Find exercises and resources that propel nonprofits forward to tackle leadership challenges, integrate service and social change, and work together to build movement momentum. Feel free to adapt these tools to your needs.
The Environmental Movement
Historical Outline Important Groups: Greenpeace350.orgFriends of the EarthGreenactionCenter for Health Environment and JusticeNational Wildlife InstituteWorldwatch Institute
The Civil Rights Movement
Historical Outline Important Groups: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Southern Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
The Women’s Movement
Historical Outline Important Groups: National/American Women’s Suffrage Movement Women Strike for Peace National Organization for Women (NOW) New York Radical Women Redstockings Ms. Foundation for Women
The Labor Movement
Historical Outline See also: NPR’s history of the Labor Movement Important Groups: United Auto Workers Industrial Workers of the World AFL/CIO
Theory and Definition of Terms: An Outline of What We Think are the 5 Basic Stages of Movement Building
Making Visible the Invisible While issues that movements are built around are not invisible to those living with the effects, this stage is meant for raising general awareness about the […]
Organizational v. Movement Building Capacity
How do organizations develop strategies and structures to facilitate the process of building momentum towards social change, and when do strategies and structures hurt this momentum? This fact sheet from […]