Author: Amanda Tattersall

August 28, 2023ChangeMaker Chats, Series Seven

Peter Shergold – ChangeMaker Chat – Public Service #ICYMI

You can listen to the episode on ACAST here, or on all the usual podcast apps. In this episode from 2021, we look at the power of public servants and […]
December 16, 2022ChangeMaker Chats, Episodes

Alex Cassie – ChangeMaker Chat – Just Transition

One of the biggest hurdles to powerful climate action is changing our economy so it is no longer reliant on fossil fuels. Too often plans hatched by experts or environmentalists […]
June 1, 2022news

Organising is the way we win the climate wars

By Elise Ganley (National Organising Lead – Real Deal Project, Sydney Policy Lab) You know what every teal independent has in common – they talk about kitchen table conversations! They […]
May 3, 2022news, Resources

Organising and the other forms of urban people power

By Amanda Tattersall First published in German, in Community Organising (2022) When I first encountered ‘community organising’ I sawit as a distinctive practice for making change in the city. Its […]
November 3, 2021Different Diaries, news

If all organising is disorganising and reorganising – let’s reorganise how we think about mental illness

By Amanda Tattersall. This speech was prepared for the Brain Difference Workshop held by the Sydney Alliance on 3 November 2021. I have walked a life living two identities. I […]
August 23, 2021ChangeMaker Chats, Episodes, news

Ernie Cortes – ChangeMaker Chat

We talk to one of the biggest names in US community organising, Ernie Cortes. We chat about the history of organising, exploring how it has changed and how it has […]
August 17, 2021news

The Fall of Kabul – a Peace Imagined

By Mark Isaacs On Sunday morning, just two days ago, Khalid woke up at dawn and fled his home in the mountains of central Afghanistan.* The Taliban had invaded the […]
July 4, 2021Community Organising Stories, news

Community Organising Episodes

At ChangeMakers we are fans of all kinds of change making – but we have a special love and interest in community organising (or ‘organizing’ for our American friends!). Our […]
June 15, 2021news, Season Five Stories, Stories

Building Powerful Coalitions (ICYMI)

ChangeMakers Podcast · Building Powerful Coalitions (ICYMI) What does it take to build powerful coalitions between different groups with different interests and passions? The idea of working together sounds nice, […]
May 31, 2021ChangeMaker Chats, news

Jonathan Cox – scale and organising – ChangeMaker Chat

ChangeMakers Podcast · Jonathan Cox – Scale & Organising – ChangeMaker Chat Scale is a buzzword in social change circles, but what does it actually mean to scale social change? […]