ChangeMakers

When the 2019 Bushfires burnt her house, Fiona Lee did what most would find hard - she became an advocate for climate change. Three days after her house burnt down, Fiona and her family stood at NSW Parliament House calling for serious action on climate change as creating the context for these catastrophic fires. What is her story? How did she do this? And what did she learn about the power of her...

Antony Dapiran is a long time Hong Kong resident and commentator on the Hong Kong protests. He is the author of City of Protest, a book that explains the history of protest movements in Hong Kong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong was a defeat, but it also generated key insights. We explore how it has guided the 2019 Hong Kong Protest movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Tiananmen Square onwards, Hong Kong protesters have developed sophisticated protest strategies. We explore the long story behind Hong Kong's protest life that has produced the 2019 movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Dillon is the communications director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. We talk about her work seeking recognition, dignity, respect and basic labour protections for millions of domestic workers in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Sweeney is a long time prominent anti-nuclear campaigner, co-founding the 2017 Nobel Prize winning global organisation, ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeremy Heimans is a digital social movement entrepreneur and the key figure behind cutting edge social change organisations like GetUp, Avaaz and Purpose.  We talk about his journey, and themes from his new book with Henry Timms, called New Power - How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World - and How to Make it Work for You. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acas...

Hahrie Han is one of the world's top researchers studying ways of strengthening civic engagement. We explore the different strategies you can use to build people power and the journey she took to become one of the world's top researchers in this space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hahrie Han is one of the world’s top researchers studying ways of strengthening civic engagement.  We explore the different strategies you can use to build people power and the journey she took to become one of the world’s top researchers in this space. For more on ChangeMakers check us out: Via our Website - https://changemakerspodcast.org (where you can also sign up to our email list!) Face...

Imagine trying to make change in an authoritarian state? Jolovan Wham works in Singapore with migrant domestic workers. Why does he do it and what does the state do to make his change making so hard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Social media abuse tries to shut people down, and is frighteningly common for women and people of colour. Host Amanda Tattersall discusses with social activist Tanning Onus Williams the story of how Amnesty decided to map twitter and see if it could stop it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Australia it's hard for newly arrived refugees to find a new job. In 2011, Settlement Services International found a way for refugees to create businesses for themselves - by using the marketplace as a changemaker. Host Host Amanda Tattersall speaks refugee Ed Yousif.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In late 2018 thousands of people from across Central America walked North to the border of the USA and into the political maelstrom of the midterm elections. How did they organise themselves and what did they achieve? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have radical challenges like climate change and inequality but not many radical political leaders. What does it take to find and elect leaders like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez? Becky Bond was one of the Field Directors for the Bernie Sanders campaign and she shares her experience of combining radical agendas and political parties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acas...

Do you wish politicians would spill the beans on how politics actually works? Then this chat is for you. Topics range from Your Rights at Work, the ALP and the Adani mine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can universities be change makers? Marc Stears has not only been a Professor at Oxford but a leading figure in the UK Labour Party under Ed Miliband. He shares what he has learnt about transitioning across the university-practitioner divide in the pursuit of social impact, and his new role as Director of Sydney Policy Lab. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Can squatters ever hope to become land owners? An inspiring story from Thailand shows what it takes for poor people to rebuild the city around them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we overcome chronic long term homelessness? On this episode we look at one campaign which decided to set an absurdly ambitious goal to try and solve the homelessness problem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is a church doing running a facility where illegal drugs can be used openly? And why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The road to marriage equality in Australia was filled with dirty tricks and homophobia. How did the LGBTI community build a movement strong enough to overcome it all? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Cape Town, apartheid pushed black residents to the edge of the city. Reclaim the city is a movement pushing back, desegregating the city through strategic long term occupations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the origin story of the largest anti-Trump organisation in America and how it built a mass based local movement to save affordable healthcare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2014 Hong Kong hundreds of thousands of citizens staged a mass street occupation demanding the vote. Why did it happen? And what led to tensions building inside the movement overtime? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can we learn when a Hollywood TV show gets into ChangeMaking? Comedy show Brooklyn 99 took on police racism. How did they do it in a way that people didn't turn off? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Donald Trump took power, one of his first orders was to ban Syrian refugees entering the United States. In many parts of the world politicians are increasingly scapegoating refugees, and in the process denying them their human rights. But there is one country that has decided to treat refugees with basic human decency. Uganda doesn't lock up its refugees. Instead, they live in settlements wit...