Welcome on board to Plan to Win, a new organisation supporting social action and learning in Melbourne, Australia. The folk at Plan to Win say: Plan to Win assists individuals, groups and campaigns to develop the skills and clarity required to win change in the world. The challenges we face on our planet today […]
You’ll have seen fairly regular references to Seeds for Change over the months on this blog. There’s a fair bit of collaboration between Seeds and Rhizome one way or t’other. Now Seeds are looking for a new member for their workers’ co-op in Lancaster. Here’s what they have to say: Are you an activist and […]
I co-facilitated a short taster in nonviolent direct action (NVDA) at the UK Feminista Summer School, alongside Gill. It’s the first time we’d worked together. Bit of a baptism of fire, given that we had over 50 people and not enough time (just 75 minutes), but that’s the way with conference sessions. We walked down […]
Hand signals have become part of every meeting in some activist circles. Even when there’s no formal agreement to use them you’ll find a percentage of folk doing so anyway. There are very good reasons to use hand signals (which I’ll recap at the end), but there are also very real dangers. I’m minded of […]
This just in from our friends at the Radical Rebellious Media Conference: This is an urgent call-out for help with facilitation at the Rebellious Media Conference in London on 8-9 October. This is a 900+ person event, aimed at raising media as an issue across the spectrum of UK activism (not just the peace movement!). […]
Six-day training on food justice, campaigning and using stories to create change Beautiful setting – old organic farm August 4th -10th Priority given to those not in full-time work and education.
Stop GM are inviting all and sundry to The Spuds Don’t Work rally, The Forum, Norwich, 12 noon, Saturday 23rd July 2011 British trials of genetically modified blight resistant spuds have been failing for the last ten years. But a conventionally bred variety of blight resistant potatoes has been available for 3 years. So why […]
From September 2011 to June 2012 Turning the Tide in collaboration with Huddersfield Quakers and other local peace and social justice groups are hosting a series of workshop called ‘Nonviolence for a Change.’ This is a training programme for people with some experience of working with others to address injustices and make changes. Dates and […]
