Your weekly guide to taking action in Iowa Feb. 17-24, 2026

Protestors outside the Iowa Capitol on June 24 after an event that marked the two-year anniversary of Roe being overturned. Photo by Avery Staker/Starting Line

By Amie Rivers

February 18, 2026

Protests and rallies:

*Denotes weekly. Some weekly events may not be held every week.

*Indivisible Protest: noon Tuesdays, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

Iowa is Home! Somos Iowa! Immigrant Rights Rally: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

Major Richard Star Act Rally: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

*DSM Visibility Brigade bridge protest: 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Des Moines

IA: Our Water, Our Health! Rally and Lobby Day: 1 p.m. Thursday, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

*4 Corners Peaceful Protest: 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, near the Casey’s/Methodist Church in Panora

*DSM Visibility Brigade bridge protest: 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, Des Moines

82nd Indivisible Social with David Osterberg: 7 p.m. Thursday, Tipton

*Vigil for Immigrant Rights: noon-12:30 p.m. Fridays, Waterloo Post Office

*Jefferson Protest: noon-1 p.m. Fridays, Jefferson Square, Jefferson

*Veterans for Peace: noon Fridays, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

*Veterans for Peace rally: 3:30 p.m. Fridays, east entrance of Pentacrest, Iowa City

*Linn County Visibility Brigade: 3:45 p.m. Fridays, Emmons Street overpass, Hiawatha

Solidarity March Led By People of Faith Against ICE: 4 p.m. Friday, Rock Island, Ill., to Davenport

*Community Rally for Democracy: 10 a.m. Saturdays, NE corner of Hickman and Alice’s Road, Waukee

Lessons from Minneapolis: Immigration Enforcement and Community Impact with Minneapolis City Council member Jamison Whiting: 10 a.m. Saturday, Davenport

*Grieving for Gaza: 11 a.m. Saturdays, Decorah

Love as Action: Resisting Authoritarianism: 11 a.m. Saturday, Des Moines

*Rally in the Wayside Park: noon Saturdays, Decorah

*Perry Protest: noon-1 p.m. Saturdays, First and Willis by the bicycle sculpture, Perry

Honoring Iowa’s Black History Film Screening and Community Collage: 1 p.m. Saturday, Des Moines

*Peaceful Protest: 1 p.m. Saturdays, corner of Mamie Eisenhower Avenue and Story Street, Boone

*Save Our Parks: 10 a.m. Sundays, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harper’s Ferry

*Henry County First Amendment Rally: noon-1 p.m. Sundays, front of the courthouse, Mount Pleasant

National Association of Letter Carriers Day of Action: 1 p.m. Sunday, USPS Post Office Branch 373, Cedar Rapids

Insufferable Wenches Sip n’ Chat: 1 p.m. Sunday, Cedar Falls

National Association of Letter Carriers Day of Action: 2 p.m. Sunday, USPS Post Office Branch 352, Des Moines

Iowa City SURJ Circle Meeting: Get to know your neighbors!: 4 p.m. Sunday, Iowa City

LGBTQ Day on the Hill 2026 Rally: 2 p.m. Monday, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

*Indivisible Visibility Brigade: 3:45 p.m. Mondays, Mayors Pedestrian Bridge, Cedar Falls

*Huddle on the Hill: 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

Have an event to add? Email Amie Rivers, [email protected] with details (please send details at least one week before the event).

Amie Rivers

Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; now, she very much enjoys making TikToks and memes and getting pet photos in her inbox.

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