Using various community organizing frameworks and principles, this project aimed at connecting and providing spaces for like-minded young people living within the same community groups (universities, cities, personal interests) to work together and fight for the rights of their communities and others. The project started with establishing new activist groups in different cities in Indonesia that young people led in their own communities. The project successfully established more than 45 active local activist groups (chapters and action groups) across Indonesia, with more than 800 activist members. The project’s next phase was onboarding new activists, training them on the basic policies of the organization, and aligning human rights perspectives across the network. This network of activists is mobilized for an annual flagship campaign during the second half of the year, reaching thousands of people each year. The project is still ongoing at Amnesty International Indonesia.
Among some of the outputs I developed with the team were the following:
- Activism and basic human rights curriculum and module development
- Activist onboarding training and mentoring
- Social media content policy development
- Social media monitoring and evaluation tool
The network of activists that has been established are then trained throughout the year of various topics ranging from theoretical human rights issues, personal development, and strategic campaigning. Some of the modules that I have developed include topics such as:
- Police accountability
- Racism
- Freedom of speech and expression
- Unlawful Killing in Papua
Key achievement and highlights:
- More than 40 active local groups are established with more than 50% of them led by women
- The growth of the activist social media platform reached 19500 followers within two years.
- More than 19% weekly interaction rate on Instagram
- More than 50 independently organized campaign events organized by grassroots activists across Indonesia, both offline and online, every year.
- The network reached all corners of the country with the establishment of two chapters in Papua led by indigenous Papuan youth based in universities in Jayapura and Manokwari.