Category: Community Events

Pride in Motion-Of Interest to Our Community

6/9/2026

Discover Pride in Motion

Gender Equity Forum

Pride in Motion calls itself the QC LGBTQIA+ Rec League but it is so much more! Watch this short video explaining who they are. If you want to watch (or participate in) local sports click here. Check out QC June Pride activities here. Find information about their book club here. And they have a fantastic list of local LGBTQIA+ resources here.

Alta Price (she/her)

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Juneteenth Festival 2026-Of Interest to Our Community

6/3/2026

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Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 20th from 11 am to 4 pm

W 2nd ST between Brady and Harrison
Davenport, IA (map)

Civil Rights Forum

The Civil Rights Forum encourages you to attend the 2026 Juneteenth Festival sponsored by the Friends of MLK and TMBC Lincoln Resource Center. The event has been moved to downtown so there is more room for the celebration. R ead more at this Facebook post.

Allison Ambrose

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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

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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Opposition to power plant After Action Report

4/12/2026

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Opposition to power plant After Action Report
IUC public meeting in Davenport

Concerned Citizens of Scott County

Members of the PACG Environmental Forum have been attending meetings and support this group in their opposition to the Natural Gas Power Plant proposed for Scott County. The following is an update on the meeting.

On Monday, April 6th , the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) held a public informational meeting on the Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) application to build a 240 megawatt peaker natural gas plant just outside Maysville in Scott County’s Hickory Grove Township. Peaker plants are designed to fill in when energy capacity is strained. PACG’s Environmental Forum has been attending meetings of the Scott County Board of Supervisors (BOS), those of the Concerned Citizens of Scott County, a group opposed to this plant, as well as this IUC meeting.

This proposal would place the plant on land zoned for agricultural preservation, and the BOS voted unanimously to deny the permit for the plant to proceed after considerable opposition. CIPCO then asked the IUC to overrule this denial. Approximately 135 people attended the IUC hearing, with comments that were both pro and con. Most of the comments in favor of the plant were about job growth, even though these plants typically employ only 6-7 staff. Local citizens expressed concerns about use of this highly rated agricultural land for industrial purposes They also questioned why CIPSO has an option to acquire 90 acres when the plant would only use about 30, leading to questions about the potential for expansion in the future. A
local firefighter expressed concerns about the potential for “incidents” and the fact that nearby fire departments are staffed by volunteers with inadequate equipment to manage an “incident”. They also failed to report that the closest school is John Glenn, which is within 3 miles of the plant, instead reporting that the closest schools are in Eldridge, about 5 miles away. Some residents expressed concerns about decreased property values after the plant is built.

Other concerns were noted about pollution. CIPCO staff showed graphs that predict minimal levels of pollution. However, one PACG member researched this and found that their modeling was based on 15-year-old data. Current data show that peaker plants emit considerably more pollutants than regular natural gas plants because they come on and off-line intermittently. According to the American Lung Association, the Quad Cities air ranks poorly, 43 rd worse in the nation, especially for particulates, which these plants produce. To learn more, we recommend reading the report from Jonathan Turner on the WVIK website. If you’d like to express your opinion to the IUC you can access their website (https://iuc.iowa.gov), on the docket titled:
Generating Certificate – Scott County, IA, # GCU-2026-0001).

Lori McCollum

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Stop Maysville Power Plant - Action Alert

3/25/2026

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Action Alert! Stop State Actions to Overturn Our Win In Blocking The Proposed Power Plant Near Maysville
Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm

Scott County Library
200 North 6th Avenue
Elddridge, IA (map)

Concerned Citizens of Scott County

Join us for this critical public hearing! On February 12, the Scott County Board of Supervisors voted against a proposal to grant a special-use permit for Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) to build a thermal-energy plant near Maysville. At this April 1st meeting you'll find out how the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) and current legislative bills can overturn such zoning decisions.

