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

Looking to get involved this week? You can join ICE Out rallies and response trainings, connect with fellow insufferable wenches at a Sip n’ Chat, and show up for community events, such as a Black History Film Screening, immigrant rights rallies, and LGBTQIA+ visibility actions. Here’s our weekly round-up of upcoming events and actions:

Amie Rivers

February 18, 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

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, amie@couriernewsroom.com with details (please send details at least one week before the event).

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