Summary:

Best practice guides are created to pool the institutional and lived experience knowledge of Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN) members, who are individuals and/or part of organizations that provide support to grassroots groups/activists. The purpose of these guides is to make this shared knowledge more accessible to improve the support provided to grassroots movements. 

This guide was developed in collaboration with the Commons Social Change Library. The following best practice guide explores, broadly, social movement knowledge gathering and sharing practices for people that support grassroots activists and organizers. 

Input and resources for this guide were provided by: 

Ailish Carroll-Brentnall (Quakers in Britain), Ashley Waudo (Beautiful Trouble), Haruka Sano (Leading Change Network), Holly Hammond  (The Commons Library), Iain McIntyre (The Commons Library), Ilaj Zaremba (Ulex Project), Jen Gobby (Research for the Frontlines), Joscar Amondi Oriaro (Social Movement Technologies), Kenzie Harris (Global Grassroots Support Network), Marcia MacDonald (Research for the Frontlines), Nne Umoren (Green Leaf Advocacy and Empowerment Center), Sam (Effervescence Cityenne) & Sean Arthurs (Earth Rights International)

This guide was prepared and reviewed by: 

Kenzie Harris (Global Grassroots Support Network), Holly Hammond & Iain McIntyre (The Commons Social Change Library)