The Activist Agenda (Edmonton) is now being released on Thursday so you can see what might fit in your weekend. This list is constantly being updated so I do suggest that you check throughout the week for any updated actions. Visit Activist Agenda to see the latest version.

• March 14th, Thursday – Solidarity with CU52
• March 14th, Thursday – Drinks for Density
• March 15th, Friday – Canada Overshoot Day
• March 15th, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike
• March 16th, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market
• March 16th, Saturday – Climate Justice Signage Display
• March 16th Saturday – 2024 Visibility Anniversaries Tour
• March 16th, Saturday – Screening of the Documentary “Uprooted”
• March 16th, Saturday – Private Screening: Safer for All
• March 17th, Sunday – March for Gaza
• March 18th, Monday – A National Multi-Party Townhall on Youth, Jobs, and Climate Change
• March 19th, Tuesday – The Revolution is Female
• March 20th, Wednesday – Break up with your Bank
• March 21st, Thursday – Permaculture Community Gathering and Potluck
• March 21st, Thursday – Kite Making in Solidarity with Gaza
• March 22nd, Friday – World Water Day Summit
• March 22nd, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike
• March 22nd, Friday – End David Parker and Take Back Alberta
• March 23rd, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market
• March 23rd, Saturday – Climate Justice Signage Display
• March 24th, Sunday – Edmonton Seedy Sunday
• March 24th – Walk for Ukraine, Stop Russian Terror
• March 25th, Monday – New Grocery Movement Presents: The Depth of Fields and the Joy of Gardens
• March 26th, Tuesday – Human Rights Solutions to Homelessness: A National Encampment Response Plan
• March 26th, Tuesday – Alberta Summit: Mobilizing Intersectoral Action on Climate Change and Health
• March 26th, Tuesday – Common Dividends and the Politics of Time
• March 27th, Wednesday – Remembering the 7th National TRC Gathering
• March 30th, Saturday – Marshalling and Action Safety 101 Training
• April 10th, Wednesday – Neighbouring For Climate Webinar

Video of the Week

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March 14th, Thursday – Drinks for Density: “With district planning, priority rezonings and more coming down the road this year, let’s take some time to socialize, talk and discuss our plans for this year. Let’s talk housing, socialize and brainstorm plans for this year.”
Time: 7pm MDT
Location: On Edge Brewing, 10308 81 Ave NW
Registration: Eventbrite

March 15th, Friday – Canada Overshoot Day: “A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country.”
If the rest of the world lived like the average Canadian the Overshoot Day would be March 15th, 2024.
This is not sustainable.

March 15th, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike: A weekly reminder to Edmontonians that we are in a Climate Emergency.
Extra signs will be available for people to use – or bring your own.
Time: 8 am to 9 am
Location: 109th street and 88th Avenue
Facebook: Edmonton Climate Strike
Hashtags: #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeYEG #FridaysForFutureYEG

March 15th, Friday – Solidarity with CU52: “CSU52 will be on strike (if nothing changes before then). They need all our support to make sure the lines are as strong as possible. This is a critical moment as CSU has been negotiating for over a year and haven’t had a raise in over five years.”
Time: 11am
Location: Stanley A. Milner Library, 102nd Avenue and 100th Street – 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square

March 16th, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market: “We will stand together in solidarity with people around the world calling for an immediate Ceasefire Now in all conflict zones and all parties work towards a just, respectful, and long-lasting peace.”
Time: 11am
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 10310 – 83rd Avenue. I made a What Three Words for the exact location where we normally stand. If we move away from this spot we will be noticeable and easy to find.