Susan Leuthauser (she/her)

Linda Golinghorst
Concerned Citizens of Scott County, Iowa

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Civil Rights Legislative Forum - After Action Report

3/30/2025

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Civil Rights Legislative Forum - After Action Report

About 70 people attended the Civil Rights Legislative Forum at the TMBC Lincoln Resource Center on Saturday morning, March 29th. The event was sponsored by the Davenport NAACP, One Human Family, the Civil Rights forum of PACG and the Quad Cities Ministers Association.

In attendance to discuss the impact of civil rights legislation in the Iowa legislature were Representatives Cindy Winckler, Ken Croken and Dan Gosa of Davenport and Senator Mike Zimmer of DeWitt. Representative Ross Wilburn of Ames, a Democrat and member of the Iowa Legislative Black Caucus, joined us and shared his insights. The local Republican members of the Iowa legislature were invited as well but did not attend.

Rep. Wilburn said that the Republicans, having "opened" the civil rights code to remove gender identity, intend to remove sexual orientation in the upcoming session. Rabbi Karp of One Human Family QCA urged us to all come together to protect vulnerable groups, even if we are not a member of that group. We need to stand together if we want to protect LGBT+ civil rights in Iowa!

If you subscribe to the Quad City Times, read their coverage here.

Alta Price

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Progressive calendars of events and actions in the QCA - What You Can Do Now

3/26/2025

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Progressive calendars in the QCA

PACG Forums

Want to explore more ways you can get involved in progressive actions and events in the QCA? We are collecting calendars for our Community Events page! They are posted at the top of the website page, so if you are looking for information about a particular event, you will have to do some scrolling.

Here's the link for the PACG events calendar.

Our friends at One Human Family-QCA started the QC Activism calendar in 2024 and we have put it on our Community Events page. You may add events to this calendar here.

Activist Leslie DuPree, President of Quad Cities National Organization for Women (QC NOW), is single-handedly managing the QC Action Calendar as a Google Document. Her contact information is at the top of it.

Clock, Inc is dedicated to creating a safe and supportive community center, offering vital resources, mental health programs, empowerment, and advocacy for the LGBT+ community to thrive without fear of discrimination. The Clock, Inc Events calendar is here.

MainStream, formerly known as The Real Mainstream, is a progressive, intersectional, LGBTQ+ affirming publication serving Illinois and Iowa, and available online and in print. They have a number of calendars for eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois, including a filter for adults-only and spiritual Sunday gatherings. The MainStream calendar for Quad Cities Events is here.

If you know of other groups in our area who are compiling calendar events and actions, please contact us at [email protected].

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Wold Cultures Festival - Community Event

3/11/2025

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World Cultures Festival
Sunday, March 30th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Rogalski Center
St. Ambrose Univeristy
Corner of Lombard and Scott Streets
Davenport, IA 52803 (map)

Quad Cities World Affairs Council

This year the Immigration Coalition of the Quad Cities will be hosting a table at the World Cultures Festival and has sponsored an Immigrant and Refugee Poetry, Essay and Visual Arts Contest. Come by to experience the many wonderful cultures present in the Quad Cities and to see the contest submissions created by local students.

Allison Ambrose

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Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training - What You Can Do Now

1/24/2025

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Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training
Wednesday, February 12th at 7:00 pm

Metropolitan Community Church QC
2930 W Locust St
Davenport, IA (map)

One Human Family

NOTE: If the schools are closed tomorrow due to weather, this event will move online instead of being canceled. Check the Facebook page in the link below.

PACG encourages any of its activists interested in protest during the upcoming year to take this training from Rev. Rich Hendricks, hosted by One Human Family QC. PACG members at our events need to commit to nonviolence. Learn how to keep yourself safe while participating in the resistance.

Sign up for the training on Facebook here, if possible, or contact me and I'll put you in touch with One Human Family.

Alta Price (she/her)

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"The Children's Hour" film fundraiser - Of Interest to Our Comunity

7/21/2024

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The Children's Hour film presentation
Sunday, July 28th at 3:00 pm

The Last Picture House
325 East 2nd ST
Davenport, IA (map)

One Human Family-QCA and Ken Croken

Iowa State Representative Ken Croken invites you to join him at the second annual film
fundraiser in support of access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Proceeds will benefit Iowa families forced to seek this care in Illinois as a result of the Iowa ban on these health care and related services for children suffering gender dysphoria.

