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Knowledge Roundups

Compiled knowledge on questions that were raised by GGSN members and answered by several fellow members. Open for public sharing!

Organizing against the far right

In this roundup, we responded to the question: How are people organizing against the far right? How are people contributing to a collective against the far right?

Activist digital security practices

In this roundup, we responded to the question: What does online security look like for your group? What platforms do you use for that?

Resourceful & impactful capacity building

In this roundup, we responded to the question: Workshops, coaching, toolkits and chat groups - what blend of capacity building approaches do you find gets the most impact for the time you spend?

How do we encourage activists to celebrate wins, and come back from losses?

In this roundup, we responded to the questions: How do we encourage activists to celebrate wins, and come back from losses using rest and reflection? How can activists counter or realize that you cannot pour from an empty cup?

How do you simplify your message and discourse for your target group when creating a campaign message?

In this roundup, we responded to the question: How do you simplify your message and discourse for your target group when creating a campaign message? As civil society organizations, we sometimes create our message in a format that is difficult to understand to create a rights-oriented language, which creates a barrier to access to our campaign target group. 

Encouraging story sharing

In this roundup, we responded to the question: How do we make it accessible and support individuals to share their stories, especially if they do not feel safe doing so?

Conflict is inevitable

In this round up, we responded to several related topics, present across our respective communities: creating group cultures around conflict, tools for difficult conversations, generative and destructive elements of conflict, healthy vs unhealthy accountability, accountability processes (engaging when things get tough) and conflict and neurodivergence. The responses included in this guide come from members of Alternative Justice, Gastivists, RadHR and the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN).

How do you build a broad coalition, a united front, despite frictions in ideology and political positioning?

In this roundup, we responded to the question: How do you build a broad coalition, a united front, despite frictions in ideology and political positioning? Are there examples from other countries that have been able to do this?