A project of George Brown College's Community Action Centre, OPIRG Toronto, Earthroots, and Greenpeace Canada, Tools for Change helps you develop skills to advocate for social change. The project began in 2010. We organize approximately 20 trainings in Toronto throughout the year. Our workshop topics are chosen through a survey process. Every year, we ask organizations across the Greater Toronto Area what workshops they think we should host. Once we have our list of workshop topics we … [Read more...]
Leading Change Network shares useful resources and hosts great trainings
The Leading Change network has ramped up its presence and is rocking it. The Leading Change network was founded by former farmworkers union organizer, Marshall Ganz, and is based out of Harvard University. This post provides you with some basic information about the network and how you can benefit from it and get active. Here's some tips: … [Read more...]
Mob Lab profiles Tools for Change
Read Mobilization Lab's report on Tools for Change. The goal of this article is to inform others who might be interested in starting up a similar group in their area. Thank you Anna Keenan for your article. If you’re an activist in Toronto, you probably know Tools for Change. There to “help you develop skills to champion social change,” they are a fabulous example of local collaboration between organizations. And it is leading to both greater efficiency and higher impact for Greenpeace and … [Read more...]
Five Things I Wish I Knew When I First Became Politically Active
At this year’s awesome George Brown College Labour Fair Conference, I (Jessica Bell) gave a presentation that outlined five things I wish I knew when I first became politically active. What do you think of what I've learned? What have you learned that you wish you knew when you started being an activist? … [Read more...]
New Organizing Institute
Based in the United States, the New Organizing Institute is a training program run by organizers for organizers. Heavily geared to election campaigns, the organization hosts trainings on campaign strategy, online organizing, online communications, political technology, new media, and testing/evaluation. Sign up to attend NOI's trainings. … [Read more...]
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