what we do
Build A Movement (BAM) supports activists, organizers and movements fighting for democracy, rights and justice around the world.
Our support primarily takes the form of training and coaching to build the skills of front line activists in the methods of strategic nonviolence, movement building and digital security. Over the past decade, BAM staff and trainers have worked in dozens of countries, including highly repressive environments, and trained thousands of activists.
Beyond training, BAM supports activists by developing educational material on movement building and technological tools to evade surveillance, censorship and harassment.
Thousands of Buddhist monks took part in Burma's Saffron Revolution (2007)
WHISTLER
In partnership with the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), BAM is developing Whistler, an Android application for activists facing surveillance, censorship and repression. Whistler is designed to empower and protect front line activists, human rights defenders and citizen journalists, and support their documentation and advocacy efforts.
A chance for change in the new Thailand
With the adoption of the junta’s constitution and the death of the widely revered King Bhumibol, a new political landscape has been taking shape in Thailand. The junta has consolidated its power and gained an electoral mandate, but lost the popular legitimacy it derived from a beloved and revered king. For an opposition that has been all but inert, the new political environment offers an opportunity to form a united front, challenge the junta, and restore democratic rule — if they can grasp it.
How to beat the islamic state through nonviolence
The Islamic State has convinced the world it was so ruthless that only massive armed campaigns could defeat it. But this is a myth maintained by all authoritarian governments. Committed activists, thinking and acting strategically, can turn local populations against the Islamic State and effectively dismantle its sources of power.