Making Waves
Free activism workshops to help you build the skills to fight for and win change
Want to build your confidence and ability across a range of important activism skills? Interested in learning more about campaign strategy, facilitation, decolonisation, volunteer recruitment and wellbeing?
Making Waves is a free series of 90-min online workshops designed to equip young people (15-35 years old) with essential skills for campaigning, whether you’re showing up on the ground, organising online or speaking out in the media.
Why should you join?
Young people are already making waves calling for justice and system change across a whole number of issues. These workshops will give you the skills to plan and roll out effective campaigns that build real power sustainably.
What to expect:
- Sessions on essential campaigning and organising skills
- Insights into how to decolonise your activism and incorporate wellbeing into your campaign.
- Specialised sessions on digital campaigning, evaluation and reflection, protest planning and campaign messaging.
- Opportunities to connect with other young people who are making a difference.
Workshop lineup
The sessions will be held online throughout the year, so you can join from anywhere. You can pick and choose which sessions to attend.
Workshops
Tue 13 May, 7–8:30pm AEST
Get the basics for developing a campaign strategy and tactics, and ensuring your time and funds are spent as effectively as possible.
Mon 19 May, 7–8:30pm AEST
Learn about the history of First Nations resistance and how your organisation and campaign can support current Blak rights struggles. This session is targeted at non-First Nations allies, but First Nations people are welcome to attend.
Tue 24 June, 7–8:30pm AEST
How do we build power for our campaigns? By organising! This session covers essential skills like volunteer recruitment and retention, and running great meetings and events.
Wed 25 June, 7–8:30pm AEST
Reflection, evaluation and knowledge retention processes will help make sure you’re learning from experience and adapting your campaign for maximum impact and longevity.
Thu 24 July, 7–8:30pm AEST
Get the most out of your digital and social media presence, and learn how to use it to build your power.
Thu 31 July, 7–8:30pm AEST
Crafting a great message and getting media coverage can give your campaign a huge boost. Learn how to shape your story ethically, with a focus on framing and audience.
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Wellbeing
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Wellbeing for Mob
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Facilitation
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Deep Decolonisation
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Protest Rights + Protest Planning
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Dogwhistling & Racism in Politics
Ready to register? Great decision!
The Making Waves workshops are open to young people (15-35yo) across Australia who are interested in gaining practical skills for positive change.
Frequently asked Questions
These workshops are facilitated by experienced trainers from Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), plus a selection of topic experts.
Each workshop runs for 90 minutes. You can attend one or multiple sessions – whichever workshops you are interested in!
Sessions won’t be recorded to help maintain a safe and open space for participation, however any resources or materials used in the workshop will be shared afterwards.
We aim to make these sessions accessible to all. Please inform us of any specific accessibility requirements when registering. Auslan interpreting can be provided.
If you have any other accessibility needs or questions, please email Laura (laura.murphyoates@fya.org.au) from the First Nations team or Pablo (pablo.brait@fya.org.au) from the Youth Action team.
For more information get in contact with Laura (laura.murphyoates@fya.org.au) from the First Nations team or Pablo (pablo.brait@fya.org.au) from the Youth Action team.