Civil Rights Forum
Purpose: This forum educates the public, and participates in fun and interesting projects that advance civil rights for all.
Forum Co-Facilitators: Margie Mejia-Caraballo and Alta Price (email Alta for questions or to get more involved)
Meetings: Monthly on the second or third Sunday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, at Cobblestone Place, Davenport, IA (map)
Facebook Group: For more PACG Book Club news, join our closed Civil Rights Forum Facebook Group.
Forum Co-Facilitators: Margie Mejia-Caraballo and Alta Price (email Alta for questions or to get more involved)
Meetings: Monthly on the second or third Sunday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, at Cobblestone Place, Davenport, IA (map)
Facebook Group: For more PACG Book Club news, join our closed Civil Rights Forum Facebook Group.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Juvenile Justice Coalition of the Quad Cities Meeting - Fridays, August 30th and September 13th at 12:30 pm
1411 Brady St, Davenport IA (map)
We meet every two weeks. Come join us if you are interested in justice issues affecting juveniles. We will be discussing ways to raise awareness of Restorative Justice practices in our community. We are working with staff at the Scott County Juvenile Detention Center to educate the community about the Auto Theft Accountability Project. Alta Price, Margie Mejia-Caraballo and Grant Tietjen have all been trained to participate as Community members in restorative justice circles in the project. The local papers recently had interesting articles about the first participants in this new program (read the Quad City Times article here).
We also oppose spending tax payer dollars to drastically expand beds for juveniles in detention or in jail - the money would be better spent on programs to provide alternatives to incarceration. We are planning a community forum for October 5th on this issue. More information will be available soon!
Contact Grant Tietjen to get involved with this group.
We meet every two weeks. Come join us if you are interested in justice issues affecting juveniles. We will be discussing ways to raise awareness of Restorative Justice practices in our community. We are working with staff at the Scott County Juvenile Detention Center to educate the community about the Auto Theft Accountability Project. Alta Price, Margie Mejia-Caraballo and Grant Tietjen have all been trained to participate as Community members in restorative justice circles in the project. The local papers recently had interesting articles about the first participants in this new program (read the Quad City Times article here).
We also oppose spending tax payer dollars to drastically expand beds for juveniles in detention or in jail - the money would be better spent on programs to provide alternatives to incarceration. We are planning a community forum for October 5th on this issue. More information will be available soon!
Contact Grant Tietjen to get involved with this group.
Civil Rights Forum Monthly Meeting - Sunday, September 22nd at 3:00 pm
Cobblestone Place
1212 W 3rd St, Davenport, IA (map)
Due to the closing of Greatest Grains, the Civil Rights Forum will now meet in the Community Room at Cobblestone Place (1212 W 3rd St, Davenport). Please park in the lot behind the building and come in the door into the Community Room. The lobby entrances will be locked. You can call Alta if you have trouble getting in.
NOTE: Time change - We will be meeting at 3 pm.
We continue to work on Juvenile Justice, immigration issues (especially the crisis at the border) and racial profiling (particularly in Bettendorf). Come join us if you care about any of these issues.
Alta Price
563-505-2996
1212 W 3rd St, Davenport, IA (map)
Due to the closing of Greatest Grains, the Civil Rights Forum will now meet in the Community Room at Cobblestone Place (1212 W 3rd St, Davenport). Please park in the lot behind the building and come in the door into the Community Room. The lobby entrances will be locked. You can call Alta if you have trouble getting in.
NOTE: Time change - We will be meeting at 3 pm.
We continue to work on Juvenile Justice, immigration issues (especially the crisis at the border) and racial profiling (particularly in Bettendorf). Come join us if you care about any of these issues.
Alta Price
563-505-2996