Monday, 01/31
12-12:45pm: Moral Mondays Iowa Tax Discussion
5 pm: Nikole Hannah-Jones @ Diversity Lecture Series
6 pm: Iowa City Online City Council Listening Post
7-8 pm: Food Justice and Disability Justice
Tuesday, 02/01
10-10:30 am: Keeping it Real: Addressing Race, Gender and Disability Issues within the Deaf Community
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday Protest with Indivisible Iowa – Corner of 8th Ave & 2nd Street SE, CR
4 pm: Marion City Council Work Session- City Hall (1225 6th Avenue)
Zoom Meeting ID# 875 7327 6178
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist that future meetings return to allowing full participation via Zoom.
4 pm: Iowa City City Council Work Session– The Center – Assembly Room (28 S. Linn Street)
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5 pm: Iowa City CSD Policy & Governance Committee Meeting
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5:15-9:15 pm: Hillcrest Residence Hall Riverview Lounge Blood Drive – Hillcrest Residence Hall, IC
5:30pm: Cedar Rapids CSD School Improvement Advisory Committee Meeting- Educational Leadership and Support Center Cedar, D Conference Room (2500 Edgewood Rd NW, CR)
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6 pm: Iowa City City Council Formal Meeting- The Center – Assembly Room (28 S. Linn Street)
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6-7 pm: Black Agenda Virtual Launch Event
Watch 13th (streaming on Netflix) in recognition of the anniversary of the signing of the resolution that later became the 13th amendment.
Wednesday, 02/02
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session- 2nd Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque Street, IC)
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10-11:30 am: Better Education for Boys & Young Men in Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
4-9 pm: Short’s Burgers Community Night For Inside Out Reentry Community
6 pm: Marion Civil Rights Commission Meeting – City Hall (1225 6th Avenue)
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6-8 pm: Equality Act Phone Bank to Iowans
7-8 pm: Reproductive Justice: An Obermann Conversation
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone
Thursday, 02/03
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Formal Meeting- 2nd Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque Street, IC)
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10—11:30 am: Disproportionality in School Discipline (CLE)
11:05-11:55 am: Confronting Systemic Racism from Within: Join our Lunch Hour Reflections
4:00-5:45 pm: Iowa City Area Association of Realtors (ICAAR) Blood Drive – ICAAR Education Center (847 Quarry Rd Ste 110, Coralville)
5:30 pm: Marion City Council Formal Session
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist that future meetings return to allowing full participation via Zoom.
6-8:30 pm: Phone Bank to support LGBTQ Iowans
7 pm: Iowa City Truth & Reconciliation Committee Meeting- City Hall- (410 E. Washington Street)
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Friday, 02/04
12 pm: Intersections | Debunking the “Sinister Agenda”
12 pm: Lunch & Learn with Iowa Chapter Sierra Club on Facebook Live
12-2 pm: Trauma & Substance Use
12-3 pm: Virtual Session: Adoption 101
1-2 pm: Volunteer at the Cougar Corner Food Pantry at Kennedy High School
4-7 pm: Open Volunteer Hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker House
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
Saturday, 02/05
11 am-1 pm: Equality Act Phone Bank to Iowans
12-4 pm: Open Volunteer Hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker House
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
3 pm: Iowa City Mutual Aid Collective Gardening Meeting
Sunday, 02/06
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone
All Week
- Together We Achieve in Cedar Rapids need volunteers at the resource center Monday through Saturday
- CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City needs help in the food bank Monday through Saturday.
- St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids needs meals every day this week except for Friday.
- Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City needs meals every day this week.
- Houses Into Homes needs help with projects such as sorting and laundering linens, creating kitchen bundles (silverware, tableware, bakeware/pots and pans), helping organize incoming donations, and refurbishing furniture Monday through Friday.
- Gain “insight into Black history, white privilege and what to do to be actively anti-racist” from 1-4pm any day this week. (Click “View Details”, then “Select a different date” on the right-hand side to see all options)
- University of Iowa Employees – APPLY for a position on a Campus Charter Committee. Several have vacancies, including Campus Planning; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Family Issues; Sustainability; Safety & Security (which our Director currently chairs); and more.
- Order a Black Pin, which serves to help us remember those we have lost to racial injustice and keep the conversation alive, in recognition of Black History Month. All proceeds benefit the African American Museum of Iowa.
- Tell Senator Ernst to support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans and passage of the Equality Act.
- Apply to serve on the Johnson County Juvenile Justice and Youth Development Policy Board, Commission of Veterans Affairs, or Livable Community For Successful Aging Policy Board.