The benefit will be held on Sunday, July 28 at 3 pm at The Last Picture House, located
at 325 East Second Street in downtown Davenport. The private screening will feature
the Academy Award honored 1961 film masterwork, The Children’s Hour. Directed by William Wyler and based on the Lillian Hellman play, the film stars Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, along with James Garner, Miriam Hopkins and Fay Bainter. The Children’s Hour is a groundbreaking classic based on the true story of two teachers whose reputations and lives were destroyed by the lies of a vicious student
accusing the women of a lesbian love affair in a time when such relationships were
considered immoral.

Sadly, there are many in government who still feel this way. Governor Reynolds signed a ban into Iowa law on March 22, 2023 amid GOP claims that the use of puberty blockers and hormones is “inappropriate” and based on faulty science. Nonetheless, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics all recommend providing transgender youth with precisely such medical care. Children will suffer unimaginable and unnecessary depression and anxiety as a result of the Republican misguided beliefs about gender identity. Indeed, some will even die by their own hands. We must do what we can now until such time as we remove from office those who would dictate personal decisions for the children of others.

There is no set ticket price to attend the July 28 event. But a “free will” offering of any
amount will be gratefully received at the door. Checks and credit card gifts payable to
“The Project of the Quad Cities” and cash are all welcome. The theater will have its
usual food and beverage concessions for sale. Seating is limited and reservations are
strongly recommended. Please reserve your seats ASAP by email (preferred) to
[email protected] or by phone/text at 563/940-8439.

All proceeds will be divided between Moline-based The Project of the Quad Cities and
Rock Island-based Clock, Inc. LGBT+ Community Center. Since 1986 The Project has
served the local LGBTQIA+ community with remarkable health care services and the
mission of Clock, Inc. is to provide a non-judgmental, safe and reliable gathering space
for queer youth and others to reduce feelings of discrimination or isolation.
Please join us on July 28!

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Pride in Motion-Of Interest to Our Community

Discover Pride in Motion

Juneteenth Festival 2026-Of Interest to Our Community

Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 20th from 11 am to 4 pm

QC Pride Festival-Of Interest to Our Community

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

Opposition to power plant After Action Report

Opposition to power plant After Action Report
IUC public meeting in Davenport

Stop Maysville Power Plant - Action Alert

Action Alert! Stop State Actions to Overturn Our Win In Blocking The Proposed Power Plant Near Maysville
Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm

Civil Rights Legislative Forum - After Action Report

Civil Rights Legislative Forum - After Action Report

Progressive calendars of events and actions in the QCA - What You Can Do Now

Progressive calendars in the QCA

Wold Cultures Festival - Community Event

World Cultures Festival
Sunday, March 30th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training - What You Can Do Now

Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training
Wednesday, February 12th at 7:00 pm

"The Children's Hour" film fundraiser - Of Interest to Our Comunity

The Children's Hour film presentation
Sunday, July 28th at 3:00 pm

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Discover Pride in Motion

Juneteenth Celebration Saturday, June 20th from 11 am to 4 pm

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

Opposition to power plant After Action ReportIUC public meeting in Davenport

Action Alert! Stop State Actions to Overturn Our Win In Blocking The Proposed Power Plant Near Maysville Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm

Civil Rights Legislative Forum - After Action Report

Progressive calendars in the QCA

World Cultures FestivalSunday, March 30th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training Wednesday, February 12th at 7:00 pm

The Children's Hour film presentationSunday, July 28th at 3:00 pm

Archives

Categories

Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 20th from 11 am to 4 pm

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

Opposition to power plant After Action Report
IUC public meeting in Davenport

Action Alert! Stop State Actions to Overturn Our Win In Blocking The Proposed Power Plant Near Maysville
Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm

World Cultures Festival
Sunday, March 30th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Training
Wednesday, February 12th at 7:00 pm

The Children's Hour film presentation
Sunday, July 28th at 3:00 pm