Monday, 08/16/21
9:30am-12 pm: Potato Harvesting with Feed Iowa First
4-5:30pm: Collins Aerospace Garden Volunteer Night
Parking: Park in the parking lots south of building 133. The garden is located between 133 and the Rec Center and east of Rockwell Drive. If you have any questions about volunteering at this site please reach out to Joe the Collins Garden Site Ambassador.
4:00-6:00pm: Volunteer with Feed Iowa First at the shop (1506 10th St SE, CR)
7:00pm: West Branch City Council Meeting
Dial in phone number 1-312-626-6799 with Meeting ID 532 252 7574
Tuesday, 08/17/21
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday Direct Action- Democracy Can’t Wait, Recess Can
12-1 pm: QPR Suicide Prevention Training for Ag Professionals & Producers
1 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Department Heads and Elected Officials Meeting- Second Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque St)
3 pm: Virtual Summer Crip Camp Review with Iowa Disabliity League and #UpgradeMedicaid
3:30-6:15pm: Volunteers needed for Mobile Pantry to Cole’s Community, IC
4 pm: Marion City Council Work Session- City Hall- 1225 6th Avenue
Zoom Meeting ID# 822 7861 2732 (Viewing Only)
4 pm: Iowa City City Council Work Session (includes MRAP discussion)- The Senior Center – Assembly Room 28 S. Linn Street
5:30 pm: Girls on The Run Coach Info Session
5:30 pm: Humans For Racial Justice Gathering. Contact jstax@jonnystax.com for information.
6 pm: Iowa City Council Meeting- The Senior Center – Assembly Room 28 S. Linn Street, includes joint meeting with Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission re. Budget
6:30-9 pm: People’s Action Phonebanks to Win Medicare Expansion
7 pm: Tiffin City Council Meeting- City Hall (300 Railroad St)
Wednesday, 08/18/21
8 am-12 pm: Woodland Wednesday Volunteer Day in Hiawatha
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisor’s Work Session- Second Floor Boardroom
Johnson County Administration Building-913 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City
11:30 am-4 pm: Volunteers needed for Mobile Pantry to Oxford & Western Hills
12:30 pm: Girls on The Run Coach Info Session
1:30-5:45 pm: On Iowa! Blood Drive– 3rd Floor IMU – Black Box Theater (#360)- 125 N Madison St, IC
6:30 pm: SURJ Book Club with Beloved Community Initiative. Email to receive connection information.
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone
Thursday, 08/19/21
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisor’s Formal Meeting- Second Floor Boardroom
Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City
1 pm: COVID-19 Update: The Delta Variant, Vaccination, and Masking
1-3 pm: Fixing the School to Prison Pipeline Series- Emma Harvat Hall, City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City
Zoom Meeting ID: 817 2972 9670
1-6 pm: On Iowa! Blood Drive– 3rd Floor IMU – Black Box Theater (#360)- 125 N Madison St, IC
3:30-6 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Regency, IC
5:30 pm: Marion City Council Meeting
5:30-7 pm: Free Tenant Rights Webinar
6-8 pm: Hops For Housing Pick-Up At Millstream Brewing Company, Amanda
Friday, 08/20/21
2:30-5 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Capitol House Apartments, IC
5 pm: Corridor Community Action Network Birthday Picnic in Iowa City! Sign up to bring something.
Saturday, 08/21/21
9 am-6 pm: Bags for Boys & Girls Club tournament
2-7 pm: Barks & Brew 2021: Presented by Last Hope Animal Rescue
4-7 pm: Open volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker. Call (515) 729-6482.
Sunday, 08/22/21
Cook and deliver a meal for 25 people to St John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids between 7 am and 5 pm. Please call Larissa at 319-362-9041 with any questions.
12-4 pm: Open volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker. Call (515) 729-6482
1 pm: Iowa Giving Crew Inaugural Golf Outing
6-7 pm: Iowa City Sunrise Movement Weekly Hub Meeting
All Week
- Families Helping Families of Iowa needs help moving Monday through Sunday. Hours vary between 8 am and 4pm.
- Together We Achieve in Cedar Rapids need volunteers at the resource center Monday through Friday. They also need help building and packing boxes all week and distributing food over the weekend.
- CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City needs help with:
SIGN an open letter requesting an ICCSD mask mandate. There is one for parents and one for physicians. We are working on one for community orgs and educators to be sent to all school boards in the Corridor. Please message the page or email if you would like to help write this or consider signing on to it when it is completed.
Donate to provide funds to help convince local school districts to challenge the mask mandate ban by covering potential fines and/or budget cuts. If this initiative is unsuccessful, all funds raised will be dispersed to PTO’s and other organizations in the Corridor working on ways to incentivize and increase mask-wearing in schools.
- Speak out against a proposed health insurance premium increase of up to 21% for many Iowans by submitting public commentary. Read about it first.
- Petition the Iowa Legislature to challenge the reckless law prohibiting schools from adhering to CDC recommendations and requiring masks. Contact your representatives directly as well.
- DONATE to help the Iowa City Community Schools Districtwide Parents’ Organization print yard signs that encourage students, teachers, and staff to wear masks at school and school-sanctioned events
- Vote to help us get a $1,000 donation with a chance to win a $10,000 grand prize drawing! We are SO close to having the mobile closet up and going. Please put our organization name as follows: “Corridor Community Action Network (Under STEAM Fab Lab)”
- Contact President Biden online, through the switchboard at 1-202-456-1414 or the comment line at 1-202-456-1111 and urge him to mandate masks in public schools through an executive order.
- Email to urge the Iowa City City Council to enact the changes to the Bias Based Policing Policy recommended by the Iowa City Community Police Review Board.
- This change would refocus police activity on public safety, changing the policy from “patrol in a proactive manner, to investigate suspicious persons and circumstances, and to actively enforce the laws” to “interfere with members of the public only when assistance is requested, or when there is an articulable and imminent risk to public safety”.
- See the full recommendations on pages 91-93
- Watch CPRB debate its passage
- If you prefer news coverage, read the story by KWWL.
- Order tree prints, posters, or notecards created from three of Indian Creek Nature Center’s “beloved trees that fell during the derecho” to benefit land restoration at the center.
- CALL Honeybee Hair Parlor at (319) 338-5589 to schedule a time to check out the art show. 40% of sales will be donated to Domestic Violence Intervention Program. The artist says “You can purchase a piece at any time, but please note that pickup won’t be available until after my art show ends in mid August.”
Contact your representatives and ask them to work to overturn the ban on mask mandates and allow schools to protect our children.
Help CCAN This Week
Volunteer to weed, harvest, and/or water (and get free tomatoes) at our community garden at Chadek Park by emailing director@corridorcan.com or messaging the page. Volunteers take what they need for the week and excess is donated to local food security orgs for community distribution.
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update
Order a Pizza Kit, Donate to the mobile closet
Order a Little Caesars at-home-pizza kit or cookie dough and $6 will go towards establishing a free mobile clothing closet to serve the Corridor!! You can also sign up to help us sell them via email.
Vehicle Update
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update! We are still looking for a vehicle and also a reasonably-priced mechanic willing to look at a few motor homes that are under consideration. We have not decided on one yet, so please still let us know if you are aware of any vehicles that would work well for this service.
A motorhome would be especially ideal as it would allow us to offer showers and carry cold water and snacks. A donation of a vehicle would mean we could cover customization and first year operating expenses to start service immediately. A great deal on one would put us closer!
Have an idea for a Mobile Closet fundraiser?
We’re still brainstorming for more ideas for to help us cover the remaining clothing closet expenses. If you or your business are willing to sponsor this project, host a fundraising event for it, or donate an item or service for our auction, please message the page or email director@corridorcan.com.
Scentsy Fundraiser
Join our Scentsy Fundraiser. Click “going” to join virtually and find something nice for yourself or a friend while supporting the Free Mobile Clothing Closet!
Online Auction
Join our Auction Group for the chance to win some great items from local businesses and support our efforts to bring a Free Mobile Clothing Closet to The Corridor! Watch for clothing, tea items, and gift cards to be posted this week!
RayGun Shirt Fundraiser
Don’t forget we now have RayGun Shirts!!! Get your limited edition “DRESS PEOPLE WHERE THEY’RE AT” #CCANClothesCruise shirt.
Why The Mobile Clothing Closet Matters
The Mobile Clothing Closet will simultaneously address 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 will be able to re-route to those in need. We already have two storage sheds full of donated clothing- we just need the truck!
For more info on #CCANClothesCruise, check out the Englert’s podcast featuring an interview with our director.