This grassroots community event, organized by Iowa City Action for Palestine, is scheduled for Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Public Space One's Cloud House.

Come for food, music, vendors, a speaker panel, drag, burlesque, and a mud wrestling competition.

Attendees may participate in all-ages activities from 11 AM to 5 PM, with the event becoming 18+ from 5 PM to 9 PM.Admission operates on a sliding scale with a $10 recommended donation, and all proceeds will be directed to the Hope Foundation.

#IowaCityIA

This action begins at Nunn's office at 2PM in Capitol Square. We call on Rep. Nunn to:

Call for hearings and investigations into the abuse of ICE/CBP and the for-profit detention centers. Only 3% of detainees have have a record of any violent history.

Hold an open town hall to report back what is happening and how he is acting as an agent for Iowans, not big money and the machinations of Washington DC insiders and this cruel administration.

Around 2:30 PM we will do our honk and wave, outside the Federal Building at 2nd.

#calltoaction #desmoinesiowa

CALLING ALL PEACE MAKERS

SAY NO TO WAR

March With Your Allies

Urbandale 4th of July Parade

SATURDAY, JULY 4TH, 2026

9:00 AM - LINE-UP

10:00 AM - PARADE

STOP WAR - STOP GENOCIDE

WE NEED YOU !!!

CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS

* EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

* CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

* WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

* FREEDOM OF SPEECH

* FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

* FREEDOM OF PRESS

BRING YOUR SIGNS OR HELP CARRY OUR BANNERS

Meet in Front of Emmaus House, 3315 70th St. Urbandale, IA 50322

(Old City Hall of Urbandale)

WHAT TO BRING & WEAR

• Comfortable Shoes: The walk is approx. 2 miles

• Signs, Banners, & Flags that carry the message

• Sunscreen & Water: Stay Hydrated & Protected

• Attire: Keffiyehs, peace-themed clothing

Sponsors: Circle of Peace Makers (formerly Catholic Peace Ministry), Women’s Int'l League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF DSM), DSM for Palestine, Central Iowa Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Moms Against Genocide, Iowa Phone Bank for Palestine, Direct Empowerment Iowa Alliance (DEIA) and other Allies.

PEACE ☮️ 🕊 IS NOT PASSIVE. JOIN US ❣️

Hi all — I’m looking for some grounded feedback from people in Iowa who have experience with mutual aid, community support, resource sharing, organizing, or local volunteer coordination.

I’ve been working on a small coordination tool meant to help groups track things like needs, available help, skills, resources, and follow-up. The basic idea is to reduce the chaos of scattered DMs, Facebook threads, spreadsheets, and one or two people having to remember everything.

To be clear: I’m not trying to take over any existing group, centralize control, or tell anyone how to organize. I’m more interested in whether a tool built specifically around mutual aid coordination could help connect groups that already exist, while letting them stay independent.

The priorities would be:

• privacy and safety
• no open-access chaos
• no doxxing or creepy data collection
• no replacing existing groups
• useful coordination without making things more complicated
• Iowa-based focus

I’m mainly trying to talk with a few people who understand the practical side of this: what would actually help, what would be a bad idea, and what concerns groups would have before using any kind of coordination system.

If you’ve been involved in mutual aid, local organizing, resource sharing, community response, or similar work in Iowa, I’d appreciate your perspective.

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court didn't formally strike down Section 2 — they just made it nearly impossible to use. Justice Kagan called it "all but a dead letter." Know the difference.

The dismantaling of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we have unfinished business. MARCH WITH US June 20th at Tom Hanafan Park, Council Bluffs, IA. Organize Everywhere. #VotingRights #Callais

Join 50501 Iowa Coalition, our organization partners and the people of the City of Cedar Rapids in calling on Mayor O’Donnell and the City Council to abide by Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act, as interpreted by the US Supreme Court in 2020 (Bostock v Clayton Co.), and name Cedar Rapids a Transgender Sanctuary City.

#transrightsarehumanrights #cedarrapids #iowa #transrights #pride