For those who dare to challenge the status quo, this talk is a radical guide for activists.

Drawing from frontline experiences in trade unions, environmentalism, animal rights, and social justice movements, the talk will explore essential themes from leadership to the art of negotiation. We will ask crucial questions about organising and social movements in the 21st century, avoiding easy prescriptions, we will discuss where theory meets practice.

This talk draws on Changemakers: radical strategies for social movement organising, 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.

John Page serves on the committee of the John Page serves on the committee of the Ella Baker School of Organising. He has worked as a union organiser and in organising or campaigning roles at the Jo Cox Foundation, the Equality Trust, HOPE Not Hate and the Runnymede Trust.

In association with the Ella Baker School of Organising

Refreshments included

“This is the book I wish I’d had when I was a young activist. Drawing on decades of experience leading and being part of many campaign organisations, Page and Holgate are generous with their insights, analysis and reflections. Organising is never easy but it can be fun and is crucial to building hope for the future. This book makes us ask all the right questions to understand and build our collective power. No one has all the answers to ‘what works’ but this book has all the right questions.”                                                                      Mel Simms, The University of Glasgow