Tuesday, 01/11
8:15-9 am: Breaking the Boundaries: Gender Myths and Stereotypes
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday Protest to Protect The Right To Vote with Indivisible Iowa– Corner of 8th Ave & 2nd Street SE, CR
1:30 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors budget work session– Johnson County Administration Building (913 S. Dubuque St, IC)
12 pm: Cedar Rapids City Council Meeting- Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall (101 First Street SE, CR)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to urge the council to hold all future meetings in a hybrid format that allows public participation over Zoom.
5 pm: Iowa City Community School District School Board Work Session- Educational Services Center Room 142C (1725 N. Dodge Street)
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5 pm: UE Local 896/COGS Emergency Covid-19 Member Meeting
5:30 pm: Iowa City Community Police Review Board Meeting- Emma J Harvat Hall- City Hall (410 E. Washington St)
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5:30 pm: Tiffin City Council Special Meeting- City Hall (300 Railroad St)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to urge the council to hold all future meetings in a hybrid format that allows public participation over Zoom.
5:30-6 pm: Girls on the Run Coach Info Session (Virtual)
6 pm: Iowa City Community School District School Board Meeting- Educational Services Center Room 142C (1725 N. Dodge Street)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to urge the board to hold all future meetings in a hybrid format that allows public participation over Zoom.
6 pm: Excited Delirium: How a Controversial Diagnosis is Being Used to Justify Police Violence
6:30 pm: Coralville City Council Meeting– Council Chambers at City Hall (1512 7th St)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to urge the council to hold all future meetings in a hybrid format that allows public participation over Zoom.
6:30 pm: North Liberty City Council Meeting– Council Chambers (1 Quail Creek Circle)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to urge the council to hold all future meetings in a hybrid format that allows public participation over Zoom.
Wednesday, 01/12
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session- Johnson County Administration Building (913 S. Dubuque St, IC)
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11:30 am: January Meeting: Current ISEA Lobbying
12 pm: Hills Community Blood Drive
12 pm: Racial Perspectives on the Institution of Medicine – Dr. Jenice Baker
1:30pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session– Johnson County Administration Building (913 S. Dubuque St, IC)
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12-2 pm: Turning Awareness into Action
3-4 pm: Exploring Education Justice
3-4:30 pm: A Call to Repair: From Here to Equality
5:30 pm: Legislative Session Kick Off & LTE Training with One Iowa Action
5:30 pm: Truth Brigade Campaign Launch Calls & Office Hourswith Indivisible
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone
Thursday, 01/13
9 am-4:30 pm: The 2022 Virtual Beloved Community Global Summit
12-1 pm: The craft of board work: an integrative perspective
12:30-1pm: Girls on the Run Coach Info Session (Virtual)
5-6:15 pm: Anti-Racist Learning Space for White Co-Conspirators
5:30 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Formal Meeting– Johnson County Administration Building (913 S. Dubuque St, IC)
7-8 pm: Climate Justice Meeting with CCI Action Fund
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7-8:30 pm: The Economic Rights Movement(ERM) : A Conversation with Richelle Delia, PhD
7:30-8:30 pm: A Candid Conversation about Systemic Racism for ALL
All Weekend
Humanize My Hoodie Ally Workshop (Virtual ), Various times ($100)
Friday, 01/14
6:15-6:45 am: The Business of Race: How to Create & Sustain an Antiracist Workplace
7:30 am-5 pm: Sidekick Coffee & Books Give Back Day with Horn Elementary PTO
9 am-4:30 pm: The 2022 Virtual Beloved Community Global Summit
10-11:30 am: Racial & Gendered Politics of Islamophobia
11 am-12:30 pm: Crucial Conversations: Recognizing and Overcoming Racial Injustice & Bias
12 pm: Lunch & Learn with Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club
2-3:30 pm: Code Red for Humanity: What Municipalities Can Do
4-4:45 pm: Stereotypes and Microaggressions Impacting on individuals and the Workforce
Saturday, 01/15
9 am-12 pm: Sleep In Heavenly Peace Delivery Day Volunteers Needed
1-2:20 pm: DEI Workshop: Having Difficult Conversations About Race
2-5 pm: Dr Martin Luther King Youth Summit **Masks required**
4-7 pm: Open volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
Sunday, 01/16
12-4 pm: Open volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
1-2:30 pm: DEI Workshop: Having Difficult Conversations About Race
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 Friday
- St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids and Ronald McDonald House of Iowa City both 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)
- Call your State Senator and tell them to ban the discriminatory LGBTQ panic defense.
- Share your experiences regarding the University of Iowa and inequitable treatment with “two UI students of color hoping to create an image of the current student experience here at U Iowa related to equitable treatment” by emailing them with your stories and (preferably) the U’s response if applicable.
- Apply to serve on the Johnson County Livable Community For Successful Aging Policy Board, Compensation Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, or Solon Library.
Help CCAN This Week
- Sign up as a virtual volunteer for Corridor Community Action Network! Write weekly legislative updates or other posts, review city council/county board/school board agendas for potential calls to action, help with our Instagram, Twitter, or Facebooks account, 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 and the work we do by watching this video from the North Liberty Public Library- Corridor Community Action Network – YouTube
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update!
Clothing service has been a big success, with 141 individuals and 12 families 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 director@corridorcan.com to make pick-up/drop-off arrangements.
Other ways you can help us sustain service include:
- Get a Sam’s Club membership & we will receive 25% of your membership cost!
- 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!
- Arrange to host a winter gear/clothing drive or (or become a long-term drop-off location!) for the free mobile clothing closet (maybe at your place of work?) by emailing director@corridorcan.com. We tend to get close to emptied out at each event, so this will be an ongoing need.
- Volunteer as a route coordinator and/or fundraising assistant by emailing director@corridorcan.com
- 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 emailing director@corridorcan.com.
- Host a fundraiser for us! Gas, insurance, parking, and other maintenance expenses will be ongoing and our windshield needs repaired.
- Volunteer to help sort and stock donations prior to upcoming events or to assist with events as a driver (33 foot RV) or shopping assistant. We *really* need drivers, especially with weekend availability!! Drivers do need to be approved by our insurance company before their first volunteer day, so please send us your DOB, DL number, and expiration date to director@corridorcan.com prior to signing up for events.
- 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 Corridor Community Action Network, C/O Iowa City Fab Lab, 870 S. Capitol St, Iowa City, IA 52240, Venmo at corridorcan, CashApp at $CorridorCAN, Paypal, or via our GoFundMe. This service will involve ongoing expenses.
- 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 to get details.
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. For more info on #CCANClothesCruise, check out
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!