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The Lane Evans Forum: Putting People First - Saturday October 19th at 1 pm

10/9/2019

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Election 2020: Putting People First  -  
Saturday, October 19th at 1pm

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Augustana College
Denkman Building
Wallenberg Hall 
3520 7th AV

Rock Island, IL 61201 (map)

The Lane Evans Forum

Celebrating the memory and progressive populist legacy of the late Congressman Lane Evans (D-17 Congressional District of Illinois).

Hear and share ideas, messages and principles that will earn votes and support.

Learn how you can be a catalyst for change.

Join us for a dynamic conversation!

Featuring special guests:
  • Representative Jan Shakowsky (D-CD 9 IL)
  • Fred Harris, Former Senator (D-OK) and former Presidential Candidate
  • Jim Hightower, America's #1 Populist
  • Thomas Frank, Best-Selling Author of "What's The Matter With Kansas?"
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RSVP online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-evans-forum-tickets-73484073843
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Juvenile Justice and Jails - 2019-10-05

9/28/2019

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Juvenile Justice and Jails - A Community Forum

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Read more about the event in this informative article in the Quad City Times.
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After Action Report - Civil Rights Forum Met with Rita Hart

8/27/2019

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After Action Report - Crisis at the Border Visit with Rita Hart - 
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Monday, August 19th at 6:00 pm

Civil Rights

The PACG Civil Rights Forum organized a visit with Rita Hart, who is running in the Democratic primary for the Congressional seat of retiring Congressman, Dave Loebsack. Immigration activists from the many organizations in the Quad Cities working on immigration issues met with Ms. Hart to deliver our message, beginning with: "Children do not belong in detention." At the PACG Blog you can read our complete "ask" and some proposed legislation.

We are trying to set up similar meetings with Republican candidate, Bobby Shilling, and Democratic candidate, Newman Abuissa. We will also visit with other candidates or elected officials in both Iowa and Illinois. Contact Alta if you want to participate.

Alta Price
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The Crisis at the Border: Principles and Proposed Legislation

8/22/2019

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The Crisis at the Southern Border: Principles and
Proposed Legislation

Representatives from various organizations in the Quad Cities have been meeting to address immigration issues. Our organizations include Progressive Action for the Common Good (Civil Rights Forum), One Human Family (Immigration Task Force), Quad Cities Interfaith (Immigration Task Force), Quad Cities Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees (QCAIR), the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and the Catholic Diocese of Davenport. Many of us are concerned about the humanitarian crisis at the border. We are opposed to locking up children and separating them from their adult family members.

Principles:

Although we may differ on the problems we address and our proposed solutions, we agree on the following principles regarding the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees who come across our southern border. We call upon all members of Congress and candidates for Congress to consider these principles when devising legislative approaches to fixing the humanitarian crisis at the southern border.

Children should not be locked up in detention centers.

Children should not be separated from their adult family members, or used as bait in immigration enforcement actions.

For-profit private prisons or detention centers should not be used to detain asylum seekers or refugees. Any immigrant in a detention facility should receive adequate food, water, medical care, soap, toothpaste, bedding and access to legal representation. They should be protected from sexual abuse.

Alternatives to incarceration should take priority for families and other asylum seekers who pose no risk to the community. Bring back and expand the Family Case Management Program started as a pilot program under the Obama administration. 

Invest in infrastructure and develop new ways to streamline processing of asylum seekers and refugees. Follow international and U.S. laws on treatment of asylum seekers and refugees and ensure they are treated fairly and receive due process.

Provide aid to countries like Guatemala and Honduras to help them address the problems that cause their citizens to flee their homes.


Proposed legislation on the crisis at the southern border:

Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019 - Would establish immigration judges as independent judges so that they are not under the Department of Justice, which prosecutes immigration cases. Read the details of the Act here.

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2019 - Would require legal counsel for indigent asylum seekers, children, and other vulnerable groups who cannot afford a lawyer. Read the details of the Act here.


