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SUMMARY:7.25.26 Building the Iowa We Need - CCI Action Ann
 ual Convention
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p class="
 x"><span style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans
 -serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><img alt=
 "" src="https://iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/sites/def
 ault/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/CCI20
 26_1080x1080.png" style="float: right\; width: 500
 px\; height: 500px\; margin-left: 10px\; margin-ri
 ght: 10px\;" />Register today for the CCI Action c
 onvention on Saturday\, July 25! It’s our annual e
 vent that brings together the CCI community from a
 cross the state\, and across issue campaigns —rura
 l and urban\, young and old\, newly activated and 
 seasoned leaders.</span></span></p>\n \n <p><span 
 style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"
 ><span style="font-size:18px\;"><b>Our convention 
 </b>is the one time of year where the CCI Action c
 ommunity (that's you!) gathers from across the sta
 te and across issue campaigns to connect\, celebra
 te\, learn\, strategize\, and reenergize for the w
 ork ahead -- <i>including</i> this year’s midterm 
 elections. </span></span></p>\n \n <p><span style=
 "font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span
  style="font-size:18px\;"><b>Join us Saturday\, Ju
 ly 25 to: </b></span></span></p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li>
 <span style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-se
 rif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><b>celebrate
 </b> our incredible momentum<i> for</i> public sch
 ools and <i>for </i>protecting our water and healt
 h\,</span></span></li>\n 	<li><span style="font-fa
 mily:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="
 font-size:18px\;"><b>strategize</b> how we keep bu
 ilding these campaigns and ensure elections are ab
 out <i>us</i>\, our people and our issue solutions
 \,</span></span></li>\n 	<li><span style="font-fam
 ily:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="f
 ont-size:18px\;"><b>hear</b> <b>from inspiring spe
 akers</b> (big announcement on that next week!)\,<
 /span></span></li>\n 	<li><span style="font-family
 :Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font
 -size:18px\;"><b>attend</b> <b>workshops</b> to de
 epen our knowledge and build our skills\, and</spa
 n></span></li>\n 	<li><span style="font-family:Ari
 al\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-siz
 e:18px\;"><b>be in community! </b>Re-connect and m
 eet new people who care about the same issues as y
 ou.</span></span></li>\n </ul>\n \n <p><span style
 ="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><spa
 n style="font-size:18px\;"><b>This year's theme is
  BUILDING THE IOWA <u>WE</u> NEED.</b></span></spa
 n></p>\n \n <p><span style="font-family:Arial\,Hel
 vetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\
 ;">The election is critically important. And our e
 ye is on the prize of the long-term\, transformati
 ve changes we need.</span></span></p>\n \n <p><spa
 n style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\
 ;"><span style="font-size:18px\;">It's been hard t
 o watch as lawmakers have spent the last decade te
 aring down years of hard-fought progress one brick
  at a time. <i>And</i> in this we have real opport
 unity to re-envision and rebuild a much better Iow
 a and country.</span></span></p>\n \n <p><span sty
 le="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><s
 pan style="font-size:18px\;">But we have to grab a
 nd build power for us and our communities\, and we
  want to do it <i>together. </i></span></span></p>
 \n \n <h3><span style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetic
 a\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><a
  data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://iowacci.o
 urpowerbase.net/civicrm/mailing/url?u=79811&qid=15
 430686" id="OWAd4ddfdb6-0534-0bcd-52f4-9044033ef2c
 e"><u>Click here to register today! $25 early-bird
  registration includes speakers\, workshops\, lunc
 h and more.</u></a></span></span></h3>\n \n <p><sp
 an style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif
 \;"><span style="font-size:18px\;">Whether you're 
 a longtime CCI Action member\, newly engaged in ou
 r work\, or looking for a boost of inspiration in 
 this moment - this event is for you!</span></span>
 </p>\n \n <p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span 
 style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"
 >(Stay tuned: Keynote speaker announcement and wor
 kshop details soon.)</span></span></p>\n \n <p><sp
