Social Movement Technologies
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Campaign support for people power movements and groups across the world. Follow to hear about free and paid training and coaching, reading groups for organizing wisdom, and great organizing.
SMT is hiring for seven full-time to very part-time flexible roles to support movements across the globe. Join us! [https://workwith.socialmovementtechnologies.org/]
Activists, social change staffers, unionists: Wondering how to reach a MUCH broader audience? Challenged by short attention spans, literacy, internet access, language access? Register (FREE for many by September 30th): community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/grap...
Activists, social justice staff, unionists - join the FREE Resisting Police Raids training. bit.ly/4byYKi4
Today, we honor Wole Soyinka for his continued fight against military dictatorships, imprisonment, censorship, and corruption through plays, essays, and activism. He insists that freedom of expression is non-negotiable. Born 1934 #OnThisDay
Residents in Nanyuki, Kenya are protesting a planned Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens, despite a court order to halt construction. The backlash has grown into a broader push to cancel the project over risks to local communities. bit.ly/4owi58A
Thousands of Kenyan women took to the streets yesterday in protest and public mourning to demand justice for victims of femicide and answers for missing children. Led by women's rights movements, including @endfemicideKe @usikimye #EndFemicideKe #TotalShutDown #EndGBV #MeToo Photo: Nairobi protests
Huge win for Audrey Mbugua, Jinsiangu & the entire trans movement in Kenya as the High Court affirmed that trans Kenyans have the right to change their gender & sex markers on official IDs. A major step against discrimination caused by mismatched docs. outrightinternational.org/insights/ken...
In Comoros, six days of strikes and roadblocks forced the government to suspend a steep fuel price hike - a battle being waged across the globe where billionaire decisions for war and fossil fuels worsen income inequality and devastate families and our earth. www.internazionale.it/ultime-notiz...
Social justice staffers: Has the expense & work of setting up a website got you down? Join this training on using AI website builders to launch a campaign site w/a working petition or form Free for activists if needed June 17/18 Register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/usin...
A huge congratulations to Working Washington & domestic workers for winning Domestic Workers Bill of Rights - ending racist exclusions from basic workplace protections for 100,000+ workers. This victory comes after years of organizing by the movement. kimatv.com/news/local/d... "
Social change staff: Website attacks on nonprofits are up by 240%. Join SMT’s 1-hour website security training to learn how to protect your site and how to strengthen your defenses. Register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/webs...
Congratulations! NYC delivery workers just opened the nation’s first worker-designed Deliverista Hub — a 24/7 space to support safety and rights. Workers organized, built power, and won. documentedny.com/2026/04/07/d...
Social change staffers: Is your website helping you organize, mobilize, & win? Join this live small-group working session+recorded training for individualized feedback & concrete tips to turn your site into an organizing powerhouse Register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/make...
ORGANIZED WORKERS WIN! In Feb, 1300 workers in Indonesia went on strike to stop “efficiency” layoffs at Young Hyun Star (YHS) 100% walked off, shutting down production & forcing management to cancel layoffs - a major win by GSBI (Gabungan Serikat Buruh Indonesia). #WorkersRights #LaborRights
How can movies help us organize for social justice? Join ‘Movies That Move Us: Using Film to Support Organizing’ - a free 1‑hour workshop on using film to build power, deepen politics, & strengthen teams. 2 sessions 🌎 so everyone can join. RSVP free: socialmovementtechnologies.org/movies/?utm_...
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to: Jia Lian Yang from Forward Through Ferguson Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
International Women’s Day is March 8 - but the movement doesn’t end at midnight. It continues with follow‑up actions, teach‑ins, & organizing, rooted in the 1908–1910 garment workers’ strikes led by immigrant women. Let’s turn 1 day of celebration into sustained power. #IWD
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to Vee Vopham from @themvmtcoop.bsky.social Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to: Lindsey Jurca from @ciel.org Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
Social change managers & directors: Join SMT’s management masterclass to gain tools & practices to align teams, delegate well, and lead across organizing, tech & campaigns. Includes templates + team worksheets. Register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/team...
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to: Lucas Bush from @unecolorado.bsky.social Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to: Jimmie Lee Jarvis from @progressva.bsky.social Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
Five years since the military coup, hundreds of Myanmar residents and allies across Japan demand freedom for political prisoners, reject sham elections, and call for an end to military rule. ✊ #WhatshappeninginMyanmar #SaveMyanmar #Milkteaalliance www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Hootsuite is contracting with ICE to monitor social media including street-level geolocation. It’s a Canada-based “B-Corp” supposedly for social benefit. Tell Hootsuite’s CEO what you think: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #ICEOutForGood #HootsuiteBoycott
The next Short-Form Video Apprenticeship is coming this April. SMT is recognizing alums for achieving a certification in last year’s program. 🎉 Special shoutout today to Laura Mendieta from @soshumanity.bsky.social Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
Thousands take action across the U.S. to disrupt business as usual for ICE's corporate accomplices in thuggery. It's heating up! #Target #Enterprise #HomeDepot #ICEOutForGood www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Social change staff, unionists: Ready to get really good at copywriting? Join this hands-on masterclass to transform your writing for emails, website, and social media copy that is clear, inspiring, accessible and powerful. Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/copy...
BREAKING: Close to 100,000 teachers in South Korea win major victory. ✊ After 60+ days of sit-ins and a hunger strike, the government agreed to advance teachers’ political rights in Parliament. Read more: www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3193...
Join SMT’s 2026 Briefing on upcoming trainings including new intensives, free resources, and the needs SMT is seeing across movements. Feb 4 (Americas): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Feb 5 (Africa/Asia/Europe/SWANA): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Social change staffers & unionists: Hope the year opens with purpose & energy. Join 2026 trainings: visuals, distributed organizing, AI, storytelling, LinkedIn, team & campaign mgmt, short-form video & copywriting to build power. Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org?utm_medium=o...