For further information:

National Immigration Forum: Working Paper: Addressing the Increase of Central American Migrants, updated May 2, 2019

Migration Policy Institute: Policy Solutions to Address Crisis at Border Exist, But Require Will and Staying Power to Execute, April 2019

Bipartisan Policy Center: Policy Proposals to Address the Central American Migration Challenge, July 26, 2019

Human Rights First: Testimony of Michael Breen, President and CEO, Human Rights First at the Hearing Entitled: “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border” before the House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

                    Note: There are many other pertinent articles at Human Rights First.           

American Civil Liberties Union: Immigrants’ Rights and Detention 

NPR: ACLU: Administration Is Still Separating Migrant Families Despite Court Order to Stop, 
July 30, 2019
 
Southern Poverty Law Center: No End in Sight, October 3, 2018

WOLA: Beyond the Wall: A Campaign Defending Human Rights and Migrants in the Trump Era and Migration & Border Security

                    Note: There are many useful resources at WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America),
                    with up-to-date analyses of new Trump Administration policies. WOLA advocates for
                    human rights in the Americas. 



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Next Civil Rights Forum Meeting - July 21st at 3:00 pm

7/1/2019

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Civil Rights Forum Monthly Meeting -
Sunday, July 21st at 3:00 pm

Greatest Grains
1600 N Harrison St, Davenport IA (map)


Civil Rights Forum

Notice the time change to 3 pm. Greatest Grains is closing an hour earlier.

Join us to hear what's happening in the Auto Theft Accountability Program, in Juvenile Justice, and on immigration.

Most of the time will be devoted to how we can use the Davenport DCAP (Davenport Citizens Advisory Panel) model to end racial profiling in Bettendorf. We particularly need Bettendorf residents to step up.

Learn more about statewide efforts to end racial profiling in this article from the Iowa ACLU. Notice that Davenport is singled out as a leader on this issue.

Alta Price

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Lights for Liberty Vigil

7/1/2019

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Lights for Liberty Vigil - Friday, July 12th at 7:00 pm

Mercado on 5th
5th Avenue and 12th Street, Moline, IL (map)


Civil Rights Forum

A national organization called “Lights for Liberty” is calling for communities around the country to join them in holding an event called:  “Lights for Liberty:  A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps”.  

PACG is a co-sponsor of our local event which will be held at Mercado on 5th in Moline on July 12th from 7 - 9 pm.  See the event Facebook page for more information:  facebook.com/events.

Join us in delivering this very important message!

To find out more about the organization and their plans for this national vigil, you can go to their website - www.lightsforliberty.org

Allison Ambrose

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Lights For Liberty Planning Meeting and Protest Save the Date

6/22/2019

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Lights For Liberty Planning Meeting - Wednesday, June 26th at 1:00 pm and 
Save the Date for the Protest Friday, July 12th 

Planning Meeting Wednesday, June 26th at 1:00 pm at
Chancery of the Diocese of Davenport
780 W Central Park AV, Davenport, IA 52802 (map)
Civil Rights Forum and One Human Family QCA


Dear Friends of One Human Family QCA,
 
As you are probably aware, President Trump has announced that there will be a massive round-up of 2,000 immigrants next week.  We are hearing terrible reports of the already existing horrendous, sub-human conditions in the immigrant detention centers; centers which are already brutally overcrowded and under-served.
 
A national organization called “Lights for Liberty” is calling for communities around the country to join them in holding an event called:  “Lights for Liberty:  A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps”.  The event will take place on Friday, July 12.  To find out more about the organization and their plans for this national vigil you can go to their website - https://www.lightsforliberty.org/
 
The ONE HUMAN FAMILY QCA IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE is taking the leadership in organizing a local vigil to be in cooperation and coordination with the national one.  They will be holding a planning meeting for our local vigil on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 at 1:00 pm at the Diocese of Davenport, 780 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport 52804.  They are asking that everyone who would be willing to share in planning this significant event join them for this meeting!  If you are interested in participating in the planning but cannot attend this time around, let me know and I will make sure that you are placed on the Planning Committee’s email distribution list.  If you cannot join us in the planning but would like to attend the vigil, let me know and I will make sure that you are kept up to date with the details.
 