March 16th, Saturday – Climate Justice Signage Display: I will erect these signs beside the bus stop on Gateway and 83rd Avenue. This is a static display since I normally go over and stand with a group of people doing Ceasefire Now activism in front of the market (see event above).
I invite you to join me at this display of signs and you can easily stand there and talk with people to discuss the issues. The signs displayed also include signs about homelessness/houselessness.
Hope to see you out to demand a change that will lessen the impact of the climate emergency we are experiencing (and homelessness/houselessness).
Why do I have UCP on this sign? Well, they form the present government in Alberta and like all previous Alberta governments (including the NDP) have pushed the fossil fuel agenda to the detriment of the planet while knowing what impacts their actions would have on people and planet.
Time: 11 am
Location: Grass area on the NE corner of 83rd avenue and Gateway (104th Street)
Facebook: Edmonton Climate Strike

March 16th Saturday – 2024 Visibility Anniversaries Tour: Meet Trans Flag Creator and more
Time: 2pm
Location: Timms Centre for the Arts, 112th Street and 87th Avenue

March 16th, Saturday – Screening of the Documentary “Uprooted”: “Surviving the occupation and against the will to be on the territory of Russia is one of the greatest horrors that Ukrainian children are currently going through. This is another attempt by the enemy to enslave our future generations.”
Time: 5pm
Location: Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, 9615 153 Ave NW

March 16th, Saturday – Private Screening: Safer for All: “You are invited to an invite-only screening of a new Edmonton-centred police accountability documentary, SAFER FOR ALL. Inspired by the award-winning Calgary documentary NO VISIBLE TRAUMA, SAFER FOR ALL captures the journey of a group of public safety advocates, academics, and former police officers as they meet with those with lived experience of police misconduct to better understand police accountability is so broken in Alberta/Canada, and what can be done to make our community safer for all.
Feel free to share the TRAILER online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5RCJS0yqi8
This film was produced by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights with support from Lost Time Media. 
Time: 6pm
Location: Landmark Cinema City Centre Mall, 102nd Avenue and 101st Street
Register/RSVP: Safer for All: Private Screening RSVP
You are invited to RSVP Here.

March 17th, Sunday – March for Gaza: “Canadian complicity in genocide MUST END! Demand an immediate arms embargo from politicians across Canadian party lines. Bring a halal non-perishable food item for the Ramadan food drive. There will be postcards and petitions to sign!”
Time: 1pm
Location: Tipton Park, 10849 = 81st Avenue
Hashtags: #Edmonton4Palestine #YEGHatesGenocide

March 18th, Monday – A National Multi-Party Townhall on Youth, Jobs, and Climate Change: “young activists and elected politicians from across party lines will come together to discuss a transformative climate and labour solution: a national Youth Climate Corps.”
Edmonton in person meeting
Time: 5pm
Location: Virtual and in person options. Edmonton event at Central Academic Building (CAB) Room 239 – University of Alberta
Register: Good Green Jobs for All

March 19th, Tuesday – The Revolution is Female: “Join us in honouring Women’s History Month with a relaxed evening of community building as we learn about revolutionary Black and Palestinian women throughout history”
Time: 5pm – 6:30 pm
Location: University of Alberta, HM Tory 12-15
Instagram: SJP University of Alberta

March 20th, Wednesday – Break up with your Bank: “This is a supportive panel discussion to help you understand:
1) The ways Canadian banks finance colonialism, occupation, war, and climate disaster. We will have a special focus on Canadian banks’ complicity in settler colonialism and genocide on Turtle Island and Palestine.
2) How you can move your financial accounts and investments to more ethical alternatives, such as member-owned credit unions.
3) Resources to find collective support for divesting from violence and re-investing in a better future for all!”
Time: 5pm MT
Location: online – Zoom
Register: World Beyond War

March 21st, Thursday – Permaculture Community Gathering and Potluck: “Are you a gardener? Permaculture Enthusiast? Looking to get involved in Community? Permablitzes? Simply love Potlucks? Everyone is welcome.”
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: St. Augustine’s Anglican Church, located at 6110 Fulton Road

March 21st, Thursday – Kite Making in Solidarity with Gaza: “Join our first art build on campus for a kite making workshop”
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Location: ED N2 Foyer
Instagram: SJP University of Alberta

