The Activist Agenda (Edmonton) is now being released on Thursday so you can see what might fit into 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.

• May 30th, Thursday – Speaking Municipally Live: Untangling the housing knot
• May 31st, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike
• May 31st, Friday – Ride with Pride
• May 31st to June 2nd – Edmonton Drag Festival
• June – Pride Month
• June – Bike Month
• June – Indigenous Peoples History Month
• June 1st, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market
• June 1st, Saturday – Pride Street Festival
• June 1st and 2nd – EcoSolar Tour
• June 2nd, Sunday – Rafah is Burning
• June 2nd, Sunday – International Sex Worker’s Day
• June 2nd, Sunday – National Animal Rights Day
• June 3rd, Monday – World Bicycle Day
• June 3rd, Monday – Arms Embargo Now Webinar
• June 4th – 9th – Edmonton Pedal Poll 2024
• June 4th, Tuesday – Walkout for Palestine, Congo and Sudan
• June 5th, Wednesday – World Environment Day
• June 5th, Wednesday – Climate Chats
• June 6th, Thursday – Homeless Memorial Service
• June 7th, Friday – Weekly Climate Strike
• June 8th, Saturday – Weekly Ceasefire Now event at the Market
• June 8th, Saturday – Volunteers needed for the ‘Tell Danielle’ Lawn Signs Campaign
• June 8th, Saturday – Naksa Day Edmonton Protest
• June 8th, Saturday – Pride Rally and March
• June 9th, Sunday – Fancy Women Bike Ride
• June 9th, Sunday – Hands off our CPP
• June 5th, Wednesday – Code Red for Climate
• June 11th, Wednesday – Waste Free Edmonton Meet-Up
• June 12th, Thursday – Is climate change to blame?
• June 18th, Tuesday – How to: Mass Chalking / Street Murals Actions
• June 20th, Thursday – National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration
• June 21st, Friday – Urban Forestry Conference
• June 23rd, Sunday – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men and Boys (MMIMB)
• June 24th, Monday – Women’s Strike

Video of the Week

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May 30th, Thursday – Speaking Municipally Live: Untangling the housing knot: “Taproot Edmonton’s civic affairs podcast, Speaking Municipally, collaborates with the summer institute of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative for a conversation on how City of Edmonton policy can and should contribute to the alleviation of the housing crisis.”
Time: doors 6:30 – 7pm when the live recording will start.
Location: Foundry Room, 12021 102 Avenue Northwest
Register: Eventbrite

May 31st, 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

May 31st, Friday – Ride with Pride: June is Pride Month.
On the last day of May we Ride with Pride.
We will start at Sir Winston Churchill Square at 5:30pm (that means we leave the square at 5:30pm). We will stop by the Pride Corner to show support, solidarity, and allyship.
No UCP MLAs are invited to participate in this event.
note: Edmonton Drag Festival will be on at the square so we will be respectful of their space. We will likely meet closer to city hall and north of the festival space.
Time: 5:30 – we depart
Location: Start at Sir Winston Churchill Square
Facebook event: Edmonton Critical Mass Ride

May 31st to June 2nd – Edmonton Drag Festival: See the website for details since it is spread out over three days.
More information: Edmonton Drag Festival

June 1st, 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.

June 1st, Saturday – Pride Street Festival: “Fruit Loop is excited to kick off Edmonton’s Pride month again to bring you some incredible 2SLGBTQ+ programming this June in support of our friends at Rainbow Refuge!!!
We’re partnering with our besties at the Grindstone Theatre June 1 for an ALL AGES, Free Of Charge, Pride kick-off of epic proportions. Pride activities will be returning to Old Strathcona in west Ritchie AKA the garage district as we host a series of outdoor live performances, drag shows, dancers, photo booths, community booths, workshops, food trucks, beer gardens and late night dance parties to kick off Pride month!!
Big thanks to our presenting sponsor, TD, as well as our pals at Sea Change for their support. Shout out to Pattison advertising, Witten Law, and the Old Strathcona Business Association for their support”
Time: 11 am
Location: Grindstone Theatre, 10019 – 81th Avenue
Facebook: Pride Street Festival

June 2024 – Pride Month: Find all the events happening in Edmonton at the Pride Edmonton site.

June 2024 – Bike Month

June 2024 – Indigenous Peoples History Month

June 1st and 2nd – EcoSolar Tour: “Eco-Solar Tour: This is a great way to explore technologies to do with efficiencies, solar, design, resource reduction, etc and meet the people living in these homes. It happens on June 1st and 2nd.

