Category: PACG Parties - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

Toast the Resistance - After Action Report

3/4/2019

Toast the Resistance - After Action Report

On February 23rd, close to 50 people attended our 2nd Annual Toast the Resistance party. We celebrated the RESISTANCE at The Key restaurant in downtown Davenport. Many of the attendees were new to PACG and had come to learn more about our organization and about how they could get involved in making a difference.

Allison Ambrose delivered a "Toast" to the Resistance and membership awards were given for "Most Active New Resister” - Deb Sperry; "Worker Bee Resister” - Susan Meenan; "Behind the Scenes Resister” - Jeannie Price; and, the "Successful Forum Event" award went to the Environmental Forum for the Renewal Energy Conference they presented in November.

The energy in the room was at a high level while everyone discussed with each other the “goods” and the “bads” of the past year. Forum facilitators informed the crowd of the various things being done to advance progressive causes and the PACG Book Club publicized their activities. Those in attendance were encouraged to sign up for a forum and/or the book club.

At the conclusion of the event, the various sign-up sheets were full of names. Everyone had a great time! Cheers!

Toast the Resistance 2019 Register Now

2/2/2019

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Save the Date: Toast the Resistance!

1/28/2019

Save the Date: Toast the Resistance
Saturday, February 23, 2019 4:30 - 6:30 pm

the Key
Union Arcade Building
229 Brady Street
Davenport IA (map)

PACG Message to Our Membership

The year has gotten off to a great start with PACG being active in many progressive issues!

I want you to know how much we appreciate your involvement in our endeavors and invite you to an event on February 23rd!

We will be holding our 2nd Annual "Toast the Resistance" party at one of Davenport's newest restaurants: The Key, in the Union Arcade building from 4:30 to 6:30. This is not only a celebration of all that "the Resistance" has been able to accomplish since 2017, but acts as a membership drive and member appreciation event as well.

We have lots of fun things planned, and I challenge each of you to bring one new potential PACG member to the event. Our causes can be aided by numbers!

Look for more details in future weekly email updates as well as on social media, but for now, SAVE THE DATE: February 23rd, from 4:30 - 6:30. I look forward to seeing you all there!

Allison Ambrose
PACG Board President

Holiday Party Was Another Success!

12/17/2018

2018 PACG Holiday Party - After Action Report

Over 70 people sat down to a potluck dinner on December 6th at the Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG) Holiday Party at Cobblestone Place in Davenport. More than 26 PACG memberships were renewed or started and many more friendships were formed or deepened during our annual dinner.

The PACG Holiday Dinner is also the platform to announce The Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justices annual grant awards. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad-Cities and the Teamsters Community Action Network (TeamCan) both received awards to support their work in the QC Community.

The Reverend Jay Wolin of the UU Congregation of the QC accepted the award for the Sanctuary Team and said that they will use their award to hold events to educate the public about immigration policy and the Sanctuary Movement.

Jesse Case, President of the TeamCan Network, accepted their award. TeamCan will use their award to broaden their networks to distribute locally grown organic food to people in eastern Iowa who are food insecure.

The Dick Fallow Endowment was established in 2013 to carry on the life work of Richard E. Fallow, local activist and union member. Each year, the Endowment issues grants to organizations that fulfill his mission by working in the areas of labor / economic justice, environment / sustainability and/or democracy/ human rights.

Greg Coleridge, Outreach Director of Move to Amend, also talked about amending our Constitution to establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. He encouraged all those who attended to sign a petition reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

The PACG Holiday Committee thanks you for coming and for celebrating another busy year:
Allison Ambrose, Margie Mejia Caraballo, Susan Meenan, Janice Williams, Caryn Unsicker, and Ann McCluskey.

If you have not done so already please sign up here for the PACG weekly email update to keep on top of our activities for 2019.

Happy Holidays and may you all have a busy 2019 fighting for social justice.

Ann McCluskey
mccluskeyam@gmail.com

Register NOW for Our Upcoming Annual Holiday Party!

