Monday, 2/14
7 am-5 pm: Buy Valentine’s Day succulents from Iowa Humane Alliance (6540 6th St, SW CR) and “your $10 gift purchase will share the love, helping animals through lifesaving spay and neuter programs.”
3:30-6 pm: Open Volunteer Times at North Liberty Community Pantry
4:30 pm: Cedar Rapids Community School District School Board Meeting/Work Session- Educational Leadership & Support Center- Board Room
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist future board meetings be held in a hybrid format that allows full participation over Zoom.
Tuesday, 2/15
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday Protest: Protect Public Education
12:20-2:20 pm: The Intersection of Race, Disability, Mental Health, & the School to Prison Pipeline. Email Dina to sign-up.
1 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Department Heads and Elected Officials Meeting– 2nd Floor Boardroom Johnson County Administration Building (913 South Dubuque St)
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2 pm: The Self Advocacy Movement: A Civil Rights Movement for People with Disabilities
2:30-3:30 pm: Kennedy High School Food Pantry Volunteers needed
4 pm: Iowa City Council Work Session- The Center – Assembly Room (28 S. Linn Street)
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4 pm: Iowa City Community School District Education Committee Meeting- Grant Elementary School Library (1000 Centro Way, North Liberty)
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4 pm: Marion City Council Work Session- City Hall (1225 6th Ave)
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Zoom Meeting ID# 843 0245 2778 (Viewing only)
5:30-7:30 pm: 13th Documentary: Virtual Watch Party
6 pm: Iowa City City Council Formal Meeting– The Center – Assembly Room (28 S. Linn St)
Dial In: (312) 626-6799 and entering the meeting ID 849 0538 2040
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7 pm: Tiffin City Council Meeting- City Hall (300 Railroad St)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist future meetings be held in a hybrid format that allows full participation via Zoom.
Wednesday, 2/16
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session
11:45am-12:45pm: Lunch & Learn: GuideLink Center An Innovative Approach to Mental Health and Substance Use Care
12 pm: Human Rights & Climate Change: Evolution of Science & Policy
3-4 pm: Constructing Civic Dialogs Series: We Keep Us Safe
3-4:15 pm: Political Power and the Common Good: Why Climate Action is Hard
5 pm: ‘Iowa is Better Than This’ statewide lament of Iowa’s discriminatory legislation- Iowa City
Register for the Zoom.
Register for the in-person event.
5:30 pm: Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission Monthly Meeting– Collins Conference Room, City Hall
6-8 pm: Equality Act Phonebank to Iowans
6:30-8 pm: SURJ Book Group with Beloved Community Initiative
Email to receive connection information.
7-8 pm: NARAL Reproductive Freedom National Mobilization Team 1:1 Conversation Training
7 pm: North Linn Community School District School Board Meeting- North Linn District Office (3033 Lynx Drive, Troy Mills)
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist all future meetings be held in a hybrid format that allows full participation via Zoom.
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone
Thursday, 02/17
9 am: Johnson County Board of Superviors Formal Meeting
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11:05-11:55 am: Confronting Systemic Racism from Within: Join our Lunch Hour Reflections
1-1:45 pm: Blood Drive at GreenState Credit Union in North Liberty
4-5:30 pm: Let’s Talk… Conversations on Race, Equity, & Belonging
5:30pm: Marion City Council Meeting
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Action: Speak up during public commentary to insist all future meetings allow for full accessibility through Zoom.
6-8 pm: Black History Month as African Liberation
7 pm: Iowa City Truth & Reconcilliation Committee Meeting– Emma J. Harvat Hall, City Hall (410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City)
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Friday, 02/18
12 pm: Lunch & Learn with Iowa Chapter Sierra Club on Facebook Live
3:30-5:30 pm: Fridays for Future Climate Strike outside the Alliant Tower in downtown CR
Saturday, 02/19
9 am-3 pm: LGBTQ Health and Wellness Conference 2022
12-3 pm: Catherine McAuley Center Move-In Volunteers needed
4 pm: Iowa City Mutual Aid Collective Monthly Chat
4-7 pm: Iowa City Catholic Worker Volunteer Hours
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire.
Sunday, 02/20
11 am-12:30 pm: Blood Drive at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, IC
11 am-1 pm: Equality Act Phonebank to Iowans
12-4 pm: Iowa City Catholic Worker Volunteer Hours
Call (515) 729-6482 to inquire
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 and with box assembly/food packing Monday through Saturday
- CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Pantry in Iowa City needs help in the food bank Monday through Friday.
- St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids needs meals every day this week (CR)
- Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City needs meals Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
- 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.
- Shelter House- Iowa City needs help sorting books for their upcoming book sale fundraiser Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
- 2022 Embodied Social Justice Summit is Wednesday – Sunday
Sign up to 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
Support the Iowa Public Health Association via a membership or donation.
Donate to the Iowa City South District Association’s Entartainment Fundraiser
Apply to serve on the Iowa City Community Police Review Board. Board members investigate complaints filed against Iowa City Police Officers and make recommendations regarding police policy.
Get your hair cut/colored/serviced at Honeybee Hair Parlor and $1 will be donated to Shelter House- Iowa City.
Buy a Gourmet Ham & Cheese sandwich from Milio’s and a portion of your purchase will be donated to Table to Table.
Message Linn County Rotary to join them in building little free food pantries.
Tell The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission what types of trainings, events, and workshops you would like offered by taking the survey.
Buy a Shamrock Shake or OREO Shamrock McFlurry from McDonald’s and .25 from each one will benefit Ronald McDonald House.
Donate Black hair care products to shelters and food banks in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor via drop-off locations at Christina’s Unity Beauty Supply or JD Beauty Supply in Iowa City or at Wilson Middle School in Cedar Rapids. You can also make a monetary donation. This drive goes through February.
Donate to community families seeking rent and utility assistance and help keep the heat on and preventing bills from snowballing into a financial crisis.
Sign up to volunteer with the North Liberty Community Pantry.
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.
Parents/Caregivers of youth under the age of 24 with a mental health disorder: Take Please Pass The Love’s survey at to tell them how they can best “elevate and support parents, caregivers, and families.”
Legislative Action This Week
- Contact Senator Grassley and encourage him to support passage of The Violence Against Women Act, which includes important enhancements for survivors of domestic & sexual violence. Follow Domestic Violence Intervention Program to stay up to date on its progress.
- Use One Iowa Action’s easy form at to tell your Senator to vote no on SF2205, which “was recently amended to remove the well defined ‘obscenity’ standard to an undefined ‘sexually explicit’ standard. That means that books with any sexual language whatsoever may be opt in only, throwing the ability of schools to teach comprehensive sexual education into question, and preventing students from checking literary classics out of the library.”
- Contact the Committee members for SSB 3134 and tell them not to support such restrictions to Iowa DNR and county conservation boards. Follow Bur Oak Land Trust for more information.
Contact your State Representative and tell them to vote against the trans athletics ban, HF2309. Watch last week’s subcommitee meeting for more information.
CONTENT NOTE: This video contains explicit transphobia and repeated misgendering
CCAN Updates
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) 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:
- Volunteer 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 tprior 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?) by email. 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!
- Sponsor #CCANClothesCruise with your business or institution 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!