 an style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-fami
 ly:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>The bas
 ics:</strong></span></span></p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li>\
 n 	<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="
 font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;">Saturd
 ay\, July 25\, 9am – 3:30pm<br />\n 	(Coffee & reg
 istration begin at 9am)</span></span></p>\n 	</li>
 \n 	<li>\n 	<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><spa
 n style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\
 ;">Grandview University - Henning Student Center<b
 r />\n 	(2811 E 14th St\, Des Moines\, Iowa 50316)
 </span></span></p>\n 	</li>\n 	<li>\n 	<p><span st
 yle="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:Ar
 ial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;">Ample and accessible
  parking available. On the #4 bus line</span></spa
 n></p>\n 	</li>\n 	<li>\n 	<p><span style="font-si
 ze:18px\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\,Helveti
 ca\,sans-serif\;">Registration fee to cover food a
 nd other costs associated with the event (this pri
 ce is only good until July 3rd!)</span></span></p>
 \n 	</li>\n 	<li>\n 	<p><span style="font-size:18p
 x\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\,Helvetica\,sa
 ns-serif\;">Detailed program coming soon</span></s
 pan></p>\n 	</li>\n </ul>\n \n <p><span style="fon
 t-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\,Hel
 vetica\,sans-serif\;">If you’re looking for some i
 nspiration\, action\, and community—<strong>we’d l
 ove to have you join us.</strong></span></span></p
 ></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:Register today for the CCI Action convention on Sa
 turday\, July 25! It’s our annual event that bring
 s together the CCI community from across the state
 \, and across issue campaigns —rural and urban\, y
 oung and old\, newly activated and seasoned leader
 s.\n \n \n \n Our convention is the one time of ye
 ar where the CCI Action community (that's you!) ga
 thers from across the state and across issue campa
 igns to connect\, celebrate\, learn\, strategize\,
  and reenergize for the work ahead -- including th
 is year’s midterm elections. \n \n \n \n Join us S
 aturday\, July 25 to: \n \n \n \n \n 	celebrate ou
 r incredible momentum for public schools and for p
 rotecting our water and health\,\n 	strategize how
  we keep building these campaigns and ensure elect
 ions are about us\, our people and our issue solut
 ions\,\n 	hear from inspiring speakers (big announ
 cement on that next week!)\,\n 	attend workshops t
 o deepen our knowledge and build our skills\, and\
 n 	be in community! Re-connect and meet new people
  who care about the same issues as you.\n \n \n Th
 is year's theme is BUILDING THE IOWA WE NEED.\n \n
  \n \n The election is critically important. And o
 ur eye is on the prize of the long-term\, transfor
 mative changes we need.\n \n \n \n It's been hard 
 to watch as lawmakers have spent the last decade t
 earing down years of hard-fought progress one bric
 k at a time. And in this we have real opportunity 
 to re-envision and rebuild a much better Iowa and 
 country.\n \n \n \n But we have to grab and build 
 power for us and our communities\, and we want to 
 do it together. \n \n \n \n Click here to register
  today! $25 early-bird registration includes speak
 ers\, workshops\, lunch and more.\n \n \n Whether 
 you're a longtime CCI Action member\, newly engage
 d in our work\, or looking for a boost of inspirat
 ion in this moment - this event is for you!\n \n \
 n \n (Stay tuned: Keynote speaker announcement and
  workshop details soon.)\n \n \n \n The basics:\n 
 \n \n \n \n 	\n 	Saturday\, July 25\, 9am – 3:30pm
 \n \n 	(Coffee & registration begin at 9am)\n \n \
 n 	\n 	\n 	Grandview University - Henning Student 
 Center\n \n 	(2811 E 14th St\, Des Moines\, Iowa 5
 0316)\n \n \n 	\n 	\n 	Ample and accessible parkin
 g available. On the #4 bus line\n \n \n 	\n 	\n 	R
 egistration fee to cover food and other costs asso
 ciated with the event (this price is only good unt
 il July 3rd!)\n \n \n 	\n 	\n 	Detailed program co
 ming soon\n \n \n 	\n \n \n If you’re looking for 
 some inspiration\, action\, and community—we’d lov
 e to have you join us.\n \n 
CATEGORIES:C4 Event
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260725T090000
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260725T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260726T153000
LOCATION:2811 E 14th St\n Grandview University - Henning St
 udent Center\n Des Moines\, IA 50316\n 
URL:https://iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3554
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