Category: Community Events - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

QC Juneteenth Festival - Of Interest to Our Forum Members

5/31/2023

QC Juneteenth Festival
Saturday, June 17th at 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

The Lincoln Center
318 East 7th ST
Davenport, IA (map)

Friends of MLK Center (FoMLK)

The Friends of MLK (FoMLK) organization is proud to host the Quad City Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at the Lincoln Center - TMBC located at 318 E. 7th St., Davenport, IA. from 11 am – 6 pm.

This festival is complete with food and retail vendors; local and national history information; community and resource booths; and fun-filled games and live entertainment for the whole family, this is sure to be an event you will not want to miss. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, we are looking to make this year’s event our largest ever.

We look forward to having you join us as a vendor, volunteer, sponsor or patron for this years festival as we acknowledge and celebrate the Black/African American culture and history. Read the history of Juneteenth and find more information about the 2023 Festival here.

PACG Webmaster

Unity Pride Parade - Community Event

5/29/2023

Unity Pride Parade
Saturday, June 17th at 2:30 pm

Vibrant Arena at The MARK
1201 River DR
Moline, IL 61265 (map)

This Pride Parade is sponsored by QC Pride and will begin at the Vibrant Arena in Moline. From there it 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. We encourage you to line the streets to enjoy the fun! Find more information here.

PACG will have a table at the Pride Party at Bass Street Landing following the parade. Read more about that here, including information about volunteering.

PACG Webmaster

Pride Month Kick Off - starting Friday, June 2nd

5/23/2023

QC Pride Fest - Pride Month Kick Off Update
Friday, June 2nd from 5:00 pm to midnight and
Saturday, June 3rd from noon to midnight

Schwiebert Riverfront Park
101 17th St
Rock Island, IL 61201 (map)Civil Rights and Gender Equity Forums

Quad Cities Pride Alliance, Elle on Main, Rock Island Parks and Recreation and other groups are sponsoring QC Pride Fest this year at Schwiebert Riverfront Park in Rock Island. Read more info here as it becomes available.

PACG is staffing a table on Saturday from noon until 8:00 pm. Volunteers are needed! Please contact Gender Equity Forum facilitator, Carolyn Martin, to volunteer.

We are also staffing a table on Saturday, June 17th at the QC Unity Pride Parade and need volunteers then as well. Look for a future post on volunteering for that one.

PACG Webmaster

NAACP Climate Justice Garden Tour - Of Interest to Our Forum Members

3/28/2023

NAACP Climate Justice Garden Tour
Saturday, April 29th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm

9 Waverly Court
Davenport, IA (map)

NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee

Join us for A Garden Tour at the home of Anna Roorda. All attendees will receive at least one free plant. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP toannaroorda88@gmail.com.

NAACP Water Treatment Tour - Of Interest to Our Forum Members

3/28/2023

NAACP Water Treatment Tour
Thursday, April 13th at 1:00 pm

Davenport Wastewater Treatment Plat
2606 S Concord ST
Davenport, IA (map)

NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee

Join us for a tour of the Davenport Wastewater Treatment Plant on Thursday, April 13th at 1:00 pm. Please contact me to sign up for the tour.

Glenda Guster

"Transgender Day of Visibility" panel - Of Interest to Our Forums

3/17/2023

Transgender Day of Visibility Panel
Friday, March 31st at 5:00 pm

UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!

Clock: LGBT+ Community Center
4106 46th AV
Rock Island, IL (map)

Gender Equity Forum

"Reproductive Freedom Alert" Zoom - Community Event

3/14/2023

Iowa Reproductive Freedom Alert
Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 pm via Zoom

Gender Equity Forum

PACG cannot, and does not, ever endorse a particular candidate for office or ask people to vote for a certain political party. However, there are currently bills in the Iowa legislature that we are very concerned about regarding reproductive freedom.

Get a preview from House Democratic Leader Rep. Jennifer Konfrst of our newest legislation to protect reproductive freedom for Iowans:

When we started session in January we made a promise to listen to Iowans and then focus on the issues important to them.

In the next week, we'll be releasing our plan for reproductive freedom that will give everyone the right to make their own health care decisions, especially when it comes to reproductive care and abortion.

We believe lawmakers have no place interfering in someone else’s decisions about when to start a family. We believe that private health care decisions belong between an individual, their family, and their doctor.

Please stay tuned!

And learn more about the bills circulating by GOP lawmakers that could restrict access to reproductive care.

Register for the discussion on ZOOM at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrdO-rqj8pGdK0U5YiP6aD-GJvhJNX65B7

Watch live on Facebook at: https://fb.me/e/3jwrFDW6B

Marie Gleason

LGBTQ+ Prayer Vigil - What You Can Do Now

2/7/2023

Prayer Vigil for our LGBTQ+ Neighbors
Friday, February 10th at 6:30 pm

Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities
2930 W Locust ST
Davenport, IA 52804 (map)

One Human Family - QCA

Here is a link to an article in Saturday, February 4th's QC Times about how the Davenport police foiled a plot to violently attack the QCA’s LGBTQ+ community. The threat of a mass shooting event has come to our town! There is no underestimating the seriousness of this threat!

This is a time when we need to stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ neighbors. One way is by attending a Prayer Vigil that will be held next Friday (February 10th) at the Metropolitan Community Church, starting at 6:30 p.m. Since the Prayer Vigil has been scheduled at the same time as the Jewish community’s weekly Shabbat evening service, unfortunately, many from the Jewish community will be unable to attend. Please do not take the absence of Jews at the Prayer Vigil to mean that the Jewish community does not care about this issue. The Jews of the Quad Cities stand in firm solidarity with our LGBTQ+ neighbors.

Rabbi Henry Karp
One Human Family - QCA

"Healthy Eating 2023" Community Event - NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee

1/1/2023

Healthy Eating 2023 presentation
Saturday, January 7th from 1:30 to 3:00 pm

MLK Interpretive Center
501 N Brady ST
Davenport, IA (map)

Davenport NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee

Please join us this Saturday for our Second Healthy Eating/Exercise workshop. See the flyer below.

We have also created a calendar with all of our meetings for the year. We meet the first Monday of the month from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. We would love to have your participation.

2023 QC Environmental Film Series - Of Interest to Our Forums

12/11/2022

QC Environmental Film Series
Sundays, January 22nd through March 5th at 1:00 pm

Various Locations

River Action/Singh Foundation

This year the annual QC Environmental Film Series begins on January 22nd and ends on March 5th. Presentations always begin at 2:00 pm. Each Sunday the films will be shown at different locations.

The films were selected this year by a set of youth judges, with hopes of building interest and activism in younger environmentalists. You can buy tickets for individual films for $5 each, or for the entire series of six films for $20. Or, if you want to have even more fun and connection to these activities, you could part of the Film Crew and help sponsor the event and get a season film pass for $50!

For more information visit: http://www.riveraction.org/filmseries

Download a flyer here: http://www.riveraction.org/sites/default/files/2023_filmseries.pdf

Lori McCollum