Everyday people are a powerful force for justice.
Since 1975, Iowa CCI has organized to build the power of everyday people in Iowa’s rural towns and big cities.
Iowa CCI members create change through grassroots organizing, educating, and mobilizing on issues that impact our communities the most. Together, we work to put people and planet first by stopping factory farms and CO2 pipelines, ending racial profiling and anti-immigrant legislation, and winning bold action on climate change, safe and dignified housing, and clean water for everyone.
No matter where we come from, where we live, or what we look like, we need policies and an economy that serve the public good, not corporations and the wealthy few who rig the rules in their favor.
When we say “everyday people,”
we mean all of us who are hurt by corporations and the wealthy few: poor people, working-class people, professionals, small business owners, family farmers, and unemployed people. We mean Black, White, Latinx, Asian, and Native people. We mean students, retired people, and people with disabilities. We mean women, men, transgender and gender non-conforming people. We mean straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people. We mean citizens and immigrants, native and new Iowans.
We’re a statewide group of Iowans who believe that:
Policymaking is the people’s business. It shouldn’t be done behind closed doors by politicians and corporate donors who rig the rules in their favor.
The people most directly impacted by an issue should be in the driver’s seat. We should be the ones making decisions, crafting solutions, and taking action.
We’re all in this together. Our health and well-being is connected, and we can accomplish more together than we can alone.
In short, we believe democracy should work for all of us, no exceptions. To make the changes that we want to see for ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities, we need to work together.
Stay Connected
Iowa CCI organizes for justice with thousands of Iowans across the state every year. Members are building the multi-racial, multi-generational, multi-gendered movement we need to make Iowa a better place to live for all of us, no exceptions.
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Your Membership Builds the Movement
The best way to help win a better Iowa is to join in. Your membership contribution gives Iowa CCI the power, support, leadership, and lived experiences that drives our bold policy solutions. Through timely alerts, meetings with decision makers, and more, joining Iowa CCI as a member gives you opportunities to make your voice heard loud and clear on issues you care about most.
Find an Event
Find ways to take action across the state on issues you care about. Whether it’s a Zoom informational meeting about upcoming legislation or a safely socially-distanced action where you can raise your voice, Iowa CCI events are a great way to make change (and make friends!).
"CCI gives people hope. I have never found an organization that gives so many ordinary people purpose and a way to really and truly stand up and be counted in the fight for justice. ”
-Mary Clover, Iowa CCI member, Marshalltown, IA
Iowa CCI proudly recognizes a staff bargaining unit affiliated with the Communications Workers of America.
