External Links
These are links to external resources and organisations with similar objectives to Kōtare.
Please note, Kōtare is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Organisations and resources in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Auckland Workers’ Education Association (AWEA)
AWEA works to advance, encourage and provide adult and community education that promotes a just and equitable society, in accordance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Treaty Resource Centre – He Puna Matauranga o Te Tiriti
The Treaty Resource Centre aims to promote the understanding and facilitate the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Aotearoa. The site provides many useful learning resources related to the Treaty and colonisation.
Community Think
Community Think is a collective of creative people committed to making social change and a positive difference. They specialise in organisational development and community development, and offer workshops and supervision to support social change.
Action Station
ActionStation is an independent, crowdfunded, community campaigning organisation. They utilise member-driven, digitally facilitated grassroots campaigning to influence political decisions.
Organisations and resources from international groups
The Barefoot Guide
The Barefoot Guide is a practical, do-it-yourself guide for leaders and facilitators wanting to help organisations to function and to develop in more healthy, human and effective ways as they strive to make their contributions to a more humane society. It has been developed by a collective of experienced practitioners from Canada, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Nepal and South Africa.
Center for Story-based Strategy (CSS)
With its aim of applying the power of narrative to organizing, movement building, and social transformation, CSS has a dream of a movement of movements with the power, creativity, and vision to change the world by changing the stories that shape our collective destiny.
The Change Agency (tCA)
Works with community organisers and activists in the Australia Pacific region to help people win social and environmental change. tCA’s site includes a fantastic selection of online training tools.
Highlander Research and Education Center
Founded in 1932 in Tennessee, USA, Highlander uses popular education, participatory research and cultural work as a catalyst for grassroots organising and movement building.
JASS (Just Associates)
Founded in 2002 by a group of long-time colleagues from 12 countries connected by common political struggles, JASS is committed to strengthening women’s voice, visibility, and collective organizing power to create a just and sustainable world for all.
Partners Training for Transformation
Partners is a community development/education organisation based in Dublin, Ireland. It works to build confidence, competence and commitment within and between communities through a learning and action approach.
Plan to Win
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Plan to Win assists individuals, groups and campaigns to develop the skills and clarity required to win change in the world, and offers facilitation, training and mentoring services.
The Ruckus Society
Sparked in 1995, and officially born in 1996, The Ruckus Society is a multiracial social and environmental justice organization. Ruckus provides environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals.
Training for Change (TFC)
Based in Philadelphia, USA, TFC promotes a direct education approach, focused on liberation and empowerment, to deliver skills to people working for social change.
Turning the Tide (TTT)
TTT works with and on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain to translate their faith into action. TTT works with Quakers and other nonviolent community groups to advance the understanding of active nonviolence and its use for positive social change.
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