Category: What You Can Do Now - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

Give Healthy Food Drive -What You Can Do Now

11/13/2025

Indivisible QC #GiveHealthy Food Drive

Indivisible QC

To all Indivisibles and the QC progressive community:

Collaborating with 50501 and Resisters Unite, today we launch our Digital Food Drive. In partnership with the River Bend Food Bank, Indivisible QC and its sibling organizations call on their networks to give generously to the Food Bank to purchase and distribute healthy food. The Drive will last until January 5, 2026.

Please use the QR Code above or visit our Food Drive Page.

Because the Food Bank procures generous terms for volume purchases of food, your monetary donations may go further than contributing items through direct food drives.

Read more about the food drive at this PACG blog post.

Alta Price (she/her)

Comment on repeal of Roadless Rule

9/17/2025

A Vision for the Planet

Environmental Forum

The Roadless Rule

Are you aware that the current administration is attempting to revoke the Roadless Rule? This law was established in 2001 during the Bush administration by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to protect National Forest System lands. (It has an interesting and political history that is explained here.) It bans road construction and timber harvesting in roadless areas to preserve them from development.

Per Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE):
Rescinding the Roadless Rule would not only increase road construction, but would also support clear-cutting old-growth forests and increase pollution from mineral extraction. According to the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, national forests and other public lands provide the foundation for a $1.2 trillion per year industry that would be harmed by the these industrial activities.

There is currently a period of public comment. Go to Regulations.gov and enter FS-2025-0001 (or click here) and voice your opinion.

This comment period closes on 9/19 but there will be another opportunity in March, assuming this draft passes. You can describe how these roadless areas have benefited you in terms of recreation and hunting, how they reduce the potential for wildfires and help keep our water clean, and how they provide a contiguous area for animal habitat.

Lori McCollum

QC Civic Conversations - Defending the Rule of Law - PACG Event

7/15/2025

The Importance of Defending the Rule of Law
Friday, August 8th at 12:00 noon

Western Illinois University - Quad Cities
Riverfront Hall Room 103
3300 River Drive
Moline, IL (map)

Quad Cities Civic Conversations

The program will focus on the importance of the Rule of Law: current threats to democratic government in the United States, including the rise of authoritarianism, polarization, the spread of disinformation, electoral corruption, advocacy of violence toward political adversaries, and the politicization of independent institutions. It will also explore democracy's defense against these threats through efforts to uphold the rule of law, promote transparency and accountability, protect free and fair elections, counter disinformation and violence, and reinforce safeguards of democratic institutions.

Presenter, Sally Frank, is a Professor of Law at Drake University, primarily in the legal clinic with students representing clients in family law, domestic abuse, and guardianship cases. She also teaches seminars in Women and the Law, Women in the Hebrew Scriptures, and is an activist on many peace, civil rights and civil liberties issues.

Everyone is welcome. Thanks to an anonymous donor, a box-style lunch will be available at no charge to the first fifty pre-registered attendees on a "first come, first served" basis.

Please RSVP. Individual registration by name and email address are necessary for each attendee.

Questions regarding food should be addressed to [email protected] at least three days prior to the event.

Gail Karp
[email protected]

Go Plastic Free in July - What You Can Do Now

7/2/2025

Be part of the solution - Plastic Free July

Environmental Forum

Plastic Free Foundation

Join the Plastic Free July Movement. Be part of the solution to beat plastic pollution. Here are some tips and ideas to reduce plastic waste. Take a look at this link to learn what you can do!

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)

July 2025 Green Drinks-RI WER Tour PACG Events

6/27/2025

July Green Drinks - Tour Rock Island's West End Revitalization
Thursday, July 10th at 5:00 pm

Martin Luther King Center parking lot
630 9th Street
Rock Island IL (map)Environmental Forum

The Rock Island West End Revitalization (WER) initiative has made significant strides to grow this historical neighborhood. Improvements made to Rauch Family Park and Franklin Field made these sites more user friendly to the community. Avery Pearl, WER Coordinator will lead us on a tour of these areas.

The tour will begin from the Martin Luther King Center Parking Lot. We will be driving to some of the sites. Bring a friend.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)

Chip in to support PACG in "Birdies for Charity 2025" - A Message from the Board

6/4/2025

**Support PACG through Birdies for Charity 2025**

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A Message from the Board

Birdie #2363 - Donate Here

Chip in for a chance to win in 2025!

