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Register for the 14th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction (2026)

8/4/2026

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14th Annual PACG Picnic and Pie Auction - Register now!
Sunday, September 13th from noon to 3 pm

Longview Park
(large shelter at the top of the hill)
1300 17th ST
Rock Island, IL (map)


A Message from the Board
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Invite your family and friends to PACG's 14th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction from noon to 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 13th in Rock Island.

Catering will be by A Guy and A Grill in Muscatine. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available.

Tickets prices vary. If you purchase your tickets in advance you save money and we can order the right amount of food. If you bake a pie for our Pie Auction, your meal is free. Registration will close on Wednesday, September 9th.

                                                   
   Register here.

We will offer a limited number of donated tickets. Whether or not you plan to attend, you can donate money for tickets to help someone else. We appreciate your generosity. (If more money is donated than needed for picnic tickets, your donation will be used to continue our work for the common good.)

If you pay in advance and have to cancel before we order a meal for you, we will be able to refund your ticket. Contact us by Monday, September 7th for a refund.


Please bring your own cup, silverware, bowl, and plate so that we can practice good environmental stewardship.

Questions? Need more info? Contact us at [email protected] or call us at 563-676-7580 (no texts).

The PACG Picnic Committee

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Women's Equality Day rally to protect voting rights

7/26/2026

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Women's Equality Day rally to protect voting rights
Wednesday, August 26 from 4:30 to 5:30 pm

the Fountain at
Vander Veer Park
215 W Central Park AV
Davenport, IA (map)


QC National Organization for Women (NOW) and PACG Gender Equity Forum
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Join us on this Women's Equality Day to celebrate the right to vote and to continue efforts to defeat of the SAVE Act. The proposed SAVE Act would require documented proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. It could disenfranchise millions of people, especially women who changed their surname when they married. (Read the SAVE Act Bill here.)

Qualifying under the SAVE Act would require a valid U.S. passport, a certified birth certificate and a photo ID, or a naturalization certificate. Most  importantly for the majority of married women, if your name does not match across those documents, additional paperwork such as a marriage certificate would also be required.

So far, the Senate failed to pass the bill, but President Trump is still pushing for it.

We need people to understand that the SAVE Act is intended to chip away at our right to vote.

So make plans to join us on August 26th. We will have signs for you to use but feel free to bring your own! Bring your friends!

Leslie DuPree and Alta Price (she/her)
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Celebrate Medicare and Medicaid with us! PACG event

7/15/2026

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Happy Birthday to Medicare and Medicaid!
Wednesday, July 29th from 4 to 6 pm

Davenport Public Library
Eastern Ave Branch
6000 Eastern AV
Davenport, IA (map)
 

Healthcare Reform Forum

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Join us for cupcakes and ice cream as we express our gratitude for the Medicare and Medicaid programs that turn 61 years old on July 30th. Save the date and invite your friends to this free party sponsored by the PACG Healthcare Reform Forum, the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, Iowa Citizen Action Network, and others. 

Alta Price (she/her)

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Save the Date for our 14th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction

7/12/2026

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Save the Date - 14th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction
Sunday, September 13 from noon to 3 pm

Longview Park
1300 17th ST
Rock Island, IL (map)
 

A Message from the Board
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We are having our Annual Picnic and Pie Auction on Sunday, September 13th from noon to 3 pm at Longview Park in Rock Island. This is a fun event and we would love to have volunteers who are willing to help out. Join us to connect with old friends and make new ones. To volunteer, email us at [email protected]. Registration will be open soon. We look forward to seeing you there.

David Anderson (he/him)

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Read "A Resistance History of the US"-Of Interest to Our Community

7/4/2026

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A Resistance History of the United States

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This is a good book by historian Tad Stoermer that covers the real history of the resistance efforts that helped to build our current understanding of what a democratic republic should be. Here's the review from the publisher:

An urgent, bracing new look at American history that Ava DuVernay calls "deeply necessary for this moment."

Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past—and how its principles can change our future.

The United States was shaped by resistance—but not in the way we’ve been taught. The Revolution did not secure liberty; it opened the door to either liberty or oppression, where only white men enjoyed all of the benefits and protections of citizenship.

In A Resistance History of the United States, public historian Tad Stoermer shows how from the very beginning, that tension—between the ideals of resistance and the realities of power—has defined America more than the Enlightenment ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Utililizing powerful storytelling to focus on key—and often lesser-known—moments in American history, this book reveals the truth of how resistance movements from Colonial times have opposed the powers that be. Stoermer covers an impressive roster of pivotal movements, with each chapter identifying a key resistance movement and principle meant to inspire contemporary readers, including:
  • Bacon’s Rebellion/Metacomet’s War (1676)
  • Salem Witch Trials (1692)
  • The Black Loyalists (1783)
  • The Underground Railroad (1850)

Through these and many more examples, Stoermer dismantles the mythologies that pass for American history—exposing the curated nostalgia, moral evasions, and institutional silences that have long protected abusive power. What emerges is an essential look at how we can take lessons from the past to understand, and effectively respond to, the injustices we face today.

