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Building coalitons: a speech talking through Community Organising, the three circles and coalition Building

Back in 2016, Amanda delivered a talk to Unions WA about many of the themes in Conscious Tribes that she has been chewing over for many years. She outlines the principles of “us and others” and how we live together, the Three circles, the story of how she helped build the Sydney Alliance and the…

Back in 2016, Amanda delivered a talk to Unions WA about many of the themes in Conscious Tribes that she has been chewing over for many years. She outlines the principles of “us and others” and how we live together, the Three circles, the story of how she helped build the Sydney Alliance and the findings of her research about coalitions and her book Power in Coalition.

In the talk she also speaks about the Sydney Alliance campaign working with young people from the Glebe Youth Service and Mirvac to create a local apprenticeship program for young Aboriginal men and women.

You can watch the video here.

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UnderStanding the patterns of power: the three circles

Public life can feel random and confusing but that does not mean that it is organised in random ways. Power dynamics are often unequal and their patterns can help explain some of what is happening in our everyday lives and on the news. In Chapter 4, Conscious Tribes sets out a diagram called the Three…

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