This resource was developed from knowledge compiled by the Climate Justice Organizing HUB’s (the HUB) from their community of practice and direct insight from student organizers that took part in a learning circle on navigating turnover. The circle was held for about 1.5-2 hours and included student organizers from across Canada.
Grassroots groups, especially student-led groups, face a high risk of dissolving because their members don’t stay on for long, which creates challenges in momentum building. This guide includes; challenges faced by student organizers, strategies to support and guide new members and building institutional memory, plus further insight on student organizing best practices, organizing in a pandemic, wellbeing and motivation and recruitment and retention strategies.
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About the author
The Climate Justice Organizing Hub is a support structure designed around the needs of grassroots social movement organizers in so-called Canada that respects organizers’ knowledge regarding their own challenges and priorities. Through responsive troubleshooting, skills and strategy sharing, and other capacity-building activities, its mission is to help organizers find their way to building a critical mass of engaged people who are working towards a just transition.
