct 31, 2011 | Facilitation, Featured, Group Process, Occupy
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a fortnight since Occupy Melbourne first kicked off. On the 15th October, as part of a global day of action in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Melbourne started at City Square. People gathered, working groups met,...
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 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,...
