Monday, 09/27/21
4-5:30 pm: Volunteer at the Collins Aerospace garden
4-6 pm: Volunteer with Feed Iowa First at the shop (1506 10th St SE, CR)
5:30 pm: Cedar Rapids Community School District Board Work Session- Educational Leadership & Support Center, Board Room
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Tuesday, 09/28/21
8 am: Linn County Board of Supervisors meeting with elected officials and department heads- Jean Oxley Public Service Center- 935 2nd St SW, CR
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10-11:30 am: Post-Truth Politics: Silencing, Violence and Resistance in Public Debate
11 am-1 pm: Tree Giveaway sponsored with Trees Forever in Bever Park CR (Bever Ave entrance, not pool entrance) 1 Tree per vehicle while supplies last.
12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday Protest at Corner of 8th Ave and 2nd St SE, Cedar Rapids with Indivisible Iowa
3:30-5:30pm: Racism: Dismantling the System
4 pm: City of Cedar Rapids City Council Meeting- Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 101 First Street SE
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Cook a meal for Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City.
6 pm: Iowa City Community School District Board Meeting- Educational Services Center – Room 142A, 1725 N Dodge Street
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6:30pm: Coralville City Council Meeting– Council Chambers at City Hall, 1512 7th St View the agenda.
6:30 pm: North Liberty City Council Meeting– Council Chambers, 1 Quail Creek Circle
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6:30 pm: Indivisible National POC Monthly Call
7 pm: Carbon Pipelines- A Disaster Waiting to Happen with Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
Wednesday, 09/29/21
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.
8 am-12 pm: Woodland Wednesday Volunteer Day
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session- 913 South Dubuque Street IC, 2nd Floor Board Room
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11 am-1 pm: Corporate Day of Action in Des Moines
11:50 am: Live With The 19th: How Mass Incarceration Impacts Families on Facebook Live
Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub Fundraiser for Coralville Community Food Pantry – 15% benefits the pantry!
2-3:30 pm: Anti-Asian Sentiment Before Covid-19
5-8:45pm: Mayflower Residence Hall North & South MPR Blood Drive– 1110 North Dubuque Street, IC
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents
Thursday, 09/30/21
Wear orange to raise awareness about the history and continuing impact of residential schools in Canada on generations of Indigenous peoples, their families, and communities.
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.
9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Formal Meeting- 913 South Dubuque Street IC, 2nd Floor Board Room
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9 am: Social Media Symposium: Social media and race-based disinformation
10 am: Wetland Planting Party
11:30-11:50 am: The Business of Race: How to Create & Sustain an Antiracist Workplace
1:00 pm: XR Southwark Talks: Climate Change is Racist
Cook a meal for Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City.
4:30-6:30 pm: Open Garden Volunteer Time at North Liberty Community Pantry
6-8 pm: Hops For Housing at Union Station Sports Bar & Grill
6:30-7:30 pm: Tackling Unconscious bias within the workplace
7 pm: Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commission– Show this commisssion some support and prove to City Council that it is needed!
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7 pm: What Is Critical Race Theory?: Perspectives From Business, Law, & Sociology
Friday, 10/01/21
12 pm: Lunch & Learn with Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
12 pm: First Fridays with Iowa MMJ
Cook a meal for Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City.
Saturday, 10/02/21
7 am: Iowa River Clean Up 2021
10 am: Wetherby Park Tree Planting
10-11:30 am: Meet the ICCSD Board election candidates and/or update your voter registration in the Kingdom Center Parking Lot (611 Southgate Ave)
10:30 am-3:30 pm: Volunteers needed for Mobile Pantry to Sunrise Village & Modern Manor (IC)
11 am: Iowa City Pride Unity March
11 am-12 pm: Organizing for Change Workshop: Handling Difficult Conversations
12 pm: Iowa City Pride at Vue Rooftop: Drag Brunch
1-3 pm- 6th-12th Grade Black youth and Black community members: JOIN Black Lives Matter at School-Iowa for Black History Saturday School every First Saturday of the month. Each month will feature a different topic and Black educator from Iowa. Registration is free. Allies who would like to sponsor prizes and resources for Saturday School with BLM at School-Iowa can reach out or donate to their CashApp.