- Contact your representatives (find them here) and tell them not to pass HSB 508, which would establish an asset limit for SNAP of $2,500, making Iowa’s asset test “tied with nine other states as the most restrictive in the country” and which passed subcommitee last week.
- Also share your SNAP story and the effects that the passage of would have on you.
- Apply to serve on the The City of Iowa City Civil Service Commission or Housing & Community Development Commission.
CCAN Updates
Want to help CCAN this week?
Sign Up As A Virtual Volunteer
Help with our Instagram, Twitter, or Facebooks accounts (literally just checking and sharing other pages’ posts), write weekly legislative updates or other posts, review city council/county board/school board agendas (even just your own town/district) for potential calls to action, email potential sponsors, send organizational emails, or help with grant writing. Email us and tell us how you would like to get involved!
Learn More About CCAN
Get a better understanding of CCAN and the work we do by watching this video from the North Liberty Public Library.
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update
Clothing service has been a big success, with over *180* served already! However, some items go fast and we could really use some help restocking, especially winter coats (particularly men’s size L and 3XL for current requests) and other heavy outerwear, men’s size 15 shoes, socks, gloves, and long underwear!
You can drop items off at Iowa City Fab Lab (870 S. Capitol St) between 9 am and 5 pm on weekdays or email us to make pick-up/drop-off arrangements.
Other ways you can help us sustain service include:
- Volunteer for events as a driver (33 foot RV) or shopping assistant.
- We *really* need drivers, especially with weekend availability! Drivers need to be approved by our insurance company before their first volunteer day, so please send us your DOB, DL number, and expiration date by email prior to signing up for events.
- Buy a limited edition “DRESS PEOPLE WHERE THEY’RE AT” #CCANClothesCruise shirt to support our free mobile clothing closet. This site will be pulled soon, so get yours while you still can!
- Host a winter gear/clothing drive (or become a long-term drop-off location!) for the free mobile clothing closet (maybe at your place of work?). Email us to arrange details. We tend to get close to emptied out at each event, so this will be an ongoing need.
- Volunteer as a route coordinator, volunteer coordinator, and/or fundraising assistant by emailing us.
- Donate your extra hooks, racks, hangers, bins, and other improvement/organizational supplies by dropping them off at Iowa City Fab Lab (870 S. Capitol St, IC) between 9 am and 5 pm on weekdays or email us
- Host a fundraiser for us! Gas, insurance, parking, and other maintenance expenses will be ongoing and our windshield needs repaired. Email us.
- Donate needed items by ordering from our Amazon Wishlist. We quickly run out of new socks, gloves, and ponchos and are always low on snow boots (all sizes) and large/extra large coats.
- Send financial contributions to:
- Let us know what locations you think we should add to our popup routes!
- Join our Auction Group for the chance to win some great items from local businesses and support our efforts to establish this service in the Corridor! Watch for clothing, tea items, and gift cards to be posted this week!
- Get your business or institution to sponsor #CCANClothesCruise and having your logo included in promotional materials and eventually on the vehicle itself. Email us.
The Mobile Clothing Closet simultaneously addresses an unmet need for free clothing resources in the corridor and the high volume of textiles that enter our landfill every year, much of which we can re-route to those in need. Find more info on #CCANClothesCruise.
We would like to give a huge thank you to our individual donors, our sponsors GreenState Credit Union, North Liberty City Government, MidWestOne Bank, Hills Bank and Trust Company, Veridian Credit Union, Town Square Family Foot Care, Thompson & Co Salon Parlor, ReUnion Brewery, and The Accell Foundation; our supporters Sidekick Coffee & Books, Airport National Golf Course, Maestro Empanadas, RAYGUNshirts, Applebee’s Grill + Bar, Aroma Artisan Pizza, Textiles, Renee’s Ceramic Cafe, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Hudson’s, Big Grove Brewery, The Map Room, Speedeezz Indoor Karting, Kae Apothecary Brass Ring Coffee, Monica’s, Shop Iowa, Molly’s Cupcakes Iowa City, Iowa City Downtown District, Players, Andrew’s Bar Exam, The Chocolate Haus, Prairie Kitchen Store, Vue Rooftop, WOOFABLES, AOK Photography, Cedar Ridge Wine & Distillary, Quinton’s Bar & Deli Coralville, CHOMP Delivery, Tru Salon, Short’s Marion, Iowa City Fab Lab, Cielo Goods, Collins Community Credit Union; and everyone who has participated in the fundraisers we’ve held to date. We couldn’t have made it this far without you!