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We have very exciting news: Marshall Ganz has published a new book directly in the language in which he originally learned the organizing practices: Spanish! ¡Sí se puede! Estrategias para organizarse y cambiar el mundo (English: Yes we can! Strategies to organize and change the world) is a book that contains academic texts, conferences, interviews, speeches and
Since its launch in 2017, the Sunrise Movement has succeeded in pushing climate change onto the national political agenda and mobilizing tens of thousands of youths in local hubs across the United States. But in recent years, they began experiencing limitations around how the movement was structured – including tensions around engaging local volunteers in
From challenges in navigating resistance to organizing to bridging community campaigns and elections to using organizing to identify and develop grassroots leadership - there was a lot of lessons and questions that left us all with hunger to learn and share more! A big gratitude and shoutout to Stephen Donnelly from Australia, Federica Vinci from
LCN ran its very first Training of Trainers program for organizing and public narrative coaches to expand their teaching and training skills and learn how to effectively train and build capacity of new leaders on the ground. On Monday, June 27th, we held a special showcase in which the training team and participants shared about
The LCN first-ever Annual Community Meet is a collective celebration of our international community and its invaluable contribution to the global presence of our network. It is a token of appreciation for all the connections and opportunities that emerge as we get together. During this event, we shared what LCN has been up to and
On May 5th 2022, we were joined by Randall Smith from PowerLabs to explore how we can enhance psychological safety within teams to build stronger and resilient teams and organizations. Watch this recording to learn how we can enable our teams to “try, learn, and adapt” through creating conditions that encourage people to take appropriate
How do stories facilitate individual and collective leadership for change? To answer this question, Dr. Emilia Aiello led a EU-funded research project Narratives4Change to understand how Public Narrative is being used to build people power and leadership in campaigns and organizations. During our session in April 21st, we explored the use and impact of Public
On March 19-20, 2022, the Practicing Democracy Project and the Leading Change Network collaborated to host the first online convening of 68 educators, practitioners and researchers of Community Organizing and Public Narrative from 13 countries to share, explore, and integrate methods of teaching, coaching, and practice—catalyzed recently due to the urgent need to adapt to online