Resources include intangible assets such as knowledge, working strategies, and networks as well as tangible assets like financial and other material resources.
Continue ReadingResource sharing means that knowledge, training, cultural practices, and material support are shared equitably among partners in a field or work. Global North nonprofit and systems spaces often frame this as “capacity-building.” These systems understand capacity as an organisation’s or
Continue ReadingRepresentational leadership is when the people in leadership in a community or organisation reflect the identities, communities, and lived experiences of the communities they serve. Trust and belonging can more easily develop when your team has the opportunity to see
Continue ReadingA readiness assessment helps identify potential facilitators of or barriers to success before beginning an initiative. Readiness assessments do not measure how good you are or would be at a thing; rather it helps better understand the foundations for the
Continue ReadingProximal witnesses are people who are indirectly impacted by an issue, such as through a loved one. For example, someone may be impacted by the sexual assault of their partner or child. In the anti-sexual and domestic violence fields, these
Continue ReadingPrecarious work means work in positions where workers do not have secure, stable employee status that does not put their wellbeing at odds with their economic survival. This includes contract and temporary work, work as an “independent contractor,” and work
Continue ReadingPower is “the ability or capacity to have authority or influence over decisions and outcomes.” These decisions and outcomes can be personal (control over your own agency), cultural and structural, workplace, or movement. (- The Meaningful Engagement Handbook) Self-determination means
Continue ReadingPeople with lived experience means someone who has personally experienced an issue, such as someone who has been homeless, experienced racism, or been sexually abused. People who advocate from their lived experience also likely have built up learned experience –
Continue Reading“We use ‘people of the global majority’ (PGM) interchangeably with ‘black, indigenous, and people of color’ (BIPOC), since black, indigenous, and people of color represent over 80% of the world’s population. This wording points out the demographic inaccuracy of the
Continue ReadingLabour organiser Jane McAlevey described organising, activism, and mobilisation as three related and overlapping (but not identical) activities. Activism can be individual or collective and means raising awareness of an issue through public actions, art, media, writing, and teaching. Mobilisation
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