How Rosie Brought the Resistance Tour to Prince Edward Island🦞

I’m thrilled to share that North Rustico, PEI is on the fall calendar for the Resistance Tour — Friday, September 5th is the date!

Where is North Rustico? It’s a historic little fishing village on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. But it wasn’t even on our radar until we received an email back in May from a reader named Rosie.

She wrote:

Hello,

I'm writing in hope that Charlie Angus might come visit us in beautiful Prince Edward Island. I have been inspired by the Elbows Up tour, it has definitely given me a sense of hope for our future!

I live in beautiful North Rustico PEI and we would be so excited to have Mr. Angus visit our lobster fishing village. We have a beautiful new arena that would be an awesome place for him to speak, oh my goodness that would be absolutely amazing!

Thank you for considering.

A lobster fishing village? Are you kidding? Hell ya!

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We sent Rosie our planning document — the same one we share with every interested local organizer. It includes tips and ideas, event examples, logistical requirements, and sample graphics from other tour stops, like Guelph, Picton, Kingston, and Oshawa.

Then we waited.

Organizing a resistance tour event is no small thing especially if it means flying to another province. We knew we had to be patient while Rosie considered what would be involved.

A couple of weeks later, Rosie wrote back requesting a short call to “touch base and ask a few questions.”

In the time between emails, Rosie had:

• secured a venue

• put a plan in place for tickets and found a volunteer to help design a poster

• worked out ideas for a community speaker to host the event, recommendations for a great local restaurant, and thoughts on accommodations

All she needed from us was a date.

And just like that, North Rustico became a stop on the Resistance Tour.

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That’s the whole model: grassroots, people-powered, locally driven. You don’t have to be a seasoned organizer; you just need to care and be willing to try.

Which brings us to … Charlottetown.

I’d love to add Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island as a stop on the Resistance Tour, but we need folks on the ground willing to help make it happen.

If you think you might be interested, send an email to info@charlieangus.ca

Rosie did it. Maybe you can, too.

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P.S. I’ll be in St. John’s, Newfoundland the week of July 14th.

If you or someone you know might want to help pull together a Resistance Tour stop, let us know!

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