Protests, rallies, candidate meetings around Iowa: Mar. 17-24, 2026

Hundreds of Iowans gathered on Feb. 24, 2025 at the State Capitol to protest Senate File 418 during the bill's subcommittee. (Avery Staker/Iowa Starting Line)

By Amie Rivers

March 16, 2026

Protests, rallies, and candidate meetings around Iowa for Mar. 17-24, 2026

Candidate meet and greets:

Iowa Secretary of State candidate Ryan Peterman:

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Protests, rallies, and events this week:

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

📅 Tuesday (Mar. 17)

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

Anti-Trump, pro-democracy sign-holding demonstration: 4:15 p.m., corner of Kimberly Road and Brady Street, Davenport

*Huddle on the Hill: 10 a.m., Des Moines

📅 Wednesday (Mar. 18)

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

Brave of Us Tour Constitutional Observer Training (Immigrant Defense Network): 5:30 p.m., Des Moines

Casey’s and Conversation Council Bluffs: Reaching Across the Aisle for a Truer + Better Iowa (Team Rob Sand): 5:30 p.m., Council Bluffs

📅 Thursday (Mar. 19)

*Visibility Brigade (Indivisible Black Hawk County): 4 p.m., Mayors Pedestrian Bridge, Cedar Falls

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

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

Food for Thought and Action (82nd Indivisible): 6 p.m., West Branch

📅 Friday (Mar. 20)

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

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

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

*Protest for Palestine: 3:30 p.m., Iowa City

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

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

Jaye’Mya‘s Candlelight Vigil Against Domestic Violence and Murder: 7:15 p.m., Lincoln Park, Waterloo

Trans Visibility Day Dance Party (Ragers for Charity): 8 p.m., Iowa City

📅 Saturday (Mar. 21)

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

Legal Observer Training: 10 a.m., Waterloo

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

Love as Action: Resisting Authoritarianism (AFSC Quaker Engagement): 11 a.m., Des Moines

*Rally in the Wayside Park: noon, Decorah

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

NO WARS. NO KILLERS. NO KINGS Art Build (Party for Socialism and Liberation): 1 p.m., Des Moines

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

Spring Equinox HUB Blessing and Land Liberation (Great Plains Action Society): 1 p.m., Iowa City

Peaceful gathering opposing HF 2513: 4 p.m., Des Moines

Nurses and Healthcare Workers Call for Accountability (National Nurses United): 6 p.m., Des Moines

📅 Sunday (Mar. 22)

*Save Our Parks: 10 a.m., Harper’s Ferry

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

*ICE Out Vigil: 2 p.m., Council Bluffs

Bowling with Progressives (New Century Forum): 5 p.m., Cedar Rapids

📅 Monday (Mar. 23)

No Kings Sign-Making Party (MoveOn): 11:30 a.m., Davenport

Quad Cities: Hands Off Healthcare: noon, Davenport

📅 Tuesday (Mar. 24)

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

*Huddle on the Hill: 1 p.m., Des Moines

No Kings III, Training and Logistics (Indivisible): 5:30 p.m., Des Moines

Submit an event at [email protected].

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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