Systems Change 101 - Empowering Effective Actions for Social Change

Course Overview

Systems Change 101 is a 7-week live social change empowerment course that will develop your capacity for positive change-making. Whether you are in the service provision sector, in social enterprise, advocacy, activism or grassroots community change, this programme will deepen your understanding of social change concepts and key mechanisms to enable you to maximise the impact of your efforts.

We will be applying a systems-thinking framework to issues of socio-economic and environmental justice, with a solution-focused approach, so we can implement our learnings into real-world actions. In completing this course you will feel better equipped to tackle some of the challenges we face in our local and global society, with confidence, clarity and determination.

Topics Covered Include:

• Systems-Thinking Tools
• Communication for Social Change
• Economic Justice
• Ecological Design
• Ecopsychology
• Governance and Democracy
• Gender Equality
• Climate Change Communication
• Activism and Advocacy
• Education for Change
• Community-Building and Peace-Building.

Addressing the root and underlying issues of society is a much more effective and sustainable approach than constantly seeing to the symptoms of an ill society. 

This course will give you the holistic and integrated understandings you need to design more impactful projects, to have more beneficial conversations, to see solutions instead of getting caught on problems, and empower you and your community or organisation to make better decisions for social, economic and environmental justice.

Course Details

Systems Change 101 will empower you to understand how to best apply Your existing skills, passions and your current life circumstance to affect real change in the world. 

The programme will span over 7 weeks and include; 

- 7 x weekly 75min live video calls with Q&A (every Tuesday)

- One-on-One mentorship and tutoring from Erfan

- Course readings and supporting video content

- Worksheets with study guide provided

- Ongoing access to the alumni community

- Free access to all recording lectures

- After course support for consolidation

If you happen to miss one of the live video calls, you will still have access to the recording of it afterwards, and you can re-watch your sessions or other sessions as many times as you like.

There is a private Facebook group page for all participants from all classes to follow up with questions, clarifications and share new findings and articles. This group continues to grow as further intakes are added.

A Few Extra Details

If the course fee is beyond your means to pay up-front you are able to use ZIP Pay to make weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments to cover the fee, at a schedule that suits you best.

The classes will be kept to a maximum of 10 so participants have enough face-time and the opportunity to have their questions heard. 

Systems Change 101 is open to all ages, with previous participants ranging from their early teens to their 70s. No previous experience is required. 

Because participants attend from all over the world, please note that all class times are based on Australian Eastern Standard Times (AEST).

The first session starts on Tuesday 28th July. 

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About the Presenter

Erfan Daliri is an author, poet, social change trainer and consultant with a Masters in Communication for Social Change. He has over 15 years of experience working with NGOs, community groups and government agencies in a diverse range of areas, including participatory development, cross-cultural communication, youth empowerment, education, mental health, settlement services, and social justice advocacy.

Erfan is the founding director of Newkind Social Justice Conference and programme coordinator of the National Unity in Diversity Conference. He also consults and advises on communication and project design for organisations such as Amnesty International and the Australian Red Cross.

He is particularly passionate about empowering organisations and communities to address issues of social, environmental and economic justice and to help them build a more inclusive, cohesive, sustainable and equitable society. His most recent book, Raising Humanity, discusses the underlying causes of socio-economic injustice and covers the themes of ecology and economy, resilience, resistance and what it takes to be an effective changemaker.

Find out more at: www.ErfanDaliri.com

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