What is happening in these detention camps is a stain on the soul of the United States of America!  We cannot stand by silently and permit it to continue.  In the words of the philosopher Edmund Burke, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.”  We must never forget that today’s current events are tomorrow’s history.  When the history of these days are written, what will it have to say about the roles each of up played in creating that history.
 
Shalom / Salaam / Paz / Pax / Peace,
 
Rabbi Henry Jay Karp

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Juvenile Assessment Center Training - Monday, June 24th, 2019

6/16/2019

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Juvenile Assessment Center Training - Monday,  June 24th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Do not miss this important training in Davenport at Eastern Iowa Community College (map). Molli Barker, the Executive Director of the Juvenile Assessment Center in Centennial, Colorado, shares her experience and expertise working to address systemic youth issues.

Local leaders are working together to bring a Juvenile Assessment Center to Scott County. Learn more in this June 9th Big Story article from the Quad-City Times.

Download a flyer below. If you have questions call Nicole Mann at 563-326-8221 or email (below).


Registration is required. Email Nicole Mann at nicole.mann@scottcountyiowa.com.
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D-CAP - Davenport Citizens Advisory Panel

6/10/2019

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Civil Rights Forum Meeting - Racial Profiling
Sunday, June 23rd at 4:00 pm

Greatest Grains
1600 N Harrison St, Davenport, IA
(map)

Civil Rights Forum

During our recent Race: Are We So Different discussion circles we heard stories of recent racial profiling by police in Bettendorf. At this monthly meeting, we will update members about the Car Theft Accountability Program and our efforts on immigration, but most of the meeting will be devoted to the issue of racial profiling.

The Davenport Citizens Advisory Panel (D-CAP) has been working on racial profiling in Davenport for about 10 years.  Representatives from LULAC, Quad Cities Interfaith, and the NAACP meet monthly with the Davenport Chief of Police and his command staff to monitor racial profiling. They have had a significant impact on the problem.

Loxi Hopkins and others from D-CAP will give us information we can use to set up citizens advisory panels in other cities in our area. As a resident of Bettendorf, I want to help start a B-CAP! Join us to learn more.

Alta Price
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Volunteer for QC Unity Pride Celebrations

6/3/2019

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QC Unity Pride 
Saturday, June 22nd at 11:00 am
and Friday, June 28th to Sunday,  June 30th

Civil Rights Forum

We Need Volunteers Now! 
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March with us in the parade wearing PACG t-shirts to show our support! We also need help staffing display tables the weekend of June 28th!

Saturday, June 22nd, the parade starts at E 2nd and Warren St in Davenport (map) and crosses the Centennial Bridge to 3rd AV in Rock Island, IL (map).

The Pride Fest Celebration is a street festival beginning Friday, June 28th (map). 
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PACG is a Proud sponsor of QC Unity Pride 2019. Join us to march in the Pride Parade Saturday, June 22nd at 11am.  Meet at Mary's on Second (map) at 10:30 am to get a t-shirt. The parade starts at E. 2nd St. Davenport then proceeds across the Centennial Bridge and ends at 3rd AV Rock Island. 

Pride Fest is the following weekend, Friday, June 28th from 4pm - midnight and Saturday 12pm -midnight. PACG will have a booth there. If you are interested in volunteering at our booth contact Amber Bordolo.

For more information, check this Pride Fest link.

QC Unity Pride week of events are as follows:
 June 22 - Unity Pride Parade 
 June 22 - Parade After-Party
 June 23 - Dinner Cruise (Tickets available now!)
 June 24 - Stonewall Movie
 June 25 - Family Skate Day
 June 26 - Pink Squirrel Pub Crawl (Davenport)
 June 27 - Pink Squirrel Pub Crawl (Rock Island)
 June 28 - Quad Cities Festivals Pageant Queen and King
 June 28/29 - QC Pridefest

Information about additional events is on the QCUnity Pride website: qcunitypride.org.
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