When was the last time you documented your organizing campaign – the ups and the downs, the stories, the lessons learned?
Campaign stories are vital to our movements – they are powerful sources of hope and learning, and living proof of the change that is possible when people come together. Through the act of documentation, we are able to make sense of our experiences, and tell the history of our people and our work in a world where our voices are often silenced and undermined.
But we know that it’s not always easy to do – with the urgency of our work, many organizers struggle to find the time and capacity for proper documentation, or lack tools and resources available.
We’re thrilled to share that the Commons Library and LCN are teaming up to enable you to share your campaign story—in the shape, depth, and pace that feel right to you.
Join us on September 30th at 10am CET / 6pm AEST for our session to explore how we can document our campaigns. It will be an exciting space to ground ourselves in why this matters, explore creative ways we can document our work, and learn about practical tools and approaches that we can draw on.
Our hope is that this will be a start of an ongoing conversations and opportunities to start documenting your campaigns in community with other organizers.
Key Learning Points
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of telling our own stories of hope and power in our campaigns and organizing work
- Learn about the diverse ways of documenting campaigns, including written, visual, auditory, etc.
- Learn how to use the How to document your campaign guide and other tools to capture and share your learnings and experiences
- Feel confident and inspired about exploring various ways to sketch your campaign journeys
Speakers & presenters
Antje Dun is the Librarian at the Commons Library. Antje maintains the library… (click to read more).
Holly Hammond is the Director of the Commons Library… (click to read more).
Haruka Sano is a community organizer and a trainer based in Kamakura, Japan. She… (click to read more).
Vijay Sehrawat (he/him) is a documentary filmmaker and climate justice campaigner… (click to read more).
