Rise up, Recall, Reclaim... Join the Resistance!
Updates from AB Resistance, the C4RE collaboration, and more!
The
(ABR) board has been busy building a virtual marketing strategy. Thank you, Ashley! If you have expressed interest in supporting this effort, you will have received an invite to our first virtual meeting, on Thursday, August 7th at 7 pm. We will share our strategy to pre-bunk the mis and disinformation machine and want your input! For starters, what do you think of the following slogan, “Recall, Reclaim, Rebuild…Albertans rise”?Please message me if you haven’t received the invite and would like to attend, or if you’re interested in joining the ABR board, we are looking.
The Secret Long Tree Society on Absolutely Canadian
The Secret Long Tree Society’s “Absolutely Canadian” one-hour series showcasing documentaries and performance programs that tell unique stories from communities across Canada airs on Gem today and on CBC channel 4 locally after the Nature of things on Saturday. All programs are produced locally. A special shout out to
for this and all the work she does to defend fresh water and biodiversity in Alberta.Drill & Dash on YOUR Land?
Please join us for a Landowner and Community Town Hall in Didsbury. Hosted by Phillip Meintzer with the Coalition for Responsible Energy, on Thursday, August 14 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm at Elk’s Hall in Didbury, Alberta. Learn what is happening now…how their shell game works, what industry insiders and the government are planning with this fall’s Mature Asset Strategy, and what we will do to stop them.
RSVP to the Piikani Nation Prayer for Old Man River’s Headwaters
As the Piikani Nation recovers from the loss of two of her elders to the spirit world, I am patiently waiting for the rescheduling of the traditional Prayer Ceremony in Napi’s Garden. I have been reflecting on my conversation with Harley Bastien last year. Before we recorded, I told Harley I was there to understand what I am missing in my thinking. “What are my blinders?” “What do I not understand?” This clip shows just a taste of Harley’s wisdom and compassion. Please RSVP to join him and others Piikani Elders in prayer for Old Man River’s headwaters soon.
Campaigns
Want a reason to wear your iron ring again? Join a collaboration of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) members concerned about the direction the province is headed, and interested in reviewing our organizations mandate and our protection. Sign up and share with your fellow concerned APEGA members.
Join the Coalition for Responsible Energy and take action towards polluter pay in every way today!
Join the Recall For Change | AB Resistance community to use United Conservative Party of Alberta’s recall legislation to recall at least three UCP MLA’s. Do you wish to support the Calgary Bow and NorthWest recall campaigns or lead a recall in your constituency? Let us know at recallforchange@gmail.com.
The Podcast
The next episode of the Water in Southern Alberta series will air Live-Live on Thursday, April 7, at 12 noon.
is co-hosting with me to learn from Derek Connick about The Impacts of Climate Change (Water) on Insurance. Do you wish to recommend a future episode and/or co-host an episode or more with me? Apply here.Here’s a clip from the latest episode on Dryland, Irrigated, and Ranchland Farming with co-host Bob Morrison, Dwight Popowich, John Smith, and Julian Vandenberg. In it, Julian explains what it is like to be an irrigation farmer in of Enchant, Alberta today and the changes he is seeing.
Courses
TGW Self-Regulation Leadership training podcast mini-series will be released in the coming week. Note: the materials will be available to paid subscribers and contributors. Check out the Leadership Training page for its release and the release of Organizing For Power training, Creative Problem-Solving, Land Restoration, and Treaty 7 education.
Should you wish to participate in the upcoming Land Restoration, Treaty 7 training, or another round of Organizing For Power happening in November, please message me!
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Thank you so much for suggesting Absolutely Canadian. I started watching the last one, on the Secret Long Lasting Tree Society (or something like that). I used to live in Edmonton, and I never ceased to be astonished at the marvellous things that are there. I'm sorry I didn't keep a file on Edmonton's best secrets that should be made known! This is definitely one of them.