Overview

Rising Tide: The Psychology of Advocacy Movements is a special event being hosted jointly by Psychologists for Peace and the College of Community Psychologists that will explore the psychological mechanisms underpinning effective grassroots advocacy.

Featuring two speakers who played organising roles in the Rising Tide movement, Tim Hollo and Graeme Stuart, the session will delve into their relevant personal experiences and expertise as concrete examples of how group psychology, non-hierarchical organisation, and collaborative communication strategies can mobilise communities around shared goals.

With a focus on peaceful and inclusive approaches, this event will offer participants insights into the psychological mechanisms that drive engagement, cohesion, and sustained action within contemporary social justice movements. The event will conclude with a Q&A panel where specific aspects of the topic will be collectively explored in more depth.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should better understand the practicalities of the effective and collaborative facilitation of large groups and groups of groups towards a common grassroots advocacy goal, through being exposed to the lived experience example of the Rising Tide movement.

Presenter(s)

About the presenter(s)

Tim Hollo is an environmentalist, community builder, writer, facilitator and musician. As Executive Director of the Green Institute, he leads thinking, publishes and hosts events on ecological politics, rights of nature, universal basic income and the future of democracy. Previously, he has been Communications Director for Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne, been a campaigner and board member at Greenpeace, and worked for 350, Lock the Gate and others. In his local community in Canberra, he established the city's now flourishing Buy Nothing Groups, set up a little community library, spearheaded a campaign to keep the city free of billboard advertising, and hosted various community assemblies. His book, "Living Democracy: an ecological manifesto for the end of the world as we know it" was published by NewSouth in 2022.

Graeme Stuart is passionate about strengths-based ways of working with communities, families and individuals that promote more just, peaceful and inclusive communities. He has been active with Rising Tide since early 2023 in a variety of roles and is currently part of the national training team, a core member of the Newcastle Hub and the treasurer of Rising Tide Assist Inc. He says his main contribution to Rising Tide is his two daughters (Jasmine and Alexa) who both work as full-time volunteers in the Newcastle core team. He has also been a volunteer facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project for over 30 years, and has been active in a variety of peace, environment and social change group since being part of Franklin Blockade and the peace movement in the early 80s. For 18 years he was a practitioner and lecturer at the Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle, where his teaching, practice, and research focused on strengths-based approaches to working with families and communities. His paid roles have included youth work, community development in caravan parks communities, fathering workshops with Aboriginal men in prison and violence prevention.

Notes

Target Audience

This event is aimed at both psychologists and members of the general community with an interest in the topic.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

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