March 22nd, Friday – World Water Day Summit: “Keynote Speakers, Presentations and Entertainment.  We will come together to discuss our current collective concerns and community-driven solutions to the Water crisis spreading through our territories.”
Time: 8am to 4:30 pm
Location: Royal Hotel West Edmonton, 10010 – 178th Street
Facebook: Keepers of the Water
Cost: 25$ – includes breakfast and lunch
Tickets: Keepers of the Water
Hashtags: #WaterIsLife

March 22nd, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike: A weekly reminder to Edmontonians that we are in a Climate Emergency.
Extra signs will be available for people to use – or bring your own.
Time: 8 am to 9 am
Location: 109th street and 88th Avenue
Facebook: Edmonton Climate Strike
Hashtags: #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeYEG #FridaysForFutureYEG

March 22nd, Friday – End David Parker and Take Back Alberta: Please note – this is a counter-protest to the TBA. It could get interesting.
Time: 12 pm to 3 pm
Location: 100, 11510 Kingsway Avenue

March 23rd, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market: “We will stand together in solidarity with people around the world calling for an immediate Ceasefire Now in all conflict zones and all parties work towards a just, respectful, and long-lasting peace.”
Time: 11am
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 10310 – 83rd Avenue. I made a What Three Words for the exact location where we normally stand. If we move away from this spot we will be noticeable and easy to find.

March 23rd, Saturday – Climate Justice Signage Display: I will erect these signs beside the bus stop on Gateway and 83rd Avenue. This is a static display since I normally go over and stand with a group of people doing Ceasefire Now activism in front of the market (see event above).
I invite you to join me at this display of signs and you can easily stand there and talk with people to discuss the issues. The signs displayed also include signs about homelessness/houselessness.
Hope to see you out to demand a change that will lessen the impact of the climate emergency we are experiencing (and homelessness/houselessness).
Why do I have UCP on this sign? Well, they form the present government in Alberta and like all previous Alberta governments (including the NDP) have pushed the fossil fuel agenda to the detriment of the planet while knowing what impacts their actions would have on people and planet.
Time: 11 am
Location: Grass area on the NE corner of 83rd avenue and Gateway (104th Street)
Facebook: Edmonton Climate Strike

March 24th, Sunday – Edmonton Seedy Sunday: We’ll have seed vendors, gardening businesses and community organizations, speakers and a seed share (bring your extra seeds, gardening books and magazines to swap)!
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00pm
Location: ​Alberta Avenue Hall, 9210 118 Ave NW
More information: Edmonton Seedy Sunday

March 24th, Sunday – Walk for Ukraine, Stop Russian Terror: “Every day we wake up and read in the news about the new terrorist attacks. Almost every day in Ukraine starts with rocket launches, and every night is interrupted by shelling. Every day there are loud sirens and explosions. Every day, civilians and children die, and every hour on the front die Ukrainian defenders.”
Time: 2 pm
Location: 82nd Avenue and Gateway Blvd, (near Hudsons Canada’s Pub).
Instagram: UNFY.Alberta

March 25th, Monday – New Grocery Movement Presents: The Depth of Fields and the Joy of Gardens: “Join New Grocery Movement (NGM) for an evening celebrating farmers and gardeners alike! NGM is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering communities to reimagine groceries and build food sovereignty through education, connection and collaboration.”
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM MDT
Location: Ritchie Community League, 7727 98 Street
Cost: 6.66$
Tickets: Eventbrite

