Category: PACG Events

October Hands Off! Happy H0ur - PACG Event

10/22/2023

✋ Hands Off! 🤚 Happy Hour
Wednesday, October 25th at 5:00 pm

Mary’s On Second
832 W 2nd ST
Davenport, IA (map)

Gender Equity Forum

Please join us at our next Hands Off! Happy Hour. Relax and visit with like-minded folks concerned about gender equity issues. Feel free to bring snacks to share if you’d like something to eat. See you there!

Alta Price

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Save the Date - IATF Showing at the Putnam on October 22nd, 2023

9/27/2023

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Save the Date - I Am the Future showing at the Putnam
Sunday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm

Putnam Museum and Science Center
1717 W 12th ST
Davenport, IA (map)

PACG Board We will be working with the Putam to show our I Am the Future video and educate the community about the importance of being activists for civil rights. Look for more information soon. And if you are interested in helping with this fun event, please contact us at qcprogressiveaction@gmail.com.

Glenda Guster

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IA ACLU September Challenge Drop In - PACG Event

9/12/2023

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IA ACLU September Challenge Drop In
Saturday, September 16th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Bettendorf home

Gender Equity ForumWe are working with Iowa ACLU to gather signatures for their September Challenge - Reproductive Freedom for All. Read our blog post here. Drop in to get informational materials and learn how to collect signatures for this important initiative.

Contact me for information about this event.

Alta Price

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QC Women’s Equality Day - PACG Event

8/18/2023

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Celebrate Quad Cities Women’s Equity Day
Saturday, August 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Quad City Botanical Center
2525 4th AV
Rock Island, IL (map)

PACG, QC NOW and AAUW Davenport-Bettendorf

The public is invited to join a Quad Cities celebration of Women's Equality Day on Saturday, August 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island.

Women’s Equality Day commemorates the signing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 granting women the right to vote.

Women who lead in elected office, business, education and the arts will speak. The program will begin at 2:15. All are welcome to stay to socialize and learn about local organizations that support women. Refreshments will be served.

No RSVP is necessary and the event is free.

Quad Cities Women's Equality Day is sponsored by the Quad Cities National Organization for Women, American Association of University Women Davenport-Bettendorf, and Progressive Action for the Common Good.

Susan Leuthauser

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August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles

7/18/2023

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August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles
Tuesday, August 1st at 5:00 pm

Huckleberry's Pizza
223 18th Street
Rock Island, IL (map)

Environmental Forum

Did you know that some of the common plants growing in your garden and yard are edible? Scott County Supervisor Rita Rawson is going to tell us what they are, how to identify them, and how to use them.

Please RSVP here so that we know how many will attend and the restaurant can plan accordingly. at

NOTE: Green Drinks will be meeting at Huckleberry’s Pizza. The restaurant will be closed to the public but will host us as a “Private Party”. Drinks and a limited menu will be available.

Susan Leuthauser

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Save the Date - the 11th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction

7/11/2023

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Save the Date - 11th Annual PACG Picnic and Pie Auction!
Sunday, September 17th from noon to 3:00 pm

Middle Park's Lagoon Shelter
On Parkway Dr (off 18th ST)
Bettendorf, IA 52722

PACG Board

We have started making plans for one of our most popular events of the year - our Annual Picnic and Pie Auction! Save Sunday, September 17th from noon to 3:00 pm for this gathering. In addition, we need volunteers to help with all of the preparation involved. Working on the Picnic Committee is a great way to get more involved with PACG and to make new friends. Please contact our Office Manager, Maggie Davis. We hope to see you there.

PACG Webmaster

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3rd Anniversary of the Racial Equality rally - After Action Report

6/25/2023

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Third Anniversary of PACG's Racial Equality rally After Action Report

Civil Rights Forum

Since George Floyd's murder in 2020, members of the PACG Civil Rights Forum have gathered at noon every Saturday in Moline to advocate for racial equality and justice in our country. This past Saturday, June 24th, we were joined by several other people to mark the third anniversary of our effort. The group remains encouraged by all the passersby that honk, wave and give a thumbs up in response to our weekly effort. This indicates that people still want to have the conversation about race and racial equality in America. You can see more pictures at our blog post here.

That being the case, the Civil Rights Rally will continue indefinitely until racial equality and justice for all are a reality in our society. We welcome anyone who supports these values to join us at noon on Saturdays. There are extra signs, or feel free to bring your own.

Caryn Unsicker

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Pride Month Kick Off - starting Friday, June 2nd

5/23/2023

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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

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Walk for River Rights - PACG Event

4/29/2023

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Walk for River Rights
Saturday, May 13th at 11:30 am

Schwiebert Riverfront Park
101 17th ST
Rock Island, IL (map)

Great Plains Action Society and Cosponsored by PACG and others

PACG has agreed to cosponsor this event organized by Great Plains Action Society, the only active indigenous-led organization in Iowa. This walk across Centennial Bridge is in solidarity with BIPOC leaders who are working to reclaim Rights of Nature for the Mississippi River.

