The Activist Agenda (Edmonton) is released on Thursday so you can see what might fit into your busy weekend. This list is constantly being updated so I suggest that you check throughout the week for any updated actions/information/changes.
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• June 27th, Friday – From Gaza City to Tehran
• June 29th, Sunday – Canada Unity Rally
• July 2nd, Wednesday – Grass-Roots Power
• July 3rd, Thursday – Behind the Front Lines: The Hidden Crisis in Alberta’s Healthcare Workforce
• July 6th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine
• July 9th, Wednesday – Action Styles
• July 9th, Wednesday – Pride Ride
• July 11th – 13th – Growing Resilience Together: An Ecogrief Retreat
• July 12th, Saturday – Prisoners of Poverty
• July 17th, Wednesday – No Queens Day: A Rally to Oust Danielle Smith:

Videos of the Week

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June 26th to June 30th – Hunger Strike: “Beginning Thursday May 22, people in amiskwaciwâskahikan (edmonton) are joining others around the world in a 40-day fast in solidarity with people in Gaza. Initiated by  @veteransforpeace with over 20 organizations co-sponsoring, “40 Days And Escalate!” is a protest against the escalated total siege of Gaza and a renewed commitment to do everything we can to end the most immediate threats to Palestinian survival (genocide), and work longer-term to end the Occupation.
Israel has blocked all food, water, medicine, shelters, and other supplies while escalating bombing, mass displacements, and ground invasion, and attacking aid ships attempting to provide humanitarian supplies via sea.
Our purpose of this 40 days of action is to (1) highlight Israel’s reprehensible engineered starvation and siege, and (2) the Canadian government’s failure to take meaningful action to stop the genocide. We can’t be silent and let genocide be normalized.
We demand action to break through Israel’s siege, so humanitarian aid can get into Gaza under UN authority; and that Canada enact a full arms embargo. We and other complicit nation-states must stop arming Israel NOW!
Throughout this 40 day fast we aim to have a public presence in different locations around the city, and to organize community conversations about what we can do, now and in the long term, to press not only for the necessary immediate actions to stop the genocide but also for full decolonization and an end to the Occupation.
If you want to join for one meal, one day, or any part of the 4-day period, see our signup form linked from our bio.”
Instagram: YEG Fast for Gaza

June 27th, Friday – From Gaza City to Tehran: A human presence to show solidarity with the people of Gaza and Iran.
Time: 4 – 6 pm
Location: north end of high level bridge 109th Street and 97th Avenue

June 29th, Sunday – Canada Unity Rally: “Albertans who believe in a strong, united Canada will gather amid growing separatist rhetoric for the Canada Unity Rally, a public event advocating for Alberta’s place within Canada.
Organized by the Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Alberta NDP Constituency Association, the rally is a call to action for community members to declare their commitment to a free and unified Canada. Proud Canadians will have the opportunity to stand together and urge political leaders to resist divisive narratives that threaten national cohesion. We are calling for MLA Searle Turton to stand up for unity.
If you can join us, we ask that you come loud and proud! Bring your Canadian flags and be ready to wave them! We will be making a statement that this community stands against division. We encourage you to bring your enthusiasm and your political signs. Whether about Alberta’s future or the values that make Canada stronger together.
We ask that all attendees stick to the sidewalk and make way for pedestrians to still go about their business in the area. We suggest that people do not park in the parking lot at this address and instead try to park nearby.”
I am unsure why we are not having one in Edmonton. I floated the idea but because I am busy with building the coop I do not have the time to dedicate to this worthy cause. Anyone?
Time: 1pm
Location: 210 McLeod Avenue, Spruce Grove
Register: Canada unity Rally Spruce Grove I don’t think you ‘need’ to register since it is a public event

June 29th, Sunday – Beautiful Things: Gathering together in solidarity to share stories, listen, learn and be in community with one another is a value we hold deeply. On June 29th, we hope you’ll stand with us.
No amount of legislation, rainbow crosswalk bans or pronoun pin restrictions will devalue or invalidate who we are as individuals and as a collective.
We matter.
We deserve the same rights and protections as everyone else. And we won’t stop fighting until we get there.
Love wins, always.
More details to come. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤
Time: detail forthcoming
Instagram: Pride Corner on Whyte

July 2nd, Wednesday – Grass-Roots Power: running a local group and embedding a culture/ideology
Check out the other sessions when you register
Time: 11 am MT
Zoom: Youth Demand

July 3rd, Thursday – Behind the Front Lines: The Hidden Crisis in Alberta’s Healthcare Workforce: “Paramedics, lab technologists, x-ray technicians, physiotherapists, counsellors: One in three allied health-care workers in Alberta is thinking of quitting. That’s not a blip — that’s a workforce in crisis. On July 3, join lead author Jenny Godley for a webinar unpacking the findings from Parkland Institute’s new research report. Register now“
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Location: Online
Register: Parkland Institute

July 6th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine:
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 103rd Street and 83rd Avenue

July 9th, Wednesday – Action Styles: “Action! Styles of protesting and why we do them – from mass-demos to disruption to shutdowns”
Check out the other sessions when you register
Time: 11 am MT
Zoom: Youth Demand

July 9th, Wednesday – Pride Ride:
Time: 6.30 pm
Location: Oliver Pool Parking Lot, 10315 119 Street NW

July 11th – 13th – Growing Resilience Together: An Ecogrief Retreat: “”Growing Resilience Together – An Ecogrief Retreat” is an adult-only opportunity to acknowledge the emotional depths of our eco-grief.  There will be time to spend with yourself, to share with others in a safe communally held space, to be with what is – fully – in these times of converging crises and uncertainty. Lay facilitators Melanie Hoffman (GGN Flow facilitator), Chris Peet, and Nathan Binnema, will create a container for you to explore and experience our full range of feeling and expression, and host activities based in the work of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate, the Work that Reconnects, and other rituals. Expect opportunities to laugh, cry, relax, open up, nourish, and connect with yourself and nature.”
Location: 54404 Range Road 65, Gainford
Registration: Institute for Contemplative Ecology

July 12th, Saturday – Prisoners of Poverty: “Join us as we protest against the AISH changes including the introduction of ADAP and the $200 federal benefit clawback. Join us if you too feel under attack. Join us because once we are gone, there is a new target. Join us because we all deserve an accessible and affordable life.”
Bring your protest signs.
Bring a chair to sit, a parasol for the sun (or umbrella for the rain), and any other essentials you may need.
Time: 11 am
Location: Alberta Legislature Building, 10800 – 97th avenue [I assume the north steps]
URL: Prisoners of Poverty

July 17th, Wednesday – No Queens Day: A Rally to Oust Danielle Smith: One June 14th, over 12 million people took to the streets in the USA to host a No Kings Day rally in opposition to the Trump regime. Someone is floating the idea to host cross Alberta actions to show our opposition to the Danielle Smith regime – No Queens Day.
No other details as of yet. I am unsure why it is proposed to be on a Wednesday. Stay tuned – Michael

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