Category: Civil Rights

UPDATE - Race: Are We So Different Tour and Discussion

4/8/2019

Sign up for the “Race: Are We So Different?” Tour and Discussion - Update

Tuesday, April 23rd at 4:00 pm (full)
Monday, May 13th at 4:00 pm (new)

Putnam Museum
1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA (map)

Civil Rights Forum

The Civil Rights Forum is arranging two tours followed by a guided discussion of Race: Are We So Different? at the Putnam Museum. Only 15 people can attend each discussion, and you MUST register to attend. Our April 23rd tour is full.

To register for the May 13th event, click here.

Attendees must pay their own admission to the Putnam, but PACG will pay the fee for the guided discussion.

Alta Price

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Responding to the Many Faces of Hate Symposium - One Human Family

3/25/2019

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Attend the "Responding to the Many Faces of Hate" Symposium - Saturday, April 13th from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Eastern Iowa Community College
101 W 3rd St
Davenport, IA 52810 (map)

PACG Civil Rights Forum

"Responding to the Many Faces of Hate" Symposium
The Civil Rights Forum is promoting this One Human Family QCA event. Please download the flyer below and share this event widely.

From the OHFQC website:
One Human Family has teamed up with some of the best voices in our area to present an action-oriented day of workshops on solutions in the areas of 1) race-based hate, 2) faith-based hate,
3) LGBTQ hate, and 4) immigration hate. Attendees choose 3 of the 4 sessions.

Keynote speaker is Sen. Zach Wahls.

Please be sure to register at this link. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 in advance. Students $5.

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Sign Up for Discussion and Tour of the Putnam - Race: Are We So Different?

3/25/2019

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Sign up for the “Race: Are We So Different?” Tour and Discussion - Tuesday, April 23rd at 4:00 pm

Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA (map)

Civil Rights Forum

The Civil Rights Forum is arranging a tour followed by a guided discussion of Race: Are We So Different? at the Putnam Museum. Click for more information about the event and a link to registration. Only 15 people can attend the discussion, and you MUST register to attend.

Attendees must pay their own admission to the Putnam, but PACG will pay the fee for the guided discussion.

If there is enough interest, we will arrange a second tour/guided discussion in early May. Email Alta if you can't go on April 23rd but want to attend a second tour/guided discussion.

Alta Price

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Contact Your Iowa Legislators About Sensible Gun Control - What You Can Do Now - March 18, 2019

3/18/2019

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Demand Sensible Gun Control in Iowa - Contact Your Representatives!

The bills HJR 13 is being discussed on the House Floor this week. These bills, if passed and signed into law, would eliminate background checks on gun purchases in the state. They will also allow guns to be carried on college campuses, state fairgrounds and school buses.

The House is also discussing HF636 which allows concealed weapons in weapon-free zones, courthouses, and public/private workplaces.

Please contact your Iowa State legislators and demand that these actions be termed "dead for the year." We want sensible gun control for Iowa.

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Iowa Voting Rights! - What You Can Do Now - March 18, 2019

3/18/2019

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Contact Your Iowa State Legislator to Stop Voter Suppression

Iowa Senator Roby Smith has introduced Senate File 575 that impacts Iowan's ability to vote. Read more about it at:

Senate File 575

Call your Iowa State Senator to express your views on NOT restricting the voting rights of Iowans

Senate Switchboard: 515-281-3371

Allison Ambrose

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Immigration Meetings for February 2019

2/3/2019

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Immigration Meetings for February 2019

The PACG Civil Rights Forum is working on its own and in coalition with other community organizations on Immigration. Consider coming to one of these upcoming meetings on Immigration issues:

One Human Family Immigration Task Force - Wednesday, Feb 6th at 1:30 pm
Chancery of the Catholic Diocese of Davenport
780 W Central Park, Davenport (map)
Contact Sister Nancy Miller with questions.

QC Sanctuary Coalition - Saturday, Feb 9th from 10am - noon
the Benedictine Sisters of Saint Mary Monastery
2200 88th Ave, Rock Island (map)
Contact John Dunsheath with questions.

Quad Cities Interfaith - Tuesday, Feb 19th at 6:30 pm
Monthly Task Force Assembly
Church of Peace, 1114 12th St, Rock Island (map)
Contact Aaron Wagner with questions.

Alta Price

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January 2019 PACG Out and About MLK/Civil Rights Week

1/18/2019

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Join PACG Out and About group at St. Ambrose University's Civil Rights Week

St. Ambrose University
2019 Civil Rights Celebration Schedule
St. Ambrose Events (except where denoted *)
Use #SAUCivilRights all week!

