Australian Progress

Hosts of #VirtualProgress2020, #Progress2019, #Leadership2019 and #fwdorg. We build the collective capacity of civil society in Australia.

[Andrew Leigh @ALeighMP]

The Australian Democracy Network’s Saffron Zomer is running an advocacy training program for civil society activists. It was a pleasure to share a few ideas about effective engagement.

If you’re keen to learn more, this toolkit is a useful start:
https://t.co/MU04KQXVaA #auspol

[Jess Herne @jessherne]

Come work with me! 🎉

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

📢 We're hiring! We're looking for an Event and Training Logistics Coordinator, who'll work across our programs to build the capacity of social change makers and movements.
For more info --> https://t.co/zJ9vulAmm0
$72k p.a. (0.8 or 1.0 FTE); applications close Sun 19 Sept.

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Join us on July 5 from 11:00 AEST in a webinar with govt relations experts @DaneyHrlc, Lauren Frost and @MariaPConklin in convo with @ray__yoshida to take an inside look at how policy reforms are made and insights on how to position your campaigns to win: https://t.co/MnJ1OzHrZi

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Join us this Friday with govt relations experts @SimonBanksHB and Saffron Zomer (Aus. Democracy Network) in conversation with Osmond Chiu (@redrabbleroz) from @CPSUnion to learn how to win reforms in the new political context. Register at: https://t.co/ZzPlFkaZpS

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Join us Feb. 23 at 12:00PM AEDT in our lunchtime webinar as we hear from @nswnma and @FPDNAus on the impact of #Omicron on frontline health and care services, and learn about the national campaign for healthcare reform. Find out more and register: https://t.co/3qS49XTebA

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Check out the Economic Media Centre here: https://t.co/Yf0cpA3NnH 🌟🌟🌟

[Bank Australia @bankaust]

The Economic Media Centre, a project facilitated by our customer and partner @ausprogress, is training up people with lived experience to front the media on the issues that affect them most ➡️

https://t.co/6YdHh7X9k5

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Thank you for coming and engaging so thoughtfully! 🥰

[Adele Aria 🌈♿ @AdelePurrsisted]

Thank you to @ausprogress, the FWD+Organise team, and all the inspiring speakers who spoke of their experience, shared successes and challenges, and generously provided resources, expertise, and encouragement.
#SocialChange is often long exhausting work.

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

@thebmbennett Bit of column A and bit of column B!

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Just a small* sample of the campaigns work that the closing plenary speakers @Riss_Bundjalung and Edie Shepherd are working on https://t.co/vuMubOa02u

They are powerhouses!! 👏

*It is not small AT ALL.
#FirstNationsJustice 💛❤️🖤

[Adele Aria 🌈♿ @AdelePurrsisted]

#EdieShepherd notes that their big campaigns are interconnected, all underpinned by the same colonisation, racism, imposition of restrictive ideas of what is valued. "We don't have laws that protect our sacred sites and heritage."
#FWDorg #FirstNationsJustice

[Adele Aria 🌈♿ @AdelePurrsisted]

#EdieShepherd cautions the excitement of a government enquiry announcement. The report doesn't ensure action and change.
#FWDorg #FirstNationsJustice

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

We agree @vi_0let_ !!!! @thebmbennett is definitely an icon! 🌟 #fwdorg

[Adele Aria 🌈♿ @AdelePurrsisted]

#FWDorg #KirstyAlbion : "we need to build people power"

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

.@FIAfund is a US organisation and tactics and Andrea is speaking about organising and campaigning in the US.

So important to contextualise tactics and approaches from overseas.

Consider the political environment - and how they differ from country to country! #fwdorg

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

"It's not about who wins or loses [an election] but about whether people gain a change in their material conditions" Andrea Marta (Faith In Action Fund), in the Flipping the Formula breakout session #fwdorg

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

[on social organising and election campaigning]: "not trying to build up the political parties, but building up independent organisations who can hold folks [who are elected] accountable" - Andrea, #fwdorg

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

What can you to do support the @HometoBilo campaign? Call your MPs, and continue to pressure the Federal government to grant visas to the Murugappan family. #HomeToBillo #FWDorg
https://t.co/p2XjW7FUtt

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

"What we found is that it invited a wide range of people to feel like they were connected, and therefore, invested in our little family." - Bronwyn @HometoBilo #fwdorg

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

Final Plenary Session is Home to Bilo: The Accidental Activists #hometobilo @HometoBilo

Simone Cameron and Bronwyn Dendle share the most important organising lesson they’ve learnt in the campaign to bring their friends Nades, Priya, Kopika and Tharnicca Murugappan home. #fwdorg

[Australian Progress @ausprogress]

"We have made sure that we kept saying their names and sharing their stories. We have even shared home videos with the public in the same way that someone might share a home video with their grandma." Bronwyn @HometoBilo #fwdorg