DES MOINES — Hundreds of Iowa CCI members from across the state will convene in Des Moines on Oct. 2-3 to celebrate the organization’s 40 year history of putting People and Planet First.
The event is a crossroads of critical environmental, racial, and economic movements during a pivotal political moment in Iowa and across the nation, the Iowa Caucuses. Register for the event at bit.ly/1KhcDLG. The seven guest speakers include:
The Rev. William Barber: National NAACP board member who unifies folks across race, class, gender and labor lines to push for racial and economic justice.
Jim Hightower: National radio commentator, writer, and public speaker whose brand of fiery and funny truth telling has riled up tens of thousands of people across the country.
Sally Kohn: CNN political pundit and columnist for the Daily Beast who bring a hilarious and populist punch to her analysis of how we can move forward as a nation.
Brendan Smith: Ocean farmer and climate activist who co-founded the Labor Network for Sustainability.
Alicia Garza: Co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter and staffer for National Domestic Workers Alliance whose words launched a international movement for racial justice
Bree Carlson: Structural Racism Program Director at National People's Action who played a pivotal role in developing their "People and Planet First" Agenda.
Ken Zinn: Political Director of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States.
The event is from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Oct. 2 with keynote from the Rev. William Barber. On Saturday, the keynote Jim Hightower from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will be at the Holiday Inn Airport-Des Moines, 6111 Fleur Drive.
Iowa CCI is a statewide, grassroots people’s action group that uses community organizing to win public policy that puts communities before corporations and people before profits, politics, and polluters.
For more information, visit www.iowacci.org.