June is NextGen Month!

NextGen Month takes place in June and unites and celebrates organizations dedicated to making Edmonton a place that young people choose to live, learn, and work.

Make sure to check out the many events listed above taking place throughout June! 

#yegnextgen #nextgenmonth

Starting June 1 until November 28, you can sign up to attend City Jam! Once you have 10 volunteer hours sign up to get your name on the guest list!

We'll be announcing some of the bands playing City Jam on June 7! 

Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to find out who's performing.

Start volunteering in June and once you reach 10 volunteer hours, you can sign up to get your name on the City Jam guest list! Then you and 600 other volunteers will get to be part of an amazing concert with great music.

If you're a non profit or charity who would like more info about City Jam 2018, please contact us @ nextgen@edmonton.ca.

Thank you to the City of Edmonton, Volunteer Alberta and Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO) for being partners for City Jam 2018!

Thanks to everyone who RSVP'd to our June 7 event to celebrate June is NextGen Month! If you missed out getting on the RSVP list, you can put your name on the waitlist.

We will be proclaiming June as NextGen Month and celebrating our upcoming events in June as well as promoting events from organizations that aim to engage young people in our city.

When: Thursday, June 7 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Where: Cartago, 8204 106 Ave NW

This is FREE event and anyone is welcomed including kids of all ages!

We'll have food and drinks, games and prizes, a balloon artist and photobooth, and more. We hope you can attend!

MEAET powered by Pecha Kucha Night

MEAET and PKN have been chatting, and they’re really digging each other. For twice the fun this NextGen month, join us for the first-ever MEAET powered by PKN!

What does that look like? Food, then pitches in PKN format followed by voting for your favourite pitch. As always, a portion of ticket sales go to the winning pitch!

When: Wednesday, June 20

Where: Old Sears location at Kingsway Mall

Tickets: $25

THEME:
For this MEAET powered by PKN, we are presenting Edmonton’s female entrepreneurs from nonprofit, for-profit and social enterprises.

The schedule for the evening:
5:30 – Doors open
7:00 - Presentations begin
8:15– Networking and Voting
8:30 – Winners Announced

Our slate of presenters:

Kinia Romanowska - Making Edmonton a better place for career-driven moms
KeeKee Elgersma - Growing Empowered
Vanessa Ojeda - Food Bike Tour
Bailey Shandro- Breaking Down Barriers: A quest for inclusive friendship
Jill Boychuk - Join the Groovement!
Jessica Cooper - Edmonton's free skill sharing
Jodi Goebel & Lesley Vaage- Sh*t I Wish I Knew

NextGen Vlog!

Our Committee members Nicole and Patrick visited Cartago, a restaurant located in Forest Heights and where we will be hosting our NextGen Month event. As part of the NextGen vlog, Patrick and Nicole will be visiting various local businesses started by next geners in Edmonton.

We invite you to 'Discover your Colour' 
 Walk with NextGen in the Pride Parade on June 9 from approximately 9:30am - 1:00pm.

We have a few spots (all ages welcome including kids!) open if you wish to walk with us!  We will be handing out NextGen flyers and fun swag to the Pride crowd. It's sure to be a great time!

The annual Edmonton Pride Parade will take place in Old Strathcona. We will start at 108th Street & head down Whyte Avenue before turning left onto 104th Street towards Saskatchewan Drive. The PRIDE IN THE PARK celebration will then commence at End of Steel Park, where you'll enjoy all the events you've come to love about your Edmonton Pride Festival.

This year's Pride Parade theme is: Full Spectrum Pride.

JUDGE ME YEG, a project under the Edmonton RISE hub of APATHY IS BORING, invites you to our Video Launch Party

The Judge Me If You Can video project is a social experiment that challenges the first impressions made by strangers about their peers.

When: Saturday, June 2

Doors open at 2:00pm, Program at 2:30pm

Through confronting the assumptions that we make based off of appearances, we break the barriers that leave our communities exclusive and citizens of Edmonton disconnected. By encouraging others to face their internalized stigmas and biases towards others, we create a space where individuals can truly connect and share their true stories through our project. 

The Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) will be running a week of different events until June 2 during National AccessAbility Week (NAAW).

AAC and NAAW aim to work for social change by creating conversation around the issues of education, transportation, housing, employment and recreation across the country. 

Roundhouse Launch Week!

Our friends at Roundhouse will be offering over 15 events in their space from June 1-8 that focus on bringing changemakers together to learn, connect and generate world changing ideas.

Launch Week activities will be free of charge!

Check out some of the events this weekend until June 8.

Friday, June 1

10:00am-11:00am: What is Social Entrepreneurship? Facilitated by Hannah Cree
12:00pm-2:00pm: One-on-one Social Enterprise Strategy Session with Hannah Cree
1:00pm-3:00pm: Design Process and Idea Generation Workshop Facilitated by Rob Andruchow & Isabelle Sperano

Sunday, June 3
1:00pm-3:00pm: Family Day: Connecting with your Community and Finding Balance for Families Facilitated in partnership with Early Learning at MacEwan 
 

Heart of the City Festival 2018

A two day family-friendly celebration of art, music, spoken word, dance and more! Come party in the park with your friends and family as we fill the park with local talent, emerging artists, food trucks, kids activities, and more! Invite your friends to join you. 

There will be so much to do that you can spend the whole day in the park, and never be bored!

Theatre Network presents Nextfest 2018

When: Until June 10

Where: Various Venues 

Mercer Super Party 2018!

Join the Mercer Warehouse community as they close the street outside the building for live music, delicious food and drinks, social spaces, a dance party and more!

When: Saturday June 16 from 1:00pm-11:00pm

Where:  Mercer Warehouse, 10359-104 Street

This is a FREE outdoor event!

NextGen is happy to be a partner for the Mercer Super Party! 

Provide your feedback on the former Royal Alberta Museum building!

The Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta was built in 1965 in Edmonton’s Glenora neighbourhood. It opened to the public in 1967 as Alberta celebrated Canada’s Centennial of Confederation. The museum and archives were separated in 2003 when the Provincial Archives of Alberta moved to its own building.

The feedback the Government of Alberta Infrastructure receives will help make an informed decision about the future of the Glenora building.

Become an Ambassador…and RISE with Apathy is Boring!

Applications are open for the next group of young people looking to make a difference in their communities in #Edmonton, #Ottawa, #Montreal and #Toronto! Deadline to apply is June 10th.

RISE Ambassadors are the lead creatives behind the community project taking place in each city. They will research topics to develop ideas for a community project and work in a group to decide on one project to execute and evaluate. This group will be led by the local project coordinator.

These surveys are currently being conducted by the City of Edmonton. 

You can access online surveys that are open to the general public by clicking on the Survey Name.

Check back often for more ways to share your voice.