Community Briefs for Monday, March 1, 2021
Catch up on news items about progressive and intersectional groups, businesses and people...
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Category: News and Features
Community Briefs for Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021
IOWA The Garden Nightclub continues preparation for its new location at 525 E. Grand Ave. in Des...
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Burst of events provides intersectional end to Black History Month
St. Louis is filled with nationally significant Black History: it’s where Dred Scott and his...
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Groups ramp up, seek help, to fight Iowa’s anti-LGBTQ bills
DES MOINES — If you’d like to join the fight against a rash of anti-LGBTQ bills...
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Progressive businesses across Iowa buck #COVIDKim, recommit to facial coverings
IOWA — Progressive and LGBTQ-identified establishments across Iowa are making their distaste...
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Black History Month events, nationwide Farm Sanctuary celebration top this month’s calendar
A vibrant, diverse and thoughtful Black History Month lies ahead for Iowa and Illinois, with the...
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Key City Pride in Dubuque moves forward with diverse tone starting Feb. 6
DUBUQUE — Key City Pride is moving forth with at least five months of events through June,...
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From Willis & Rainey to MLK Youth Summits: A week filled with timely events
Sandwiched between the historic attempted insurrection two weeks ago and the coming Presidential...
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“Kindness Queers,” “queerantine kits” brighten LGBTQIA youths’ lives during pandemic
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — When Anna Peters and her business partner at the Art Coop began to think...
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Social justice pioneer Kesho Scott resumes outreach to small Iowa communities
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s been eight months since George Floyd’s death triggered nationwide...
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