Collective Action is an events database aimed at activists, conscious consumers and the community. The database connects people to political campaigns and protests, community events and ethically conscious lifestyle options. You can use this site to find or promote political, community & cultural events and keep an eye on issues as they develop.
Events are hand-picked for relevance to the priorities:
Politics today is as much about the individual lifestyle choices made on a daily basis as it is about government revolution- many of the choices are in our hands. We are becoming more aware that our public and private behaviours have political dimensions. Collective Action helps you to find ways to express your values not only through direct action events or community consultations but through the plethora of events which intrinsically imply a politics, whether that is a local farmers’ market or an exhibition of refugee keepsakes.
You don't have to be an event organiser (just as supporter or interested party) to submit an event and it is free. All events are approved for their fit with the criteria of the site and checked for corrections (within limits). So whether you are a community worker wanting to promote your next event or an advocate wanting to publicise a campaign CollectiveAction.com.au is the site for you.
Use the QR code for easy access to the event data on your way out the door if you have a Smartphone. Wider accessibility and access will be added in coming weeks as time permits. Send feedback to collective_action@hotmail.com with FEEDBACK in the header or follow us on Twitter @collectiveact.
The database is put together with an eye to maintaining a particular balance of events which requires that discretion over which events will be accepted for publication lies with the site owners/editors. First priority for event postings go to political events (eg rallies, protest events, email campaigns etc). Second priority goes to community or education events (eg community education event for cancer, conferences etc). Third priority goes to cultural events which includes festivals, conventions, concerts etc.
All events are checked and approved prior to publication on the database within commonsense constraints. While political issue or opinion is not a criteria for inclusion/exclusion, events will not be posted if they look to contravene discrimination or other laws or do not fit into the balance of priorities.
Brenton lives in Canberra and works remotely for Coupa (a California startup) on their e-procurement and expense management system.
Brenton is a member of the Greens, has strong views on open source, censorship-free speech and other issues affecting young people. At just 20, Brenton has been a professional software developer from age 15 after studying programming through RMIT and Swinburne courtesy of Open Universities Australia over the 3 years prior.
In 2005 aged 15 Brenton was interviewed by Life Magazine (an inclusion of the Sun Herald) for a feature on gifted students. Later that year Brenton began his career as a full time as a software developer. More recently his article on censorship-free speech was published through Slashdot. Over the years Brenton has created many open source-software projects including rss2html.bloople.net when he was 16, which is now used by many other sites, including some United States universities. Brenton’s subdomains receive hundreds of thousands of visits.
Rosie has a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) and a strong interest in politics, particularly in grass roots activism and lobbying in general. Rosie has had letters & articles published across a wide range of issues from those affecting children-families and disadvantaged groups to worker rights, education and civil-human rights.
As a user of the site you understand that it is up to you to check accuracy of event information and Collective Action takes no responsibility for any loss arising from attendance or non-attendence/cancellation of events on this site.
People attend events shown on Collective Action at their own risk and as such should take whatever actions are necessary to ensure safety and security and/or accept any risk associated with events/actions. This is particularly advisable when attending mass concerts or demonstrations. Please refer to each event organiser's advice.
While every effort is made within resources to check information provided on the site is correct it is provided without warranty as is the site itself.
Accepting events for submission is at the sole discretion of the site owners/editors. See Event Submission Guide for more information.
Certain non-identifying information is collected by Google Analytics when you visit this site which is used to keep statistics on number of users and browsers/devices using the site etc. This kind of information helps improve development of the site. We have no interest in giving users' personal information to third parties.
The site collects some non-identifying information including a log of the searches done on the site. This is to help with management and development of the site and not traceable to individuals.
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Event information is shown here under fair use for purposes of promotion. Events are submitted on the assumption that event organisers prefer to have their own words used in promotion of their events.
The site code and data is Copyright © 2010-2011 Rosie Williams and Brenton Fletcher.
Parts of the site content may be reproduced for fair use and promotion as the site is built specifically for event promotion.
CollectiveAction.com.au is a domain owned by Fletcher, Brenton Reece ABN 73 599 557 379