Weekend of Reflection and Community Support
Monday, January 21st
9:00 am – 2:00 pm **PACG will have a table at this event**

Martin Luther King Service and Project “FROM WHENCE WE CAME, a celebration of civil rights history.” Service Project goes from 8:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. at KWQC, 805 Brady St. At Sacred Heart Cathedral, a Civil Rights History display opens at 9 am. The Unity Service begins at 11 a.m. followed by a free lunch. Sponsored by P.U.N.C.H, Friends of MLK, and Sacred Heart Cathedral at 422 E. 10th St., Davenport, IA 52803

10:30am - Noon

36th annual MLK Jr. Memorial Service & Awards "Accepting evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
Martin Luther King Center at 630 -9th Street, Rock Island, IL.

Monday, January 21st - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
St. Ambrose University will be closed in observance of the holiday. We invite students, faculty and staff to honor this day by attending weekend or Monday events, and listening to the KALA airing.

KALA Radio 88.5 FM airing of ‘From Atlanta to the Mountain Top’
Noon – 3:00 p.m. - Listen at 88.5 FM or at 106.1 FM; go to www.sau.edu/kala to listen online; or download KALA’s new mobile app(see website for directions).

Tuesday, January 22nd
March to Remember: Silent March – Christ The King Chapel
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Join the St. Ambrose community as we participate in a silent march to commemorate the Civil Rights Movement,
reflect on its impact, and consider what those efforts mean for us today. This year we will meet in the gathering space of Christ the King Chapel to begin our march. From there we will commence our march to Marquette Street, commemorated by the City of Davenport as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Alumni Thomas Mason will share some insights regarding the process for recognizing that designation through the sign project. We will return to campus where participants are invited to join us for hot chocolate and the unveiling of the Hands that Help canvas in the Food Court area of The Rogalski Center.

LGBTQ Laws, Support, & Accountability – Ambrose Hall BeeHive
7:00 –8:30 p.m.
Ric Tennenbaum of Iowa Safe Schools will discuss law that protect LGBTQ folks in Iowa. She’ll discuss the importance and limits of these legal protections, and then consider what we can do in our everyday lives to show up for LGBTQ people. Session will be interactive and very informative.

Wednesday, January 23rd
Courageous Conversations – Rogalski Center - Gottlieb Conference Center
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Courageous conversations are dialogues in which participants commit to engage each other with honesty, open-
mindedness, and vulnerability. This will be an opportunity for members of St. Ambrose and the community to listen deeply to better understand each other’s perspective when it comes to race. Facilitated by: Latrice Lacey, Director of Davenport Civil Rights Commission, and Jennifer Boedeker, Director of Field Education at St. Ambrose School of Social Work. The Kokjohn Fund supports this event as an example of critical reflection and dialogue, which is a core aspect of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

Overcoming Bias through Agility – Rogalski Center – Third Floor Ballroom
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Spark Creative will lead a series of research-based (but still fun!) interactive exercises and debriefs to help us enhance agility in our communications and relationships. We will learn skills to help bring about positive change in others and ourselves. These skills are helpful as we face conversations around race/gender and, also, beneficial in nearly all aspects of our personal and professional lives. Participation is limited, RSVP to diversity@sau.edu required.

Civil Rights and Human Liberties Mass – Christ the King Chapel
9:15 pm
Fr. Thom Hennen and the Campus Ministry staff will highlight the legacy of civil rights and human liberties work
during the weekly student mass. Prayers used will be from the "Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice" that evening. All are welcome.

Thursday, January 24th
Survivor Voices – Ambrose Hall BeeHive
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Survivors of trafficking and other forms of violence and their allies will read poetry to raise their voices against
violence. Sponsored by SAU SAAT, Triota, WGS, Family Resources Survivor Services , Braking Traffik, and the Midwest Writing Center. Ryan Collins of the Midwest Writing Center will MC the event and advocates from SAAT and Braking Traffik will have a resource table with more information about counseling, prevention, legislative advocacy, and volunteer opportunities to help our community stand together against violence and to support human rights in our world. For more information, or to volunteer as a reader, please contact saat@sau.edu.

Community Service Project – River Bend Food Bank *
3:15 – 5:45 pm
Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a service project at the River Bend Food Bank warehouse,
where food is received and distributed to food pantries in 26 Iowa and Illinois counties. We will sort donated items, and pack backpacks with food for school children to take home on weekends via the “Backpack Program.”Carpool transportation will be provided; if you can help driving others, please let us know when you register. Please gather in the Rogalski Center foyer at 3:15 that day. Pre-registration is asked of volunteers, please email Kaitlin Bormann at bormannkaitlina@sau.edu by January 23rd to register.

Typecast Exhibit – Morrissey Gallery in Galvin Fine Arts Center
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Join artist Ben Blount as he discusses the exhibit entitled “Typecast”. Blount’s work explores questions of race and
identity and the stories we tell ourselves about living in America. Truth tellers and rabble rousers in all areas of popular culture inspire his work--from Dave Chapelle and Kara Walker to Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Amos Kennedy. This exhibit will be in the Morrissey Gallery from January 14th - March 2nd. It is free and open to the public.

