Sam has over twenty years experience building people powered movements for a socially just and ecologically sane world. While completing his first class honours thesis on grassroots mobilisation, Sam co-founded activist education outfit The Change Agency to deliver campaign training to community groups around Australia and internationally. He’s worked as a senior political advisor in federal parliament and demonstrated his capability as an effective field organiser and electoral campaigner. He’s facilitated movement-wide processes to reset Australian climate movement strategy, and led GetUp’s Environmental Justice, election and organising strategies.