The event Facebook page link is here and repeated below in italics for those not on Facebook.

On Saturday, May 13th, the Walk for River Rights begins at Schwiebert Park (101 17th St, Rock Island, IL 61201) at 11:30AM and closes at 12:30PM at LeClaire Park (400 Beiderbecke Dr, Davenport, IA 52802).

Join leading BIPOC organizers who have converged in the Quad Cities to begin working towards reclaiming Rights of Nature for the Mississippi River. We will walk across the Centennial Bridge in solidarity as one River community advocating for the Rights of the Mississippi River, from the headwaters to the Gulf, and for the rights of all communities whose lives are supported by the waters. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend! A brief introduction and explanation of our convergence will begin at 11:30AM at Schwiebert Park.

The Walk for River Rights is part of The Mississippi River Summit (May 11th-14th, 2023, Quad Cities, IA-IL), a summit centering and advancing the leadership of 40 organizers of historically racially marginalized communities working to protect water, natural places, and sacred spaces. The goal is to build an Indigenous-led coalition from the Mississippi Headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually claim the rights of nature for the entire river system and develop an organized frontline group working to protect the Mississippi watershed and all living beings that rely on it as their home.
Organized by Great Plains Action Society. For questions contact@greatplainsaction.org

*In case the water has not receded by the time of this event, we will adjust our route and end at the Figge plaza

Other sponsors include Sage Sisters of Solidarity, QC Native American Coalition, One Human Family, Nahant Marsh, Partners of Scott County Watersheds, Sierra Club Eagle VIew Group, and Young Lions Roar.

We have included a picture of the route map below. Please join us as we support this important work.

Glenda Guster

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PACG Book Club - "The Round House" June, 2023

4/28/2023

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PACG Book Club - The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Monday, June 19th at 5 pm - hybrid meeting

Edwards Congregational UCC
3420 Jersey Ridge Rd
Davenport, IA (map)

PACG Book Club

Our next PACG Book Club discussion will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting at Edwards Congregational UCC. If you want to come in person, the address is above. If you want to join by Zoom, contact our Office Manager or me for the link. Also, since the church has after-school tutoring until 5 pm, we will be meeting at 5 pm instead of 4:30 pm.

The book is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. Here is a quote from Goodreads about the book:

"One of the most revered novelists of our time - a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life - Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of Love Medicine, The Beet Queen, and The Bingo Palace, Erdrich’s The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction - at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture."

Alta Price

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October Hands Off! Happy H0ur - PACG Event

✋ Hands Off! 🤚 Happy Hour
Wednesday, October 25th at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - IATF Showing at the Putnam on October 22nd, 2023

Save the Date - I Am the Future showing at the Putnam
Sunday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm

IA ACLU September Challenge Drop In - PACG Event

IA ACLU September Challenge Drop In
Saturday, September 16th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

QC Women’s Equality Day - PACG Event

Celebrate Quad Cities Women’s Equity Day
Saturday, August 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles

August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles
Tuesday, August 1st at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - the 11th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction

Save the Date - 11th Annual PACG Picnic and Pie Auction!
Sunday, September 17th from noon to 3:00 pm

3rd Anniversary of the Racial Equality rally - After Action Report

Third Anniversary of PACG's Racial Equality rally After Action Report

Pride Month Kick Off - starting Friday, June 2nd

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

Walk for River Rights - PACG Event

Walk for River Rights
Saturday, May 13th at 11:30 am

PACG Book Club - "The Round House" June, 2023

PACG Book Club - The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Monday, June 19th at 5 pm - hybrid meeting

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✋ Hands Off! 🤚​ Happy HourWednesday, October 25th at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - I Am the Future showing at the PutnamSunday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm

IA ACLU September Challenge Drop InSaturday, September 16th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Celebrate Quad Cities Women’s Equity DaySaturday, August 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

August Green Drinks - Wild EdiblesTuesday, August 1st at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - 11th Annual PACG Picnic and Pie Auction! Sunday, September 17th from noon to 3:00 pm

Third Anniversary of PACG's Racial Equality rally After Action Report

QC Pride Fest - Pride Month Kick Off UpdateFriday, June 2nd from 5:00 pm to midnight andSaturday, June 3rd from noon to midnight

Walk for River RightsSaturday, May 13th at 11:30 am

PACG Book Club - The Round House by Louise ErdrichMonday, June 19th at 5 pm - hybrid meeting

Archives

Categories

✋ Hands Off! 🤚 Happy Hour
Wednesday, October 25th at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - I Am the Future showing at the Putnam
Sunday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm

IA ACLU September Challenge Drop In
Saturday, September 16th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Celebrate Quad Cities Women’s Equity Day
Saturday, August 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

August Green Drinks - Wild Edibles
Tuesday, August 1st at 5:00 pm

Save the Date - 11th Annual PACG Picnic and Pie Auction!
Sunday, September 17th from noon to 3:00 pm

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

Walk for River Rights
Saturday, May 13th at 11:30 am

PACG Book Club - The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Monday, June 19th at 5 pm - hybrid meeting