Changemakers Forum – Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organising

Join The Ella Baker School of Organising and Aunty Social for an evening of discussion and an introduction to Changemakers, Radical Strategies for Social Justice.

Aunty Social is pleased to welcome authors Jane Holgate and John Page as well as organisers from across different social justice movements to explore the key themes of the new book: Changemakers, Radical Strategies for Social Justice. They will explore how these themes relate to our own knowledge and experiences of organising and how we become more effective changemakers

Crafted for those who dare to challenge the status quo, Changemakers is a radical guide for activists.

Drawing from frontline experiences in trade unions, environmentalism, animal rights, and social justice movements, the book explores essential themes from leadership to the art of negotiation. It asks crucial questions about organising and social movements in the 21st century.

Written by two experts in activist education and community organising, this is a refreshing take on movement building, empowering changemakers of today to forge new paths towards a more just world.

Order your copy of Changemakers- Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organising ahead of the event below:

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Orders will be available for collection from Aunty Social from Thursday 13th March 2025, alternatively you will be able to collect at the event.

Hosts:

Jane Holgate is an experienced community activist and trade unionist in a number of UK unions. Her day job is Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the University of Leeds. She is a strong advocate of peer-to-peer teaching and political education.

Jane’s research interests include trade unions and the development of organising and recruitment strategies, particularly as they relate to under-represented groups in the union movement.

Jane’s became involved with the Ella Baker School of Organising because she believes in the power of learning as a way to transform the world to be a better and more socially just place for future generations.

Jane has authored Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence and more recently Changemakers. Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organisers.

John Page has been a long-time organiser in the trade union, anti-racist and community sphere and has worked as a specialist union organiser and as lead organiser at a number of leading anti-racist charities.

John has won significant campaigns in the workplace, and has helped organise communities to oppose narratives of division.

He is an experienced trainer and has delivered hundreds of on-line and face to face training sessions to the BMA, trade unions, environmental and a variety of voluntary and community sector organisations.

John is co-author (with Jane Holgate) of the forthcoming book: Changemakers: Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organising

Panel guests to be confirmed closer to the event.

ACCESS & VENUE

Access: If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) Please let us know by emailing or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790‬

Important info: Please note that this session is upstairs. It’s a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the event.

We’re in the process of having a lift installed so the space will be accessible by late Spring/Summer.

Getting here

• Tram to North Pier
• Bus: No 3,4 or 6 bus to Topping St. No 2, 2C, 3, 7, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18 or 20 to Church St (Stanley Buildings)
• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.