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Articles, book excerpts, and reports on this subject
- "Twelve Myths about Direct Action," from CrimethInc.
- Using Online Tools for Activism, transcript of a live online discussion by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, December 2008.
- Volunteer Lobbyists: Utilizing Nonprofits’ Advocacy Assets by Michael S. Duncan
Web sites with useful information on this subject
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
http://www.crimethinc.com/
Provides guides and a forum for protestors and anarchists to support acting on one's strong beliefs.
Local Victory
http://www.localvictory.com/Archives.html
Archive of articles from
this onsite guide to winning local elections, from a U.S. Republican
perspective.
Grassroots Activism
http://www.nraila.org/ActionCenter/GrassRootsActivism.aspx?ID=1
See how the National Rifle
Association's Institute for Legislative Action encourages its members
to organize at the local level -- be prepared to see some familiar
suggestions.
MoveOn.org
http://moveon.org
Site of the organization
run by a handful of paid staff and countless volunteers who rallied
anti-Bush forces in the last election. While there are few
specific tools online, everything MoveOn does is geared to mobilize
activists -- a great model for managing virtual volunteering.
PlanetFriendly.net
http://www.planetfriendly.net/active.html
An introduction and portal to activism, education, community involvement, and social change, with guides and courses on "How to Be an Activist."
Relevant Hot Topic essays
- Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers - July '08
- California Governor "Pumps Up" Volunteering- Mar. '08
- Tackling Causes, Not Symptoms: New/Old Roles for Volunteers, Nov. '01
For
information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian
region please visit our friends at OzVPM:
http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/
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