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#Coal Mine Protest Rally at the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in Calgary tomorrow. Tuesday, March 4 11:15 AM - 1:30 PM 250 - 5th Street SW, Calgary Pick up an ABC lawn sign at the rally! #MountainsNotMines #AlbertaBeyondCoal www.facebook.com/groups/alber...

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📣 Join our Board of Directors!! 📣 The Hub is looking for passionate individuals who are interested in supporting climate action in Calgary! We are seeking experience in finance, governance, and human resources. Deadline to apply is March 26, 2025! drive.google.com/file/d/1N0oQ... #yyc

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Alberta Action Alert PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ED 🆘 SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS🆘 #AbPoli #AbEd #AbLeg www.pialberta.org/publicfunds4...

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This online seminar will be at 2-3pm in the local Mountain timezone.

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Local Social & Environmental Justice: Weekly Updates & Check-In 🗓️ Tonight, 7:15pm, on our Discord. For local social change organizers and participants, connecting across causes and issues. discord.gg/BY7nyWTE?eve...

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Anyone in Medicine Hat or #YYC looking for a fun way to spend their Tuesday night? The UCP are holding town halls. I can’t be there, but if anyone wants to go bring up the budget, I’ll be with you in spirit. #ableg #abpoli Someone said they are being held everywhere—contact your MLAs for info

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🚨Red Alert! Titles for 100s of health facilities will be under direct ownership of the provincial govt as of April 1. “This should set off major alarm bells. Is the government planning to sell off our public hospitals?" asks FOM ED Chris Gallaway: friendsofmedicare.org/hospital_privatization_agenda

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#MountainsNotMines No Coal! Protect Alberta’s Rockies and Headwaters Protest Rally 🗓️ Tuesday, Mar 4, 2025 — 11:15am to 1:30pm Outside the Alberta Energy Regulator, 250 - 5 Street SW, Calgary

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What is #petropedagogy, and why it its role in #ClimateEducation so prominent? Petro-pedagogy upholds the fossil fuel industry. It robs learners of the imagination and collective power required to build a safe & sustainable future. Let's change this, together! www.forourkids.ca/pollutingedu...

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Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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How can we dethrone fossil capital and build a better world in an era of climate chaos? Tune into the #MCFBookClub conversation with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social to explore “WHAT IS THE STATE FOR?” Sign up here: CaseyGrants.org/State

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The Eastern Slopes are home to our headwaters. So why would the Government of Alberta allow coal projects there? Send your letter NOW to oppose: albertawilderness.ca/act-now/send... #abpoli #ableg #coal

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Political parties were, perhaps, a necessary compromise when communication was limited—in the time before telephones and such. But, now, they are a needless waste that only serve the concentration of power and the betrayal of democratic principles.

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#GreenJobsAlert!!! The Hub is hiring a Part-Time Community Connector! Passionate about #ClimateAction and community development in Calgary? Help the Hub do some good. For more information and to apply, hit the link! caryacalgary.ca/wp-content/u... #yyc #Climate

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PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs, Google, Target, Meta, Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart, Ford, Lowe’s, Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Tractor Supply, Coca-Cola, Disney, Deloitte, GM, PayPal, Chipotle, Comcast, Accenture, Boeing, Molson Coors, Brown-Forman (Jack Daniels) www.themarysue.com/dei-boycott-...

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MRU is hosting renowned author and creative writing professor Lawrence Hill at a public talk celebrating Black History Month on Feb. 28. His lecture will engage students, scholars, and the public in discussions on race, identity, citizenship, and social justice. Learn more: bit.ly/3EPYJJ8

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Join us on Saturday, March 15th from 1-4pm for an afternoon of #CreativeResistance. Help build the #ClimateMovement by making rally and protest signs, costumes, papier-mâché figures, street theatre performances, and more! #ArtOfProtest #yyc #Activism #Protest www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/art_of_prote...

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Supporting Dr. Doreen Spence Park ..for the Dr. Doreen Spence Park on Richardson Rd. SW. The information you provide here will be shared with Cultural Landscape Lead, Calgary Parks & Open Spaces at the City of Calgary. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Add your name and your message to Danielle Smith and her Health Minister who face serious corruption allegations for interfering in major contracts that favored private surgery providers, benefiting friends and insiders. www.corruptcare.ca

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The @calgaryclimatehub.ca is launching an Art of Protest program on Saturday March 15. Help build the climate movement by making rally and protest signs, costumes, papier-mâché figures, street theatre performances, and more! Sign up link below: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/art_of_prote... #YYC #ABLeg

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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! #YYC #Bridgeland #Riverside #Climate

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As a result of the UCP‘s deplorable and unjust funding cut to the Disability Action Hall, Scope Society needs to urgently raise $115,000. Learn more here: www.actionhall.ca/p/urgent-inv...

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🚨 The UCP government is facing serious corruption allegations. Whistleblowers were fired. Private healthcare insiders got rich. And Albertans are paying the price. 📢 We deserve answers. Call for a full public inquiry NOW: Take action and Email Danielle Smith at ➡ CorruptCare.ca #CorruptCare

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A speech from a rally outside the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Has serious implications for our local municipal elections (coming up in October of this year). #YYCVote youtu.be/fXfWCrsyJTE

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CBC New #Indigenous Voices offers 14-weeks of full-time, immersive training for Indigenous creators aged 18 and over to learn from industry experts and gain hands-on experience in the essential elements of film and television. Deadline March 27

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🗓️ Tonight: Weekly Update & Check-In For local organizers, and participants in, social & environmental justice. Every Monday, 7:15pm (wrapping up by 8pm) (date & time may change in future) On the Mohkinstis Social Change Discord server (group voice channel, video optional) discord.gg/tfAr9VvA

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This is a free event open to all Indigenous folks & allies. Marlborough Community Hall 636 Marlborough Way NE Register by call/text: (403) 880-6045 or scan QR #yyc

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Don’t just complain on here. Write something. Doesn’t have to be an essay. Take a minute or two.

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SCOOP: Documents show the extent to which UCalgary administration was influenced by pro-Israel framing of the Palestine solidarity movement leading up to its short-lived encampment. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

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What is the Common Front, the anti-UCP and pro-labour banner that a number of unions are organizing under in Alberta, all about? Kim Siever with the Alberta Worker attended one of their meetings in Lethbridge to find out. albertaworker.ca/news/who-are...

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Cdn petition to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately #Cdnpoli www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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While this old video from Amnesty International just talks about people lobbying U.S. representatives, a lot of it is applicable in any jurisdiction with elected representatives.

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Hey, hey! Don't forget to check out the next in our Speaker Series. Coming up on Tuesday, Feb. 25 "Let's Talk About Nate"

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Albertans are slowly waking up to the depths of the scandal enveloping the UCP government. A lot of folks are wondering how to explain what's going on to people who haven't been tuning in. Here's the what, so what now what, and what's next of the situation. 🧵

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We’re looking for non-profit media enthusiasts to join our Board of Directors! Are you someone with a passion for journalism? Do you have skills in governance, finances, or fundraising? Interested in helping The Breach thrive? You can apply to be on our Board here: forms.gle/J27ztTpmgGdk...

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