June 2nd, Sunday – Rafah is Burning: [Rafah is being burned]. “Edmonton, join us for the 34th week of demanding sanctions on Israel and a total, two-way arms embargo—enough Canadian complicity with genocide. This rally will be led by our powerful student movement!”
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Tipton Park, 10849 – 81st Avenue Parking is at a major premium in this area. No parking in the arena parking lot (except for vehicles transporting sound systems, signage and such).

June 2nd, Sunday – International Sex Worker’s Day: “Sex workers around the world continue to face a wide range of barriers to accessing justice, both as victims of crime and when charged with crimes. Since sex work is widely criminalised, most sex workers are denied access to the benefits and rights afforded to other workers under labour laws and face the risk of criminalisation, detention, deportation and legal sanction.”
Sex workers are discriminated against. They are disproportionally killed, beaten, abused, etc. They are quite often victims of human trafficking.
Get the crime out of sex work.
Sex work is real work.

June 2nd, Sunday – National Animal Rights Day: “For the first time ever, the biggest global grassroots animal rights organizations:
Animal Save Movement (/animalsavemovement), Anonymous for the Voiceless (/anonymousforthevoiceless), We The Free (/activism.wtf) and Our Planet. Theirs Too. (/OurPlanetTheirsToo) will be joining forces on National Animal Rights Day 2024, for THE BIGGEST ANIMAL RIGHTS COLLABOARTION EVER!”
Time: 1 pm
Location: Gateway and Whyte Avenue (103rd Street and 82nd Avenue – NE corner)
Facebook: Facebook

June 3rd, Monday – World Bicycle Day: Come out and celebrate the beauty that is the bicycle. Just get on your bicycle and remember the sheer joy of cycling.
June is Bike Month so stay tuned for events
Hashtags: #WorldBicycleDay

June 3rd, Monday – Arms Embargo Now Webinar: Join Palestinian leaders, labour reps, and student encampment organizers from across the country to end the flow of all weapons to and from Israel.
Time: 5pm MT
Location: Virtual – online
Register: Arms Embargo Now

June 4th – 9th – Edmonton Pedal Poll 2024: You can be part of this data collection. See the website to sign up:
Registration: Edmonton Pedal Poll 2024

June 4th, Tuesday – Walkout for Palestine, Congo and Sudan: Kudos to the students at Ross Sheppard High School for taking this action AND including Sudan and Congo.
This is a student action. If you want to show solidarity you can stand on the side of the group and cheer them on (heading west on 111th Avenue from the school) or if you drive along that section of 111th Avenue you can honk your horn in support.
Time: they should be leaving the school around 9:30 am
Location: Ross Sheppard High School, 13546 – 111th Avenue
Instagram: YEG High School Student Walkout and Ross Sheppard Walkout

June 5th, Wednesday – World Environment Day: I think it is shitty that there is a focus on Saudi Arabia (who is hosting the ‘event’).
Website: World Environment Day

June 5th, Wednesday – Code Red for Climate: “With wildfires once again dominating the headlines, the urgency of responding to climate disasters while tackling their root causes has never been clearer. 
Our webinar, featuring special guests Dr. Courtney Howard, Dr. Sehjal Bhargava, and Dr. Louise Comeau, will explore wildfires, heat impacts, policy solutions, and effective climate communications during this challenging time. The presentations will include work on extreme heat as part of the National Adaptation Strategy, a review of recent findings from Re.Climate on how to communicate climate change, and connecting the experiences and learnings from the Yellowknife wildfires.
Code Red for Climate is a special, summer-long initiative highlighting a health response to the climate crisis. This is a call to action, borrowing from the hospital emergency code that denotes fire and smoke. Now more than ever, we need policymakers to:
STOP fossil fuel disinformation,
DROP climate-warming emissions, and
ROLL out near-term solutions to save lives now.” 
Time: 5 pm MT
Location: online -virtual
Register: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

June 5th, Wednesday – Climate Chats: “Climate Chats are facilitated workshops designed to address eco-distress. This is a space for tears, frustrations, and big feelings. By processing and healing in a safe, community-focused space, we can move towards hope.” Presented by Waste Free Edmonton and Not Ladylike Community.
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Stanley Milner Library, Downtown Edmonton
Register: Eventbrite

June 6th, Thursday – Homeless Memorial Service: “We will be gathering to honor and remember the lives of our friends, relatives, neighbors, community members and loved ones who needlessly died from not having access to an adequate home.”
Time: 1pm
Location: Homeless Memorial Plaza, this is a small island park directly north of City Hall on 103a Avenue and between 99th and 100th Street). The Royal Alberta Museum is to the east and the CN Tower is to the north.
URL: Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

June 7th, 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

June 8th, 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: 9:30am – time change
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 10310 – 83rd Avenue.