Cliff Day (he/him)

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Plastic Free July 2026-What You Can Do Now

7/1/2026

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Be part of the Plastic Pollution Solution
Plastic Free July™

Environmental Forum
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Plastic pollution impacts the environment, wildlife and human health. Our everyday choices can be part of the solution to this global problem and make the world a cleaner place. 

Join the global Plastic Free July™ movement and pledge to refuse single-use plastic. Go to this link to make your pledge.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)
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QC Pride Festival-Of Interest to Our Community

5/27/2026

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QC Pride Festival
Friday, June 5th at 5 pm and Saturday, June 6th at noon

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


Gender Equity Forum
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The Gender Equity Forum encourages you to attend the 2026 Quad Cities Pride Festival, sponsored by the QC Pride Alliance. The Festival returns to beautiful Schwiebert Riverfront Park in Rock Island. Celebrate two days of love, community, and unapologetic Pride with live entertainment, vibrant vendors, food trucks, family-friendly activities, and space for everyone to be their authentic selves.

Stay tuned to our Facebook page here for more details, announcements, and exciting updates.

Alta Price (she/her)
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Trans author to speak in Davenport - What You Can Do Now

4/5/2026

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Croken invites trans author to speak in Davenport
Saturday, April 25 at 1 pm


Metropolitan Community Church
2930 W Locust St

Davenport IA (map)

Gender Equity Forum

The Gender Equity Forum is very excited about this event organized by Iowa State Representative Ken Croken to bring in Sheryl Weikal, the author of I Was an Abomination: A Story of Trans Survival in Conservative America. 

We encourage you to come meet this author. (Those of you in PACG Book Club may also want to read the book. Read more about the book at Goodreads.)

Read Ken Croken's news release below.
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Alta Price (she/her)


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CROKEN WELCOMES TRANS AUTHOR TO DAVENPORT

CONSTITUENT NEWS UPDATE
For more information, contact
Ken Croken at 563/940-8439

DAVENPORT, March 30, 2026 In conjunction with other Trans Visibility Day activities on March 31, Iowa House District 97 State Representative Ken Croken announced that he will host a speaking engagement by trial attorney and award-winning author Sheryl Melanie Weikal. The reading and Q&A will be held on Saturday, April 25 at 1:00 p.m. at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad cities, located at 2930 West Locust Street in Davenport, near the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. According to Croken, Weikal’s 2025 release
 I WAS AN ABOMINATION: A Memoir of Trans Survival in Conservative America is a “must read” for all policy makers and people committed to social justice.

Approximately 1% of the U.S. population (2.8 million people aged 13 and older)
identify as transgender, according to a 2025 report from the Williams Institute at UCLA. Of these, it is estimated that about 7,100 live in Iowa. Croken said: “Generally, the majority of Americans support non-discrimination protections for transgender citizens in housing and employment. Yet, the Iowa General Assembly voted to remove these same civil rights protections from transgender Iowans, making Iowa the first and only state to do so. I can only attribute such draconian action to a lack of understanding of the underlying clinical condition, gender dysphoria.

Croken maintains that more exposure to transgender individuals and a greater appreciation of their stories of suffering, survival and success will increase understanding, compassion, acceptance and eventual recognition in the humanity of us all, including transgender neighbors, The April 25 event is free and all are welcome. Contact Ken Croken with questions by email at [email protected] or by phone or text at 563/940-8439.


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Celebrate Earth Month in April 2026

4/3/2026

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Celebrate Earth Month in April
Take Action to protect our planet!

Environmental Forum 
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We celebrate Earth Month in April every year; it is a continuation of the Earth Day movement which started in 1970. The first Earth Day planted seeds of change to protect our planet. Over a billion global citizens have been mobilized to protect planet Earth on Earth Day and every day. Take action to protect our planet! We will be celebrating Earth Day at the "Earth Day Every Day Fair" on May 16th in Davenport. Look for details soon.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)

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Action Alert! Public meeting on Scott County peaker power plant

3/25/2026

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Action Alert! Does Scott County need a Peak Demand gas fired power plant?
Monday, April 6th at 12:00 pm

Rhythm City Casino
7077 Elmore Avenue
Davenport, IA (map)
 

Environmental Forum


Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) submitted a request to the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) for a construction permit to build a peak demand natural gas fired power plant near Maysville in Scott County. The Iowa Utilities Commission is hosting this informational meeting. Come to learn about the CIPCO proposal and bring your questions! Read more about peak demand power plants, and their impact on our health and the environment.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)

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