March 26th, Tuesday – Human Rights Solutions to Homelessness: A National Encampment Response Plan: “Canada’s homeless encampments are a national human rights crisis, and advocates across the country—including the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle—are sounding the alarm.
On March 26th, join the Federal Housing Advocate and National Right to Housing Network for a panel discussion on the Advocate’s latest encampments report and her urgent call for a human rights-based National Encampments Response Plan.
The Advocate will be joined by a panel of lived experts and grassroots organizers who will speak to how all levels of government can work together to address the urgent and life-threatening crisis of encampments, in collaboration with encampment residents.
As a participant, you will also leave this discussion with practical tools to help you advocate for rights-based responses to encampments in your own communities. Together, we can ensure the immediate safety of encampment residents while addressing the urgent and long-term need for permanent, affordable, and adequate housing solutions.”
Time: 12 – 1:30pm MDT
Location: Virtual
Register: Eventbrite

March 26th, Tuesday – Alberta Summit: Mobilizing Intersectoral Action on Climate Change and Health: “will bring together leading voices, including Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam.”
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Maple Leaf Room, Lister Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton or via live stream
More information: University of Alberta
Register: University of Alberta

March 26th, Tuesday – Common Dividends and the Politics of Time: Fireside chat and interview: “Dr. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London and a founding member and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a basic income for all. Standing has written widely in the areas of labour economics, labour market policy, unemployment, labour market flexibility, structural adjustment policies and social protection. He used the term precariat to describe an emerging mass class characterised by insecurity and lack of any occupational identity. Since the 2011 publication of his book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, his work has focused on the precariat, unconditional basic income, deliberative democracy, and the commons.
Standing has authored numerous publications on these topics to critical acclaim, including The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty (2023), The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea (2022), Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now (2020), Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth (2019), The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay (2016), and Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen (2017).”
Time: 1 PM ET
Location: Online
Register: Commonwealth Canada

March 27th, Wednesday – Remembering the 7th National TRC Gathering: More details to be made available at a later date.
Time: pam to 10 pm (long day)
Location: Edmonton Intercultural Centre, 10708 95 St NW
Facebook: Creating Hope Society

March 30th, Saturday – Marshalling and Action Safety 101 Training: TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Join us virtually or in person in Toronto for a marshalling and action safety training! This training is ideal for those with little to no marshalling experience, or those who want to brush up on their action safety knowledge.”
Time: 12pm ET
Location: Virtual – online
Register: Change Course

April 10th, Wednesday – Neighbouring For Climate Webinar: “Join us for a free one-hour online session to see how you can be a Climate Connector for your block or building.”
Time: 12 pm (noon)
Location: Online – Virtual
Register: City of Edmonton

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Start Planning for the Future

There are global days of action happening throughout the world. Edmonton can participate in these actions – all it takes is you.

• The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization: Our Choice? April 12-13, 2024 in Red Deer. This is a right-wing ‘freedom’ fest. They are hosting climate change denier Dr. Patrick Moore and Maxime Bernier (People’s Party of Canada).
  Others include: John Robson (columnist at Epoch Times and National Post), Michelle Stirling, Stockwell Day, Paul Hinman, Andrew Lawton, and Marc Morano (from Wikipedia – “founded and runs the website ClimateDepot.com… a US non-profit organisation that promotes climate change denial“. It is being sponsored by The Heinze Group.
  [This event is only listed for reference in case anyone was interested in disruption and such].
• Chris Turner: How to be a Climate Optimist: Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. In this presentation, based on his most recent bestselling book, Chris Turner distills 20 years on the climate solutions beat worldwide into a powerful case for optimism in the face of the challenge of climate change. Turner has been reporting on clean energy, sustainable business, and smart green design the world over since long before any of these were mainstream interests, and he draws on the full breadth of his extensive reporting to paint a vivid portrait of a global energy transition already tackling the climate crisis and pointing the way to a much brighter future.
  Tickets: MacEwan University

Science Literacy Course

We are often told not to believe everything we read online or see on TV—but how do we tell the difference between sensationalized statistics and a real scientific study? Learn how to spot sound science in this 5-week course.
This course is free and offered through the University of Alberta.
Register: University of Alberta you will then need to register at Coursera

Petitions/Letter writing

To trim this page down a bit I have moved the petitions to their own page.

Please send things that should be on this list to michael.kalmanovitch@gmail.com

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