Monday, 01/17
11:30 am-12:15 pm: MLK Jr Day Car Parade for Voting Rights, Iowa City
12-2 pm: Voter Registration Tabling at Mercer Park Aquatic Center & Scanlon Gym, IC
1-2:30 pm: DEI Workshop: Having Difficult Conversations About Race
2-4 pm: Crucial White Conversations: Ongoing Work/Practice/Accountability Group
4 pm: Cedar Rapids Community School District Master Facilities Plan Oversight Committee Meeting- Educational Leadership & Support Center, Metro Conference Room (2500 Edgewood Rd NW)
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7-8:30 pm: A Zoom Of Our Own: Community Well-Being & Mutual Aid
Tuesday, 01/18
11 am: Linn County Board of Supervisors Meeting- Formal Board Room—Jean Oxley Public Service Center (935 2nd St. SW, CR)
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12 pm: Speaking of… What’s Next? Climate Action Webinar
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday: Protect the Right to Vote
12-1 pm: Nursing Grand Rounds “Identifying and Responding to Microaggressions”
12:30-2 pm: Understanding E-Carceration: A Book Launch
4 pm: Iowa City Council Work Session- The Center Assembly Room (28 S. Linn St)
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4 pm: Marion City Council Work Session- City Hall (1225 6th Avenue)
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Zoom *Viewing* Meeting ID# 878 6331 3041
Email Comments: cityclerk@cityofmarion.org
5-7 pm: Not Just Naloxone & Cultural Safety Training Session #3, Naloxone Training & OAT
Message Unbroken Chain via their Facebook with your email to register and receive the Zoom link.
5-7 pm: Race and Disability Lecture Series- Disability & Inclusion
6 pm: Iowa City Council Formal Meeting– The Center Assembly Room (28 S. Linn St)
Dial-in Number: (312) 626-6799, meeting ID 849 0538 2040
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6 pm: Policy in the time of a pandemic: What happened in 2021?
7 pm: West Branch City Council Meeting– CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS (110 N. POPLAR STREET)
Dial in phone number 1-312-626-6799 with Meeting ID 532 252 7574
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7 pm: Tiffin City Council Meeting- City Hall (300 Railroad St)
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7-8 pm: Organizing for Change: Conversations That Break Through
Wednesday, 01/19
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session– Second Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque Street, IC)
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12 pm: UI Human Rights Week Distinguished Lecture “Disabusing Disabilities”
1:30 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session– Second Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque Street, IC)
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3:30-5:30pm: Blood Drive at Mercer Park Aquatic Center and Scanlon Gym Mercer Procter & Gamble Room, IC
5:00-8:00pm: Deep Canvass Phone bank and Training on climate change
5:30-6:30 pm: Girls on the Run Coach Info Session (Virtual)
5:30-7:30pm: Iowa Utilities Board public informational meeting for proposed Navigator pipeline
6-7 pm: Connected to Tomorrow: Community Roundtable
6-7 pm: The Walrus Talks at Home: Inequality
6-8 pm: Equality Acti Phonebanking
6:30-8 pm: CCAN-Connect Monthly Networking Meeting
Organizational representatives email director@corridorcan.com for the Zoom link to join
7 pm: North Linn Community School District School Board Meeting (North Linn District Office, 3033 Lynx Drive, Troy Mills)
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8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents Online or Phone
Thursday, 01/20
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Formal Meeting– Second Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque Street, IC)
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Followed by Johnson County Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session
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11:05-11:55 am: Confronting Systemic Racism from Within
12-1 pm: ACT on DEI: A 3-Part Serieswith Drs. Liliane Rocha and Jonathan Kaplan
2-3:30 pm: Growing as a Community: Racism as a Public Health Crisis
3-4:15 pm: Culture and Caste: Unpacking the Roots of Racism in America.
4-5:30 pm: Let’s Talk… Conversations on Race, Equity, & Belonging
4:30-6 pm: Pain. Power. Possibilities. Lessons from the Poor People’s Campaign
5:30 pm: Marion City Council Formal Meeting- City Hall (1225 6th Avenue)
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5:30 pm: Solon Community School District School Board Meeting
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5:30-7 pm: Fiction or Reality: The Future of Reproductive Justice
6-7 pm: Question. Pursuade. Refer. Suicide Prevention Virtual Training
6-7:30 pm: Building Capacity for Mutual Aid Groups, Workshop 4: Bringing New People In
6-8:30 pm: Phone Bank to end the LGBTQ Panic Defense
6:30 pm: UI Health Care Family Forum
7-8 pm: Mental Health Impacts of Our Changing Climate
7-8:15 pm: White Evangelical Racism: A Conversation with Anthea Butler, PhD
Friday, 01/21
9-10 am: Make It Ok Presentation
12 pm: Iowa Chapter Sierra Club Lunch & Learn on Facebook Live
12-2 pm: Foundations of Harm Reduction
12:45-1:45 pm: MLK’s Dream, Living Our Values
2:00-3:15pm: Legislative Forum
6 pm: Know Your Rights When Dealing with Police
6:30-9 pm: Woodworking for Wildlife: Solitary Bee Hotels ($20)
7:30pm: Know Your Rights: Train The Trainer
Saturday, 01/22
9:30-11:30 am: LWVJC – Legislative Forum – VIRTUAL Meeting
11 am-1 pm: Equality Act Phonebanking
11 am-2 pm: Carver College of Medicine DEI Volunteer Day with Houses Into Homes
12:45-4:45 pm: Remembering Roe: Celebrating 49 Years Virtual Celebration & No-Contact Bakesale Fundraiser for Emma Goldman Clinic
1-3 pm: Iowa Unity Coalition Gubernatorial Candidate Forum
4-7 pm: Iowa City Catholic Worker Volunteer Hours
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
Sunday, 01/23
10 am-3 pm: Carver College of Medicine DEI Volunteer Day with Houses Into Homes
12-4 pm: Iowa City Catholic Worker Volunteer Hours
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
3 pm: Iowa City Mutal Aid Monthly Chat
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 and with their Food Box Giveaway Saturday and Sunday.
- CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City needs help in the food bank Tuesday through Saturay
- St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids needs meals every day this week.
- Ronald McDonald House in Iowa Cityneeds meals every day except for Wednesday.
- 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 1-4 pm any day this week. (Click “View Details”, then “Select a different date” on the right-hand side to see all options)
- Donate food and/or basic needs to CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank, Food Pantry at Iowa, Coralville Community Food Pantry, and North Liberty Community Pantry and/or emergency care kits to Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Rape Victim Advocacy Program by dropping off at Mercer Aquatic Center, Iowa House Hotel, or HyVee on First Ave, North Dodge, Waterfront, or Lantern Park. See the full list of needed items.
- Sign up to donate baked goods to Saturday’s no-contact bake sale benefitting Emma Goldman Clinic. Sign up and we will arrange to pick items up Friday or Saturday.
- Call your State Senator and tell them to ban the discriminatory LGBTQ panic defense. Find phone numbers and a suggested script from OneIowa.
Apply to serve on the The City of Iowa City Civil Service Commission or Housing & Community Development Commission.
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 director@corridorcan.com 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.
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update!
Clothing service has been a big success, with over 150 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 if you use our link!
- 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 us. 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 email.
- 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 by email! 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 email us your DOB, DL number, and expiration date 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 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 for info.
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!