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Graduates need health care coverage! - What You Can Do Now

5/31/2022

Graduates need health care coverage

Health Care Reform Forum

Calling all graduates: You have health insurance options!As graduation day approaches, here are three health insurance ideas for graduates or young adults.

You may enroll in a parent’s insurance plan if you’re under 26.
You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.
Medicaid might be a viable option for you.

Learn why you should care about health insurance and what affordable options are available to you here:
https://www.healthcare.gov/blog/find-health-insurance-recent-graduates/

PACG Office Manager

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QC Unity Pride Parade - June 18th - What You Can Do Now

5/31/2022

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QC Unity Pride
Pride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm
and other dates in June

Civil Rights Forum

June is Pride Month, and it was established "to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world." (Wikipedia)

QC Pride welcomes you to 2022 Unity Pride Week, with numerous offerings throughout June. There are several LGBTQI+ movies at the Figge and a Family Night is being planned!

The Grand Finale is the Unity Pride Parade on Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm. Here are more details for parade participants:

2:30 pm: Staging will occur at the TaxSlayer Center.
3:00 pm: All parade entries must be in their staging location.
3:15pm: Judges will begin scoring parade competitors.
3:30 pm: 2022 Quad Cities Unity Pride Parade kicks off

Parade will start at the TaxSlayer and will head east on River Drive, turning right (south) on 17th Street, turning right (west) on 5th Avenue, then turning right (north) on 12th Street.

Join us for these important celebrations.

Alta Price

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Juneteenth Festival - What You Can Do Now

5/31/2022

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Celebrate Juneteenth
Saturday, June 18th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Lincoln Center - TMBC
318 E 7th ST
Davenport, IA, 52803 (map)

Civil Rights Forum

The Friends of MLK (FoMLK) are proud to host the Quad City Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 18th at the Lincoln Center - TMBC. Find more information here.

Glenda Guster

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Support PACG through Birdies for Charity - A Message from the Board

5/31/2022

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Chip in to support PACG through Birdies for Charity!
through Friday, July 1st *

Donate to PACG Bird #2363

A Message from the Board

Chip in for a chance to win!

This year PACG is participating in the John Deere Birdies for Charity drive! Here is some information from their website about what this means for us:

When you chip in to help area charities, you could win! But your favorite charity will be the real winner. That’s because participating charities receive 100% of the donations pledged to them in this program, plus a bonus from the Birdies for Charity Bonus Fund which is a guaranteed 5% match.

John Deere Classic week is always exciting. Not just for the tournament, but also for what the tournament means for charities. Since 1971, the John Deere Classic has delivered over $145 million to regional charities, most of it through its innovative Birdies for Charity program. No other event on the PGA TOUR does it better -- and it's the generous and hardworking nature of this area that makes it happen!

Progressive Action Update readers, you can win a two-year lease on a new car by submitting your pledge donation form by June 10th!

Click this link or the button below to donate online to PACG! Our "Bird" is #2363
https://birdiesforcharity.com/donate?charity=2363

OR

Download your Birdies for Charity pledge form here (or print off the pdf attached below). Fill it out (include PACG and Bird number 2363 at the top) and mail it to:

BIRDIES FOR CHARITY
15623 Coaltown Rd
East Moline, Illinois 61244

Make checks payable to Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation.

* Important dates:
Friday, June 10th: Pledges and Guesses for the Grand Prize are due.
Friday, July 1st: Pledges and donations must be received.
June 27th through July 3rd: John Deere Classic Tournament Week

Ann McCluskey
Treasurer, PACG

Donate to PACG Bird #2363

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March for Our Lives rally - Action Alert

5/31/2022

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We Want Change! March for Our Lives Rally - Action Alert
Saturday, June 11 at 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Vander Veer Botanical Park
215 W Central Park AV
Davenport, IA 52803 (map)

Moms Demand Action - QC

The Quad Cities chapter of Moms Demand Action is sponsoring this peaceful March for Our Lives rally.

In light of the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX—which claimed 21 lives, 19 of which were children—let us peacefully gather in unity to demonstrate our solidarity with the victims, their families, and all those who wish to no longer live in fear of gun violence. Activists are Marching in Washington, DC and across the nation.

