Iowa Peace Network

10/03/2026

Presentation on volunteer trip to Masafer Yatta, West Bank
Sat., Oct. 17, Iowa City

Cassandra Dixon will be presenting on her volunteer experience with an international organization in Masafer Yatta, West Bank (Palestine). Her work involved protective accompaniement to schoolchildren and farmers, standing in solidarity with Palestinians who engage in nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation. Masafer Yatta is the community featured in the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary, "No Other Land."

2:30 refreshments, 3 pm presentation

Robert E. Lee Rec Center, Room A; 2205 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City

10/03/2026

Oct 17: No Kings. Vote early! Follow the links to see location of events. Bring friends. Remind your family and friends to vote and make a plan. Early voting in Iowa starts Oct 14. Please vote for representatives who will end the Iran war and all violations of human rights! https://www.nokings.org/?

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're above accountability — it belongs to the people, but only if we use it.

10/03/2026

Get Out the Vote! With AMOS, Sun., Oct. 11, Des Moines

Brief training provided before each nonpartisan walk begins
Locations:
10/11- St. Paul AME at 2:00 pm
10/18- Trinity Las Americas UMC at 2:00 pm
10/25- Community of Christ (Penn. Ave) at 3:00 pm

Email IPN ([email protected]) to receive directions on how to RSVP. (Also need to have a Google account to RSVP).

09/26/2026

After the Supreme Court declined to restrain the Trump administration’s ending of Temporary Protected Status, advocates fear for refugee families.

09/26/2026

Tell Congress: Sign the Dream and Promise Act Discharge Petition

For months, the Trump administration has carried out the largest effort in modern U.S. history to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Immigration agents continue to shoot and kill our neighbors. Employers are being forced to lay off hundreds of thousands of TPS holders....

09/26/2026

Tell Congress: Take Back $240 Billion in Mass Deportation Funding.

Since Trump took office, ICE has shot and killed 11 people. More than 50 people have died in ICE detention. You can draw a direct line from this violence to the billions Congress and this administration are spending to supercharge ICE and CBP’s operations.  

09/24/2026

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-locking-children-in-detention/?source=group-people-power-united&referrer=group-people-power-united&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.peoplepowerunited.org%2F

A nation that claims to value children does not put them in cages. In less than 14 months of President Trump's second term, ICE detained more than 6,200 children -- including at least 500 babies and toddlers. More than 1,600 children were held beyond the court-set 20-day limit on child detention. On...

09/23/2026

09/23/2026

The Vote is Sacred - Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and Action

Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 PM, Des Moines
Grace United Methodist Church, 3700 Cottage Grove Ave.

Wednesday, October 7, 11:45 AM, Grinnell
Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Grinnell College, 1115 8th Ave. The Vote is Sacred Pizza Party! Students and everyone welcome!

Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 PM, Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1340 3rd Ave SE.

09/21/2026

Mon., Sept. 21

Des Moines: Monday, September 21 at 5:30 PM

Celebration of International Day of Peace

"Invest in Peace for Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day" is the theme for the observance.

The Peace Garden at Cowles Commons, 221 Walnut St., downtown Des Moines; (Rain location: Capitol Hill Lutheran Church, 511 Des Moines St.)