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Our First Online Fund Drive Was a Success!

9/26/2018

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Working Together: Make America Progressive Again Online Fund Drive 

PACG Message to our membership

Our first Online Fund Drive was a great success! With the matching grants, we raised about $3,800. More importantly, we learned a lot about Facebook and about making videos. Check out our feature videos on the home page of our website, pacgqc.org.

Thanks to all who donated. A special thanks to our Facebook Ambassadors:  Allison Ambrose; Cath Bolkcom; Linnea Crowther; Alta Price; Caryn Unsicker; and Caroline Vernon. We are also grateful to our many donors who give in other ways through the year. We couldn't do all we do without all of you!

Alta Price, Board President
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Toast the Resistance - January 20,  2018 - After Action Report

2/2/2018

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Toast the Resistance - January 20, 2018

On Saturday, more than 40 people came out to celebrate the Resistance on its one year anniversary at Soiree Wine and Martini Lounge in Moline. Many of the attendees were new to PACG and had come to learn more about our organization and about how they could get involved in making a difference. 

Alta Price delivered a "Toast" to the Resistance and everyone interacted discussing the “goods” and the “bads” of the past year. Alta and forum members informed the crowd of the various things being done to advance progressive causes. 

At the conclusion of the event, the various sign-up sheets were full of names. Everyone had a great time and our common thought was that this should become an annual event!

Allison Ambrose
Chair, Membership Committee
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August 20, 2017 -After Action Report - Fifth Annual PACG Picnic

1/25/2018

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PACG Picnic Committee
Longview Park, 1300 17th Street, Rock Island

Great music created by Chris Dunn filled the air as around 90 people gathered for our 5th Annual PACG Picnic this year at Longview Park in Rock Island.  We enjoyed the delicious pulled pork, potato salad, baked beans and other picnic fare catered by Fresh Deli, who also contributed one of several gift certificates won by various attendees during the raffle drawings.

Early on, PACG President, Alta Price, introduced Senator Rob Hogg, who said a few words about something important to us all:  Climate Change.  

​​Later, Renee Conklin and Tracey Leone talked briefly about the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice and how to apply for the annual grant that will be awarded to a deserving, local organization later this year.

And once again, the Annual Pie Auction featured a wide variety of delicious homemade pies donated by progressive volunteers!  

Everybody seemed to have a good time visiting and catching up on things - and there was a lot to catch up on this year!  If you were there, thanks for coming!  If you weren't able to make it this year, we look forward to seeing you at our sixth annual picnic in 2018 - or maybe even sooner at our Holiday Party on Thursday, December 7th, when the Dick Fallow Social Justice Grant recipient will be announced.  Meanwhile, enjoy these beautiful summer days as they turn into fall.  My how time flies!
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Susan Meenan,
Picnic Coordinator
sjmeenan964@yahoo.com​
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April 11, 2017 Event - After Action Report - In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

1/25/2018

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In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
PACG Civil Rights Forum and St. Ambrose at Rogalski Center

On Tuesday, April 11th, the PACG Civil Rights Forum and St Ambrose University co-hosted “In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave,” a panel discussion on racial disparities in the criminal justice system including racial profiling and the mass incarceration of people of color.​

​Betty Andrews, President of the Iowa/Nebraska NAACP, moderated the discussion.  Panelists included the Davenport Chief of Police, Juvenile Court Officers, a Public Defender, the District Director of the Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice Educators, and a Seventh Judicial District Judge, all of whom had extensive professional experience in this area.  They shed light on the inequities in the criminal justice system based on skin color.  Participants were impressed with their degree of expertise as well as their commitment to find solutions to correct this all too common situation.   

Well over one hundred people attended the event.
Judith Morrell
Civil Rights Forum Facilitator
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2017 Holiday Party - After Action Report

12/25/2017

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Front Street Brewery, Freight House, Davenport IA

Over seventy members and friends of PACG attended the Annual Holiday Party on December 7th. The Holiday Party is a time for good discussion and fellowship, and this year's event was no exception.
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A $500 Dick Fallow Memorial grant was presented to the Guardians of the Prairie and Forest. The Guardians will use this grant to fund the bioblitz at Nahunt Marsh they are planning in 2018.

For those who missed the holiday party, this YouTube video of the grant award ceremony provides an explanation of the bioblitz and other planned Guardians activities:
 
https://youtu.be/FCRh4rz-ETY

Cliff Day, Photographer

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