2 pm: Ride For Reproductive Rights
2 pm: Rally for Abortion Justice: Cedar Rapids with Advocates For Social Justice
4-7 pm: Volunteer at Iowa City Catholic Worker house-serve a meal, wash dishes, hang out with families, or help sort donations. Call (515) 729-6482
Cook a meal for Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City.
Sunday, 10/03
12-4 pm: Volunteer at Iowa City Catholic Worker house-serve a meal, wash dishes, hang out with families, or help sort donations. Call (515) 729-6482
8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents
10 am-2 pm: Volunteers needed for Houses into Homes Delivery Day
All Week
- Together We Achieve in Cedar Rapids need volunteers at the resource center Monday through Friday.
- CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City needs help.
- Tuesday-Saturday: Order food from Trumpet Blossom Café and 5% of sales will benefit Global Food Project.
- Inquire about becoming a board member for Families Helping Families of Iowa in 2022 by email.
- Sign up to help Matthew 25 winterize homes for community members in October.
- Take action to say no to two CO2 pipeline projects proposed in Iowa.
- Donate to Iowa Chapter Sierra Club’s legal and water testing fund.
- Support an unhoused family’s business by ordering performance drinks.
- Petition the Iowa legislature to Unban Anti-Racism Education (aka, Critical Race Theory)
- Buy a “Truth Will Not Be Whitewashed” shirt to support Humanize My Hoodie and Great Plains Action Society’s truth campaign.
- Print and hang copies of these fliers regarding covid-19 on campus where you see fit.
- Buy a “Pardon the Weeds, We’re Feeding the Bees” sign from The Lena Project.
- Design a COGS t-shirt and send it to cogs@cogs.org by 10/31 to enter their design contest.
- Buy a copy of ’20 Places to Hike within 50 Miles of Iowa City’ to support IC Compassion and Global Food Project! You can purchase them at White Rabbit Iowa City, Wilson’s Apple Orchard, and Prairie Lights Bookstore!
- APPLY for a position on the Johnson County, Board of Health or Conservation Board.
- DONATE to help the Archibald Alexander Elementary School PTO fund Run For The Schools scholarships, field trips, classroom projects, teacher grants, and extracurriculars.
Help CCAN This Week
Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update
We are in the process of customizing our motorhome so we can begin providing service! You can help us get going over the next couple of weeks by:
- Keeping your eyes open for volunteer workshop days!
- Email us to subscribe to our Clothing Closet Volunteer email list to make sure you don’t miss any.
- We will also need drivers, organizers, a route coordinator, and shopping assistants once service starts.
- Donating your extra hooks, racks, hangers, bins, and other improvement/organizational supplies by dropping them off at Iowa City Fab Lab or emailing us
- Emailing us if you have any special skills or services to offer that could help us get the mobile closet on the road.
- Donating needed items by ordering from our Amazon Wishlist
- Sending 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 our GoFundMe.
- Letting us know what locations you think we should add to our popup routes!
- Joining 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!
- Creating an informational pamphlet. Email us for more info.
- Hosting a fundraiser for us!
- Buying a limited edition “DRESS PEOPLE WHERE THEY’RE AT” #CCANClothesCruise shirt
- Getting your business or institution to sponsor #CCANClothesCruise and having your logo included in promotional materials and eventually on the vehicle itself. Email us for more info!
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 and the vehicle! We just need to cover customization and operating expenses now. For more info on #CCANClothesCruise, check out Free mobile clothing closet coming to the corridor (msn.com)
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, and ReUnion Brewery, 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, Kae Apothecary, Vue Rooftop, WOOFABLES, AOK Photography, Quinton’s Bar & Deli Coralville, CHOMP Delivery, Tru Salon, and everyone who participate in the fundraisers we’ve held to date. We couldn’t have made it this far without you!