March For Our Lives (MFOL) last marched in 2018, which resulted in the passing of some lifesaving legislation in states across the country. It's time to hit the streets once again.

An official MFOL March has been scheduled in DC on Saturday, June 11 demanding that President Biden and lawmakers take action immediately to stop the mass shooting epidemic. Organizers from the Quad Cities are putting on this local march around Vander Veer Botanical Park to honor the 100+ children and adults killed by guns in this country every single day and to demand that our lawmakers enact common sense gun reform.

This is an entirely peaceful and cooperative demonstration that welcomes families and people of all ages. Our goal is to gather in unity to demand a safer future for all of us.

Join us in the next chapter in our fight. If you are not in the QC area, find a march near you.

PACG Office Manager

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June Environmental Celebration - World Bicycle Day

5/31/2022

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June Environmental Celebration
World Bicycle Day – June 3rd

Environmental Forum

The United Nations designated June 3rd to be World Bicycle Day.

Why should we celebrate the bicycle?

Moderate activity like bicycling significantly benefits the physical and mental health of people of all ages.
Bicycling is an affordable mode of transportation, at the same time it reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.
The World Health Organization considers cycling a pathway for achieving health equity.
Cycling is a sustainable alternative to driving; it reduces the use of fossil fuel as well as the emissions of hazardous air pollutants and greenhouse gases.

Bicycling Safety

Bicyclists must travel in the same direction as the traffic and ride as far to the right as possible. When possible, travel on designated bike lanes.
Watch out for cars backing out of the driveways when biking in a residential neighborhood.
Obey all traffic laws.
Be visible, wear bright color clothing during daylight, and use light and reflective gear when riding at night.
Invest in a good helmet and wear it all the time when you bike.
Don’t wear loose clothing that can be caught up in the bicycle chain.

Take Action

Commit to leaving your car at home and biking at least one day a month.
Commit to making short distance trips on a bike instead of driving.

Download this blog post as a flier (below) to share with your family and friends!

Susan Leuthauser

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June Green Drinks - Helping Pollinators

5/31/2022

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June Green Drinks - How Can We Help Our Local Pollinators?
Tuesday, June 7th at 5 pm

Speaker: Rebecca Baugh, Naturalist,
Wapsi River Education Center

One out of every three bites of food we eat is there because of pollinators and pollinator populations are declining.

Becky Baugh, Naturalist at the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center, will share about our local pollinators, discuss the cause and effect of the decline in their populations, and what you can do to support them.

RSVP for this Zoom meeting by registering at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGpqTIsH9fD6ssFCjEteY09ZHZ41w6m

Download a flyer of this blog post below to share with your family and friends.

Susan Leuthauser

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More Free Covid Tests Available - What You Can Do Now

5/27/2022

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More Free Covid Tests Available!

Health Care Reform Forum

Get your free Covid tests now!

Note: as of September, 2022 these are no longer offered.

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order a third round of free at-home Covid tests. It's simple! Just fill out this form on line. If you are unable to use a computer or phone to do this, you can call 1-800-232-0233 or TTY1-888-720-7489. (The latter is a teletypewriter used as a communication device by people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have severe speech impairment.)

PACG Office Manager

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PACG Book Club - September 2022

5/21/2022

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PACG Book Club - The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Monday, September 19th at 5:00 pm - Updated

Since we are taking a break in July and August, you will have plenty of time to read our lengthy September book, The Cider House Rules by John Irving. I read this book decades ago and loved it. Since one of the themes of the book is abortion, and the setting is in a time when abortions were illegal, it seems quite relevant today. The book also deals with other issues of interest to our members, such as racism and sexism.

We will continue to meet via Zoom in September, partly due to personal plans that make it impossible for me (Alta) to attend in person. Also, for this month we will meet at 5:00 pm, rather than at 4:30 pm as originally scheduled. So we will meet at 5:00 pm on Monday, September 19th.