11/10/2018

Annual PACG Holiday Party/Potluck - Thursday, December 6th 5:30 pm

Cobblestone Place
1212 W. 3rd St., Davenport (map)

Hi Folks!
Our annual PACG Holiday Party/Potluck will be on Thursday, December 6th, from 5:30 to 8 pm in the 1st floor Community Room at Cobblestone Place.

We promised you more information this week, so here it is!

We are having Fresh Deli cater the entrees: beef pot roast; chicken and rice casserole; and vegetarian polenta. We will provide coffee, iced tea and water. You can bring a salad, hors d’oeuvres, or dessert to share if you like. There is no admission charge - this is PACG's holiday gift to you, our members and supporters.

A $10 annual membership renewal form will be available if you want to renew your membership to PACG. And if you have them, please bring gently used books for the adults and/or children who are residents of Cobblestone Place in lieu of food pantry donations this year.

You'll get to watch us award this year's Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice Grant to a worthy local recipient (or two), and you'll get to catch up on everything with old and new progressive friends!

So please follow this link to register for the holiday fun! This will help us know how much food to order. We look forward to seeing you on the 6th!

Sincerely,

Your PACG Holiday Party Committee
Allison Ambrose, Ann McCluskey, Caryn Unsicker
ibcaryn@yahoo.com

PACG Annual Picnic and Pie Auction!!

9/16/2018

Our 6th Annual PACG Picnic & Pie Auction is today, Sunday, September 16th, from noon to 3pm at Fejervary Park Shelter 1 (just west of the Putnam on the bluff) in Davenport. Join us for juicy pulled pork, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, and both vegetarian and meat lasagna and watermelon all catered by Fresh Deli. If you have a favorite dessert, you can bring it to share (optional).

There will be music by Chris Dunn and all kinds of fun things to do, too. Buy tickets to win our 50/50 raffle, and win prizes in our ice breaker game. You can buy PACG t-shirts and compete for the delicious donated pies in our Annual Pie Auction. Don’t forget that pie bakers attend for free!

Finally, just come and have fun with other like-minded progressives. There’s a playground right by us, so bring your kids and grandkids, too.

Tickets are $10 per person or $25 for families (Kids under age ten are free) and you can click right here to register now. If you don’t want to use a credit card online, just put “pending” where it asks for payment and pay at the door.

We very much look forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

The PACG Picnic Committee (click to email us about the Picnic):
Allison Ambrose, Ann McCluskey, Susan Meenan, Margie Mejia-Caraballo and Caryn Unsicker

What You Can Do Now - Get Active on an Issue

3/11/2018

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

Toast the Resistance - January 20, 2018 - After Action Report

2/2/2018

Toast the Resistance - January 20, 2018

On Saturday, more than 40 people came out to celebrate the Resistance on its one year anniversary at Soiree Wine and Martini Lounge in Moline. Many of the attendees were new to PACG and had come to learn more about our organization and about how they could get involved in making a difference.

Alta Price delivered a "Toast" to the Resistance and everyone interacted discussing the “goods” and the “bads” of the past year. Alta and forum members informed the crowd of the various things being done to advance progressive causes.

At the conclusion of the event, the various sign-up sheets were full of names. Everyone had a great time and our common thought was that this should become an annual event!

Allison Ambrose
Chair, Membership Committee

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

1/25/2018

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

Toast the Resistance - January 20, 2018

1/25/2018

PACG is having a Toast the Resistance party, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Women’s March, and to commit to growing the resistance in 2018. Recruit a friend you think should join PACG to come to the party. Come yourself and make a commitment to do more in 2018.

The party is on Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 5 to 7 pm at Soiree Wine & Martini Lounge, 1516 5th Ave, Moline. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and a free drink will be provided. Space is limited, so you and your friend must register in advance to reserve your spot.

Download the flyer at the link below the image. Use it to send or hand to your friend to invite them to the party.

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