Social Justice Team Notes – June 11, 2026

Social Justice Quick Clicks: https://www.ourlodgefoundation.org/quick-clicks
Saturday Vigils, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Post Office @ Broadway, Lake, & Church)
Except This Saturday, June 13… Flag Day Parade Organizer: Saratoga-Wilton
Elks Lodge  https://www.saratogaracetrack.com/event/elks-flag-day-parade-93440/ 
 MLK Saratoga, along with Saratoga Pride, Saratoga Immigration Coalition, &
the League of Women Voters, will march in the new city-sponsored Flag Day
Parade on Saturday, June 13 th , beginning at 12pm
 (Meet near 2 nd  Street on N. Broadway @ 11:30).  We’d like to have folks to
carry both our MLK Saratoga and “Liberty and Justice for All” banners, so
please tell Kate Graney (Kgraney@skidmore.edu) if you’d like to march with
us. We’d love it!
 Indivisible/ADK/Saratoga will attend as non-partisan spectators – wearing No
Kings T-Shirts and waving flags, but no signs or protests – directions and sign-
up: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibleadksaratoga/event/967913/

Juneteenth Friday, June 19, 2026, 11:00 – 4:00
 Location: Saratoga Springs YMCA
 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
 Thanks so much and hoping all are well – The MLK Saratoga Board
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

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
Pride Festival After Party – 5:00pm
 Location: Whitman Brewing, 20 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs
Monday, June 29, 6:30 – 8:00 Kindred Spirits Songfest Premiere Concert/Sing-Along
 Location: Saratoga Arts 320 Broadway (& Spring)
 Theme: Freedom!
 We’ll hear and sing Social Justice songs led by jazz pianist Azzaam Hameed
 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.