Join Ritchie Community League as we start our 2024-2025 year of presentations with a timely topic - getting ready for extreme heat.

This gathering is for people who:

• Feel anxious about climate impacts that are at their doorstep

• Want to help their family and community deal with extreme heat

• Are looking for hope and connection in these difficult times

Using information from the City of Edmonton’s Neighbouring for Climate Toolkit and 350.org’s Community Climate Circles template, we have crafted an evening for you to talk with your neighbours about how to stay safe when facing extreme heat and start to take action to make sure everyone can stay safe.

Agenda

1. Welcome and land acknowledgement

2. Sharing our stories

3. Keeping your home safe

1. Climate Safety Tips

4. Keeping our community safe

1. Mapping

2. “Climate Safety Buddies”

5. Keeping everyone safe

1. “New normal”

2. Who is most impacted

3. City of Edmonton extreme weather response

4. 350.org “Heat Pumps for All” campaign

5. Next steps

6. Wrap up and goodnight

1. Time for casual conversation before we head out for the night

Depending on the number of people in attendance, we will be doing some small group work to brainstorm safety tips and map the resources already in place in our community. This will be most impactful if you are a Ritchie resident, or from the surrounding communities, but everyone is welcome!

about our presenterS

Lisa Kercher wears many (sustainable) hats in our community! She is the founder of Not Ladylike Community, Secretary of the Ritchie Community League, Waste Free Edmonton volunteer and host of their Climate Chats program, and a Master Composter Recycler. Her mission in life is to create opportunities for people to meet each other, build resilience in their communities, and get connected to climate actions. By day she works with impoverished and houseless folks who face significant barriers to healthcare and are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Check out Not Ladylike Community for some of her other community building efforts!

Chelsea Boos lives as a guest on Treaty 6 territory and the homelands of the Métis Nation. She works at the intersection of creativity, climate justice, and community development. As a decorated cultural worker, arts non-profit administrator, and neighbour of Edmontonians, she is passionate about co-creating this city with her community. Check out chelseaboos.com for a portfolio of writing, lens-based art, and illustration.