Movie “The Hate U Give” – Rogalski Center Ballroom (map) 7:30 pm
**PACG Out and About will be gathering at 6:00 pm at Zeek's Island Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St, Davenport IA (map) and then going to the movie together. If you can't join us for dinner, we hope to see you at the movie!**
7:30 –9:00 pm (movie)
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right. Written by Twentieth Century Fox. All are welcome.

Saturday, January 26th
Race: Are We So Different? - Putnam Museum *
10:00 – 11:30 am
Diversity at St. Ambrose will sponsor a limited number of students and employees to attend the traveling exhibit on
Race. This exhibit aims to help visitors of all ages better understand the origins and manifestations of race and racism in everyday life by investigating race and challenging its misconceptions through the framework of science. This insightful and impactful exhibit examines the history of the idea of race and looks at the experience of race in the United States with respect to housing, education and health. The exhibit is open to the public. --St. Ambrose students and employees wanting to attend as a group must, RSVP to diversity@sau.edu.

For more information e-mail us at diversity@sau.edu or follow us on Twitter @saudiversity.
Be sure to use #SAUCivilRights all week!

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Immigration

1/15/2019

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Let's Talk About Migrants at the Border

The Sanctuary Project of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities
3707 Eastern Ave, Davenport, IA 52807 (map)

Please join us for this enlightening discussion of why the migrants are leaving their countries, what are the causes of the problems in their countries, and what is happening at the border. Speakers are Dr. Peter Kivisto from Augustana College and Jody Mashek from American Friends Service Committee. This event is sponsored by The Sanctuary Project of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities.

John Dunsheath
j.dunsheath@aol.com

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Inhumane Treatment Isn't a Partisan Issue - Dispatch-Argus Column by Aaron Wagner

12/11/2018

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Quad Cities Interfaith Organizer Aaron Wagner's Powerful Column in Dispatch-Argus on Asylum Seekers

The Dispatch-Argus published a powerful column by Quad Cities Interfaith organizer Aaron Wagner, who brought PACG and other community organizations and churches together to protest the tear-gassing of asylum seekers on our southern border. Aaron was responding to criticism of the rally. Read the whole column at the Dispatch-Argus.

Here is one of my favorite paragraphs:

All persons of conscience need to conclude that if we have $200 million to spend in deploying troops to the border as a pre-election political ploy (the current White House admitted as much), we certainly have the resources to legally process asylum seekers at the border, to not jail or detain them, and to put resources into providing a path to citizenship for 11 million currently undocumented New Americans.

You can also view television and print coverage of the rally itself at this PACG Blog page.

Alta Price

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Rally in Support of Asylum Seekers - After Action Report

12/7/2018

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Rally in Support of Asylum Seekers - After Action Report

We had a good turnout at the rally in support of asylum seekers on Friday, November 30th at 4 pm. We also had great press coverage! Check it out at the following links:

KWQC

WHBF-TV/KGCW-TV/KJLB-TV

WQAD

Read this story at the Dispatch-Argus.

Thanks to all who came to a cold winter rally in support of Central American asylum seekers who were tear-gassed by our government. We are a land of immigrants, and we demand that our government and ICE treat asylum seekers humanely. We further demand that our government and ICE follow our own laws and international laws that give asylum seekers the right to apply for asylum.

We plan to follow up this rally with meetings with our Illinois and Iowa Senators and Representatives and local ICE officials.

The rally was organized by Aaron Wagner of Quad Cities Interfaith.

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UPDATE - Race: Are We So Different Tour and Discussion

Sign up for the “Race: Are We So Different?” Tour and Discussion - Update

Responding to the Many Faces of Hate Symposium - One Human Family

Attend the "Responding to the Many Faces of Hate" Symposium - Saturday, April 13th from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Sign Up for Discussion and Tour of the Putnam - Race: Are We So Different?

Sign up for the “Race: Are We So Different?” Tour and Discussion - Tuesday, April 23rd at 4:00 pm

Contact Your Iowa Legislators About Sensible Gun Control - What You Can Do Now - March 18, 2019

Demand Sensible Gun Control in Iowa - Contact Your Representatives!

Iowa Voting Rights! - What You Can Do Now - March 18, 2019

Contact Your Iowa State Legislator to Stop Voter Suppression

Immigration Meetings for February 2019

Immigration Meetings for February 2019

January 2019 PACG Out and About MLK/Civil Rights Week

Join PACG Out and About group at St. Ambrose University's Civil Rights Week

Immigration

Let's Talk About Migrants at the Border

Inhumane Treatment Isn't a Partisan Issue - Dispatch-Argus Column by Aaron Wagner

Quad Cities Interfaith Organizer Aaron Wagner's Powerful Column in Dispatch-Argus on Asylum Seekers

Rally in Support of Asylum Seekers - After Action Report

Rally in Support of Asylum Seekers - After Action Report

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