Social Justice Team Notes – June 19, 2026
Social Justice Quick Clicks: https://www.ourlodgefoundation.org/quick-clicks
Ongoing Saturday Vigils, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Post Office @ Broadway, Lake, &
Church)
Juneteenth Friday, June 19, 2026, 11:00 – 4:00
Location: Saratoga Springs YMCA – Free Admission
Our Lodge Foundation (OLF), supported by MLK Saratoga and many local
groups, has another wonderful celebration planned for this national holiday.
Family activities 11:00 – 12:30)
Main performances (1:00 – 3:00)
Cake & Ice Cream social (3:00 – 4:00) Saratoga Senior Center dining room
Vendor & community org. tabling is available in the Y-Senior Center lobby –
suggested $25 donation covers delivery, setup, & removal of tables & chairs –
sign up: https://www.ourlodgefoundation.org/juneteenth
And, we need volunteers will make it as wonderful as it deserves to be! Please
share this call for volunteers with your networks & volunteer at this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsKmmwytw_0pAUZr5UkP
FNupTuMu6J1OV33_PBrP8PCMVWZg/viewform
We have simply got to make people aware that none of us are free until we’re all free,
and we aren’t free yet. ~ DR. OPAL LEE, Grandmother of Juneteenth
Next Thursday, June 25 th , 6:00 – 7:30 Social Justice Social Hour at the Frederick
Allen Lodge (FAL), 69 Beekman Street. Note: FAL suffered storm damage
yesterday, so please call ahead 518-691-2499 to see if they’re back in operation.
Sunday, June 28 – 11th Annual Saratoga Pride Festival – 1:00-5:00pm
https://www.saratogapride.com/events/event/2026-saratoga-pride-festival/
Location: High Rock Park, 112 High Rock Ave., Saratoga Springs
Wear your rainbow colors!
Live music, Drag Show, community vendors, family friendly activities!
FREE Family Event
UUC-SS (among other troublemakers) is tabling – contact Audrey Belt or Mark
Long to volunteer
Pride Festival After Party – 5:00pm
Location: Whitman Brewing, 20 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs
Kindred Spirits Songfest Premiere Concert/Sing-Along Monday, June 29, 6:30 – 8:00
Location: Saratoga Arts 320 Broadway (& Spring) Free Admission
Theme: Freedom!
We’ll hear and sing social justice anthems led by jazz pianist Azzaam Hameed &
vocalist Leo D’Juan
The monthly song festival series continues through 2026 – stay tuned!
https://www.ourlodgefoundation.org/kindred-spirits-music-series
The Social Justice Team needs a leader – Our Breeze Calendar includes hybrid SJT
meetings on the third Tuesday of each month.
Cheers,
Mark Long