Your weekly guide to taking action in Iowa August 3-9, 2026

A weekly roundup of Iowa political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from August 3-9, 2026.

Lily Jackson

August 3, 2026

PrideFest at night. Photo courtesy of Capital City Pride

📅 Monday (Aug. 3)

IA: Calls for Clean Water: 1 p.m., Ankeny

Pro-democracy/Anti-Trump demonstration: 4:15 p.m., corner of Spring Street and Kimberly Road, Davenport

📅 Tuesday (Aug. 4)

IA: Des Moines Canvass for Clean Water: 5:30 p.m., Des Moines

Cedar Rapids Town Hall: 6:30 p.m., Cedar Rapids

📅 Wednesday (Aug. 5)

Hump Day Holler – Visibility Bridge: 5:30 p.m., Pedestrian Bridge at 1101 N Broadway, Council Bluffs

Solidarity Social: 7 p.m., Iowa City Public Library Room A, Iowa City

IA Training: Clean Water Conversations: 7 p.m., Ankeny

📅 Thursday (Aug. 6)

DSM Visibility Brigade over I-235: 7:30 a.m., Rider Way pedestrian bridge by Roosevelt HS, Des Moines

Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours: 2 p.m., Downtime Library Commons, Cedar Rapids

Tipton Postcard Party: 4 p.m., Tipton Public Library, Tipton

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

IA: Calls for Clean Water: 6 p.m., Ankeny

📅 Friday (Aug. 7)

Vigil for Immigrant Rights: noon., Waterloo Post Office, Waterloo

Jefferson Protest: noon, Jefferson Square, Jefferson

FED-UP!!! FRIDAYS: 2 p.m., Neal Smith Federal Building, Des Moines

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

Drinking Liberally – Humboldt County: 6:30 p.m., Truck Lift Brewing, Humboldt

📅 Saturday (Aug. 8)

Unite & Rise for Voting Rights – LWV Johnson County: 7:30 a.m., Iowa City Farmers Market, Iowa City

Unite & Rise for Voting Rights – LWV Johnson County: 9 a.m., Iowa City

How we win in Iowa: Des Moines Action Session: 10 a.m., Des Moines

Davenport Canvass for Clean Water: noon, Lafayette Park, Davenport

Perry Protest: noon, First and Willis by the bicycle sculpture, Perry

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

Des Moines Canvass for Clean Water: 5:30 p.m., Des Moines

📅 Sunday (Aug. 9)

Henry County First Amendment Rally: noon., front of the courthouse, Mount Pleasant

How we win in Iowa: Cedar Rapids Action Session: noon, 1028 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids

IA: Iowa City Voter Registration Canvass: 1 p.m., Fairmeadows Park Shelter, Iowa City

VIGIL by the Pott Co. Jail (Ice Detention Facility): 3 p.m., Big Lake Road and N. 16th Street, Council Bluffs

How we win in Iowa: Davenport Action Session: 4 p.m., UFCW, Davenport

Have an event to add? Email Lily Jackson, lily@couriernewsroom.com with details (please send details at least one week before the event).

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