Once again, this year PACG is participating in the John Deere Birdies for Charity drive! The John Deere Classic runs from June 30th through July 6th this year. Here is some information from the Birdies for Charity website about what this means for us:

When you chip in to help area charities, you could win! But your favorite charity will be the real winner. That’s because participating charities receive 100% of the donations pledged to them in this program, plus a bonus from the Birdies for Charity Bonus Fund which is a guaranteed 5% match.

John Deere Classic week is always exciting. Not just for the tournament, but also for what the tournament means for charities. Since 1971, the John Deere Classic has delivered over $159 million to regional charities, most of it through its innovative Birdies for Charity program. No other event on the PGA TOUR does it better - and it's the generous and hardworking nature of this area that makes it happen!

Progressive Action Update readers, you can win a two-year lease on a new car by submitting your pledge donation by June 27th!

And whatever you give to PACG through Birdies for Charity increases your donation by 5% through their generous matching offer.

Click this link (or the button above) to donate online to PACG! Our "Bird" is #2363. (Birdies for Charity is aware of a compatibility issue with Internet Explorer and recommends using Chrome, Safari, or Firefox when processing your donation. If you have questions or experience difficulties, contact them at [email protected]).

If you want to send a check, use a pledge form (or download the 2024 Simplified Pledge Form at the top of this page). Make your check out to Birdies for Charity and send it to 15623 Coaltown Rd, East Moline, IL 61244. Make sure to fill in Progressive Action for the Common Good as the Charity Solicited For and 2363 as the Bird Number.

Important dates:
Friday, June 27th: Pledges and Guesses for the Grand Prize Contest are due.
June 30th through July 6th: John Deere Classic Tournament Week

Ann McCluskey
Treasurer, PACG

!3th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction on June 29th, 2025 - PACG Event

5/27/2025

Register for the PACG 13th Annual Picnic and Pie Auction
Sunday, June 29th from noon to 3 pm

Fejervary Park
Shelter 1
1800 W 12th ST
Davenport, IA (map)

A Message from the Board

Invite your family and friends to PACG's Thirteenth Annual Picnic and Pie Auction from noon to 3:00 pm on Sunday, June 29th in Davenport.

The Picnic Committee is still working out the catering details but we always offer both vegetarian and gluten-free options of food.

Tickets are $15 per person and $30 per family. But if you bake a pie for our Pie Auction, your meal is free. Register for the event here.

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 563-676-7580

Pride Month 2025 - What You Can Do Now

5/23/2025

Pride Month 2025 in the Quad Cities

Gender Equity Forum

As usual, our friends at Clock, Inc are doing great work listing various Pride events in the Quad Cities. This link to their website will continue to be updated. As of now they begin on May 28th with the acceptance of the City of Davenport's Pride Proclamation.

There are also a lot of Community Calendars that PACG links to on our website. Check those for other activities.

Clock, Inc was one of the recipients of the Dick Fallow Endowment for Social Justice that we presented at our Annual Holiday Party in December of 2025. Their work is important for our LGBTQ+ community.

Visit their website here and sign up for their newsletter at the bottom of the page.

Alta Price (she/her)

Get an Easy A! - Of Interest to Our Community

5/9/2025

Do ya wanna Easy A?

Red Wine and Blue

Red Wine and Blue has created Easy A: Meaningful Actions in 5 Minutes or Less regarding the issues you care about.

Their most recent action is Spotting and Stopping Disinformation.

We all need accurate information to make informed decisions. We're exposed to information from various sources every day. Find out how you can spot and stop the spread of misinformation from this blog post.

Other topics offered include:
Modern Day Voter Suppression in America
The History of Voting Rights in America
The Right to Read
A New Era of Fighting Book Bans
The Costs of Conflicts
and much more!

Sign up for future Easy A's as they become available here.

Celebrate Earth Month in April - What You Can Do Now

4/7/2025

Celebrate Earth Month every April - Take action to save the planet

Environmental Forum

It's up to us to protect our planet. We all need to do our part. It's not too late to start. Take action today and every day.

We will be celebrating Earth Day at the Farmers Market in Davenport, IA on Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm so mark your calendars and join us then.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)