Here is more information from Goodreads:

Raised from birth in the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine, Homer Wells has become the protege of Dr. Wilbur Larch, its physician and director. There Dr. Larch cares for the troubled mothers who seek his help, either by delivering and taking in their unwanted babies or by performing illegal abortions. Meticulously trained by Dr. Larch, Homer assists in the former, but draws the line at the latter. Then a young man brings his beautiful fiancee to Dr. Larch for an abortion, and everything about the couple beckons Homer to the wide world outside the orphanage.

Contact me for a link to the meeting (if it is by Zoom) or with questions.

Alta Price

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PACG Book Club for June 2022

5/21/2022

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PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen
Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

We have decided to move PACG Book Club to 4:30 pm on the third Monday of the month (instead of 5:30 pm). We will meet in June but take off July and August. We have also decided to include books with social justice themes relating to women and LGBTQ+ people.

Our next discussion will be Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm. We will read and discuss Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen. This book is especially relevant to those of us in Iowa. I personally worked for marriage equality in Iowa and I'm looking forward to the read!

Here is some information from Goodreads:

"We’ve been together in sickness and in health, through the death of his mother, through the adoption of our children, through four long years of this legal battle," Jason Morgan told reporters of himself and his partner, Chuck Swaggerty. "And if being together through all of that isn’t love and commitment or isn’t family or isn’t marriage, then I don’t know what is." Just minutes earlier on that day, April 3, 2009, the justices of the Iowa Supreme Court had agreed.

The court’s decision in Varnum v. Brien made Iowa only the third state in the nation to permit same-sex couples to wed—moderate, midwestern Iowa, years before such left-leaning coastal states as California and New York. And unlike the earlier decisions in Massachusetts and Connecticut, Varnum v. Brien was unanimous and unequivocal. It catalyzed the unprecedented and rapid shift in law and public opinion that continues today.

Equal Before the Law tells the stories behind this critical battle in the fight for marriage equality and traces the decision’s impact. The struggle began in 1998 with the easy passage of Iowa’s Defense of Marriage Act and took a turn, surprising to many, in 2005, when six ordinary Iowa couples signed on to Lambda Legal’s suit against the law. Their triumph in 2009 sparked a conservative backlash against the supreme court justices, three of whom faced tough retention elections that fall.
Longtime, award-winning reporters Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen talked with and researched dozens of key figures, including opponent Bob Vander Plaats, proponents Janelle Rettig and Sharon Malheiro, attorneys Roger Kuhle, Dennis Johnson, and Camilla Taylor, and politicians Matt McCoy, Mary Lundby, and Tom Vilsack, who had to weigh their careers against their convictions. Justice Mark Cady, who wrote the decision, explains why the court had to rule in favor of the plaintiffs. At the center of the story are the six couples who sacrificed their privacy to demand public respect for their families.

Through these voices, Witosky and Hansen show that no one should have been surprised by the 2009 decision. Iowans have a long history of leadership on civil rights. Just a year after Iowa became a state, its citizens adopted as their motto the phrase, “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.” And they still do today.

Contact me for the Zoom link. (We'll continue to meet via Zoom for now. If the Covid situation improves by September, we may be able to meet in person then.)

Alta Price

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Graduates need health care coverage

QC Unity PridePride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pmand other dates in June

Celebrate JuneteenthSaturday, June 18th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Chip in to support PACG through Birdies for Charity!through Friday, July 1st *

We Want Change! March for Our Lives Rally - Action AlertSaturday, June 11 at 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

June Environmental CelebrationWorld Bicycle Day – June 3rd

June Green Drinks - How Can We Help Our Local Pollinators?Tuesday, June 7th at 5 pm

More Free Covid Tests Available!

PACG Book Club - The Cider House Rules by John IrvingMonday, September 19th at 5:00 pm - Updated

PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen ​Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

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QC Unity Pride
Pride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm
and other dates in June

Celebrate Juneteenth
Saturday, June 18th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Chip in to support PACG through Birdies for Charity!
through Friday, July 1st *

We Want Change! March for Our Lives Rally - Action Alert
Saturday, June 11 at 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

June Environmental Celebration
World Bicycle Day – June 3rd

June Green Drinks - How Can We Help Our Local Pollinators?
Tuesday, June 7th at 5 pm

PACG Book Club - The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Monday, September 19th at 5:00 pm - Updated

PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen
Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm