Environmental Activism

Why a Just Recovery must be anti-racist: Mass online teach-in

Jun 11 2020 - 5:00pm

In the midst of COVID-19 and the climate crisis, communities across North America are rising up in solidarity with Black Lives Matter to confront racist police violence and white supremacy. In the last few weeks alone in Canada, police have claimed the lives of Black and Indigenous people including Chantel Moore, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Eishia Hudson, Jason Collins, Kevin Andrews, and D'Andre Campbell.

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Canvassing for Change

Feb 24 2019 - 9:30am to 5:00pm

Campaigns are won on the ground – at the doorstep and on the phone. Paid ads and social media posts can be part of an effective election campaign, and no one ever won a contested campaign without talking directly to voters.

Canvassing for Change applies principles of community organizing to build large volunteer canvassing teams. Building off of best practices from the last 10 years of US Democrat campaigns, and field-tested and refined by progressives in Canada, Canvassing for Change teaches the practical and hands on skills needed to win.

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Location

TBA Edmonton , AB

Canvassing for Change

Feb 23 2019 - 9:30am to 5:00pm

Campaigns are won on the ground – at the doorstep and on the phone. Paid ads and social media posts can be part of an effective election campaign, and no one ever won a contested campaign without talking directly to voters.

Canvassing for Change applies principles of community organizing to build large volunteer canvassing teams. Building off of best practices from the last 10 years of US Democrat campaigns, and field-tested and refined by progressives in Canada, Canvassing for Change teaches the practical and hands on skills needed to win.

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Location

TBA Calgary , AB

Embracing the network

How to build a powerfully collaborative campaign

New/Mode and Nationbuilder collaborated to develop this ten step guide to network campaigns. From the guide:

“Embracing Networks” in campaigns can lead to powerful results. Many of the largest campaigns in the world, mobilizing millions of people, use the power of networks. It’s easier than ever to embrace networked campaigning thanks to new technologies that have come on-stream in recent years.

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Having climate-energy conversations in Alberta: what works and what doesn’t…

Sep 28 2018 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Few issues facing Canada are as divided – and divisive – as climate change and energy.

In this interactive presentation, George Marshall will unpack the insights and perspectives of the Alberta Narratives Project – a year-long initiative involving nearly 500 Albertans to uncover new ways of talking about climate and energy in our province that are built on common ground and respect for different ways of seeing the world. Read More

Location

Feigel Conference Centre
Allard Hall, MacEwan University (11104 104 Avenue NW)
T5K 1M9 Edmonton , AB

AEN Fall Workshop: Reinventing Campaigns for Greater Impact

Nov 17 2017 - 8:00pm to Nov 18 2017 - 12:00am

This workshop is part of the Alberta Environmental Network's 2017 Fall Meetings

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Location

Wild Rose Room, Lister Conference Centre
11613 87 Avenue NW (U of A Campus)
T6G 2H6 Edmonton , AB

AWA Talk: Time for Radical Change – Advocacy to Make the Impossible Possible

Sep 14 2016 - 1:00am

With Dr. Joe Vipond

Learn about the Alberta Coal-Phase Out Campaign and its success. The multi-pronged campaign created a shift in thinking among policy makers, and included health groups, conservation and social justice groups. Will this campaign model ways for conservation to lead the conversation?

  • Talk starts at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
  • Tickets: $5.00

Location

AWA Cottage School
455 12 Street NW
Calgary , AB

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