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Hearing voices: activists engaging communities
Yesterday I was facilitating at the regular meeting of the Building Activist Networks Forum. The theme of the session was supporting activists in engaging with their communities. To be precise, I was co-facilitating – with Naveed from Oxfam UK. Right … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, capacity building, Matthew
Tagged Building Activist Networks, capacity building, community activism, NGO Forum
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Empowered communities
A month ago I started watching this on Casper ter Kuile’s blog. I soon realised it was a powerful video, but have only just found time to finish it. We don’t hear enough about community organising in the UK activist … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Matthew
Tagged Church Action on Poverty, community activism, community organising, Thrive
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A new space for community and voluntary action?
Here’s news of an interesting event…. NCIA Assembly at the Bank of Ideas – Occupy community groups and public services: a discussion to find a new space for community and voluntary action. Tuesday December 13th, 2pm to 4pm, Room 1.05, … Continue reading
In praise of activism
I’ve been feeling a little guilty about recent posts on the Occupy movement. Not because I’ve said anything that on reflection I disagree with, but because I know that I’ve been offering a negative critique of both choice of tactics … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Activism, Chris Corrigan, community activism, Occupy Movement, Starhawk
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Reporting back from Peace News
Just back from a couple of days at the Peace News Summer Gathering. On Sunday I ran a couple of workshops – the first on public speaking and the second an introduction to nonviolent direct action. I’m happy that they … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation
Tagged Activism, community activism, Gabriel Carlyle, Peace News, People Power, Tweets from Tahrir
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Re-energising activists
A week ago, I spent the day in the company of NGO Capacity Building Forum folk, facilitating a day of Open Space and skill sharing. The theme for the day was Re-energising and Re-motivating Activists, and it drew a crowd from 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, capacity building, Facilitation
Tagged Activism, facilitation, NGO Forum, Open Space, community activism, Open Space Technology
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Two worlds collide on one small planet (or getting cross over culture)
Here at Rhizome we talk a lot about activism, though we like to think we have quite a broad view of what that actually means . We see it as both the more obviously political ‘campaigning’ work and the building … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Activism, community activism, Transition Network, Transition Towns
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Lunching out on accountability
I recently left a comment on Dwight Towers blog. It turned out to be quite a long one and had the makings of a post in its own right. So I’ve taken it and made it even longer. The problem … Continue reading
The many faces of activism
I’m not long back in from facilitating a 2 hour ‘information meeting’ for the Steiner School Leicestershire Interest Group. As meetings go it was relatively straightforward – no crucial decisions to make, no deeply embedded history of conflict and so … Continue reading
Are we nearly there yet?
From time to time I find myself in discussion (or facilitating discussion) about whether or not campaigns and campaigners should declare their true colours and publish their vision and the route map for getting there. It’s not often that happens. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation
Tagged anti-capitalism, changemaking, community activism, grassroots change, Strategy, Transition Leicester, values
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