Tools & Resources

  • The social change ecosystem framework helps individuals, networks, and organizations align and get in right relationship with social change values, individual roles, and their broader ecosystem.

  • Solidarity Is Practice Guide
    An offering from Building Movement Project and SolidarityIs that enables individuals and organizations to engage in transformative solidarity practice. When we engage in transformative practice we have an opportunity to change ourselves, our communities, systems, institutions, and cultural norms. 

    Solidarity Resources for Organizations
    Find process questions, considerations, and more related to solidarity narratives.

    AAPI Heritage Month
    Explore stories and lessons in building solidarity within and across Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in this resource round-up.

    Black History Month
    Learn about transformative solidarity practices within and across Black communities through this curated Solidarity Is This playlist featuring insights on why immigration is a Black issue, movement ecology, organizing lessons from Detroit, and more.

    Pride Month
    A playlist with episodes from the Solidarity Is This podcast archives about building solidarity across LGBTQ communities, generations, and movements.

  • AANHPI Movement Challenges, Community Needs, and Infrastructure Recommendations: 2024 Election and Beyond

    Between July and September 2024, the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), in partnership with Aurora Commons and the Building Movement Project, developed and convened 2024 elections scenario planning conversations for organizations working closely with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. Learn more and read the report back, which includes key recommendations on how to build cross-movement solidarity, provide community education, protect physical and digital safety, build legal defense infrastructure, invest in rapid response infrastructure, and secure organizational operations and resources, among others.

    2024 Elections and Beyond

    The toolkit contains frameworks and exercises that the Building Movement Project has utilized in trainings, workshops, and election scenario planning.

    Rapid Response Resources

    An offering of frameworks, exercises, and reflection questions to support organizations in developing their rapid response infrastructure.

    Ecosystem of Well-Being
    This tool provides a starting point for networks and organizations to integrate self-care and community-care and sustainability practices with systemic changes.

    Movement Leadership Stool
    We created the movement leadership stool to describe the various areas of support that movement leaders identified.

    Movement Pantry
    This framework and tool helps individuals and organizations think about what’s in their movement pantry (frameworks, practices, relationships) and how they can shape and mold it to meet their goals.