Learning from Organizers -- Emma Jackson
December 10th, 2024
Serena Mah is a media relations consultant and a former television journalist who lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Scott Neigh talks with her about anti-Asian racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Act2EndRacism coalition. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading
Cole Rockarts is a labour and community organizer, and a member of Free Transit Edmonton. Scott Neigh interviews them about the importance of public transit and about the growing effort to make it public, accessible, high quality, and free. It wasn’t too long ago, … Continue reading
Dan Scratch is a high school teacher in Edmonton. He has over a decade of experience of incorporating concern for social justice and human rights into his teaching practice. Renee Vaugeois is the executive director of the John Humphrey Centre … Continue reading
[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309684710-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-73-jul-232014-activist-seniors-raising-a-ruckus-in-edmonton.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Carol Wodak and Noel Somerville talk about the Seniors Action and Liason Team, or SALT, a grassroots group of older adults in Edmonton that organizes around seniors’ issues and around social … Continue reading
[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309565314-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-41-dec-42013-two-spirit-indigenous-women-getting-organized-in-edmonton.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jacqueline Fayant talks about her recent work bringing together indigenous women from Edmonton, Alberta, and the surrounding territory who identify as “two spirit.” One of the central ways that the colonial … Continue reading