Category: Dick Fallow Endowment

PACG Holiday Party - After Action Report

12/14/2019

PACG Holiday Party Was A Great Success! - After Action Report
Friday, December 6th at 5:30 pm

German American Heritage Center
712 W 2nd St, Davenport

Thank you to all of the seventy plus people who attended PACG's Annual Holiday Party. We had a great group of people sharing great conversation and fantastic food provided by Maria Lopez.

We also presented the Dick Fallow Social Justice Endowment Grant to Project Renew, an extremely worthy local organization that Dick would have loved. We feel very fortunate to be part of such a fine community.

There are lots more photographs of the event on PACG's Facebook page: facebook.com/PACG-holidayimages.

Thanks again to the PACG Holiday Party Committee - especially to Ann McCluskey - for all the hard work!

Julie Ross

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Apply for a Grant Today!

9/26/2018

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Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Applications Are Being Accepted!
Now through October 16th!

The Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice is accepting applications for its annual grant period. Applications will be accepted between September 16th, 2018, and October 16th, 2018.

The Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice was established in 2013 to carry on the life work of Richard E. Fallow who fought for Labor and Economic Justice, Environmental Sustainability, and Democracy and Human Rights. Each year the Endowment will issue a grant in one of these categories.

The endowment is administered by the Community Foundation of the Great River Bend and managed by Progressive Action for the Common Good. Applicants can download materials to apply for the grant here or on the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Facebook page at www.facebook.com/FallowFund. You may also send an email to FallowFund@gmail.com to request application materials.

Criteria for grant applicants:

Their work must serve the Quad Cities and immediate surrounding areas.
It must be an organization and not an individual.
It must fit under one of the three categories of serving Labor/Economic Justice, Environmental Sustainability, and Democracy/Human Rights.
With some exceptions, the organization has to be locally chartered and not part of a national organization with access to resources not available to smaller, local organizations.
The grant will not be available to partisan organizations.

Once all grant applications are received, beginning October 26th, 2018, a grant selection committee will evaluate all applications and make their decision no later than November 14th. Recipients of the 2018 award will be announced at the Progressive Action for the Common Good Annual Holiday Party on December 6, 2018.

Past grant recipients include Guardians of the Prairie and Forest; Palomares Social Justice Center of Moline, Illinois; the Safer Foundation of the Quad Cities; and Center for Workers Justice of Eastern Iowa.

For more information:

309-738-3196
fallowfund@gmail.com

Tracy Leone
tekurowski@yahoo.com

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What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

3/11/2018

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What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

Get together with other activists to make a difference on an issue. Join one of our active Issue Forums, or start your own Issue Forum. Email one of the facilitators below to get involved.

Civil Rights - DACA or Immigration - contact Margie Mejia-Caraballo
Civil Rights - Restorative Justice or Juvenile Justice Reform - contact Jane Duax

Environmental - contact Shirley Johnson

Health Care Reform - contact Frank Samuelson

Want to start your own Issue Forum? - contact Alta Price

PACG also needs people to work on the following committees:

Picnic Committee - contact Ann McCluskey
Membership Committee (also plans parties) - contact Allison Ambrose
Finance Committee - contact Ann McCluskey
Endowment Committee - contact Renee Conklin
Technology Committee - contact Alta Price

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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!

Susan Meenan,
Picnic Coordinator
sjmeenan964@yahoo.com

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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.

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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Raising Change for the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice

6/6/2017

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Sunday, June 11th, 3 pm
9115 Turkey Hollow Road, Taylor Ridge, IL.

The Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Committee is having a FUN-DRAISER to benefit the Endowment. As many of you know, the Endowment honors Dick's lifelong legacy of championing social justice causes by giving annual grants to deserving local organizations that do the same.

We hope you can join us on June 11th for an afternoon of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and fun, all of which Dick would have loved.

If you can't attend, we'll miss you. Please see the above flyer for ways you can still help further Dick's legacy by donating to the Endowment.

Tracy and Dino Leone

309-738-3196

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PACG Holiday Party - After Action Report

PACG Holiday Party Was A Great Success! - After Action Report
Friday, December 6th at 5:30 pm

Apply for a Grant Today!

Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Applications Are Being Accepted!
Now through October 16th!

What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

August 20, 2017 -After Action Report - Fifth Annual PACG Picnic

2017 Holiday Party - After Action Report

Raising Change for the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice

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PACG Holiday Party - After Action Report

PACG Holiday Party Was A Great Success! - After Action Report Friday, December 6th at 5:30 pm

Apply for a Grant Today!

Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Applications Are Being Accepted!Now through October 16th!

What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

August 20, 2017 -After Action Report - Fifth Annual PACG Picnic

2017 Holiday Party - After Action Report

Raising Change for the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice

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PACG Holiday Party Was A Great Success! - After Action Report
Friday, December 6th at 5:30 pm

Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Applications Are Being Accepted!
Now through October 16th!