June 8th, Saturday – Volunteers needed for the ‘Tell Danielle’ Lawn Signs Campaign: “Join us on Saturday, June 8th for an opportunity to kick off our mission to advocate for better leadership and our shared values! We are seeking passionate volunteers to help launch our strategically designed lawn sign campaign, aimed at pushing back on Premier Danielle Smith’s poor leadership on critical issues like renewable energy.
Our “Tell Danielle” lawn sign launch event is more than just a visual statement; it’s a powerful symbol of support for our community’s values and our collective desire for a reliable and reasonable government. These signs will serve as a beacon of hope, representing our commitment to an economic future that prioritizes sustainability and the well-being of our loved ones.”
Time: 9:45 AM to  1:30 PM
Location: Belgravia Community League, 11540 73 Avenue
Register: Alberta Environmental Network
Want a Sign?: Tell Danielle

June 8th, Saturday – Pride Rally and March: “No Pride parade? No problem! 
As we all know, Edmonton hasn’t held a Pride parade the last 4 years for various reasons. Resources, planning, coordination and ensuring equal representation are all things required in high volumes to successfully organize a parade.”
Time: 12 pm (noon)
Location: Violet King Henry Plaza, 10801 – 99th Avenue
Facebook: Pride Day Rally and March

June 8th, Saturday – Naksa Day Edmonton Protest:
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM, MDT
Location: Tipton Park, 10849 81 Avenue. Parking is very tight in this area. No parking in the parking lot.

June 9th, Sunday – Hands off our CPP: “The UCP government wants to take our pensions without consent or mandate, putting Alberta workers’ retirement security at risk.
Together, let’s fight for a secure future for ALL Albertans.”
Time: 2pm
Location: Violet King Henry Plaza, 10801 – 99th Avenue
Facebook: Hands Off Our CPP!

June 9th, Sunday – Fancy Women Bike Ride: Join a group of people cycling together to celebrate Bike Month, World Bicycle Day, joy, and community.
Time: Noon
Location: City Hall plaza, 102a Avenue and 99th Street
Twitter: Fancy Women Bike Ride

June 11th, Wednesday – Waste Free Edmonton Meet-Up: “Waste Free Edmonton Meet Ups are informal spaces to connect and share ideas with other sustainability-minded Edmontonians. Ice breakers and conversation topics will be provided, but please feel welcome to bring your own ideas for discussion! Conversations are respectful, enthusiastic, and curious – not judgemental. Bring a friend and leave with more! Any step toward sustainability is celebrated.
This Meet Up’s theme is: Packaging Waste.”
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM MDT
Location: Dirtbag Cafe (inside Rock Jungle Boulders), 10505 107 Street
Register: Eventbrite

June 12th, Thursday – Is climate change to blame?: “After an extreme weather event, people often ask: is climate change to blame? Join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication for an insightful discussion on attribution science — a field focused on determining the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather events.”
Time: 10 am MT
Location: Virtual
Register: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

June 18th, Tuesday – How to: Mass Chalking / Street Murals Actions: “Nothing makes an impact like an artwork that takes up a whole street. Join us to explore the concept of largescale artivism on streets, walls and beyond!”
Time: 11am
Location: online
Register: Tipping Point

June 20th, Thursday – National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration: “Enjoy Indigenous dancing, singing and food at the Alberta government’s special event for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
People in Canada celebrate National Indigenous History Month every June and recognize National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. These are great opportunities to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples, to learn about their histories, cultures and ways of life.
Time: 11:45 am
Location: Edmonton City Centre (103 Avenue and 102 Street, next to the Delta hotel). [Bizarre location]

June 21st, Friday – Urban Forestry Conference: “Spoke n’ Loam showcases voices and emerging ideas within the urban forestry, arborist, nursery, gardening, and conservation communities.
Join us for a day of learning, community, and engagement as we explore the world of urban trees. Whether you’re an industry professional or a tree-lover, Spoke n’ Loam will expand the scope of your knowledge.”
Time: 9:15 am – 5pm
Location:
Register: Spoke n’ Loan

June 23rd, Sunday – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men and Boys (MMIMB): It is not just Indigenous women and girls that have been grossly disproportionally murdered and gone missing in our society but also Indigenous men, boys, and two-spirit persons.
This is a crime against humanity and our stated ideals as a society. This is discrimination/racism.
Time: you will need to join the Facebook page for details
Location: Alberta Legislation
Facebook: MMIMB Awareness Walk

June 24th, Monday – Women’s Strike: I am unsure if anything is happening in Edmonton yet for this day. I will let you know.
https://action.womensmarch.com/events/women-s-strike-2024

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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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