Moral Mondays IOWA Mission: To highlight the moral progress at work in the Iowa legislature by discussing legislation that spans a range of progressive issues working for the advancement of Iowa values like equality, fairness, and justice.

Moral Mondays IOWA is a collaborative project designed to highlight the progress at work in the Iowa legislature. A coalition of over 30 progressive Iowa organizations, MMI proactively supports the moral good sought through policies that span a range of progressive issues and works for the advancement of Iowa values like equality, fairness, and justice.

Things will be a bit different this year:

• We will be online only (we will not meet at the statehouse).
• MMI will occur only when a partner organization has legislation it wants to highlight for that week.
• Information and an online link will be sent out when MMI is scheduled to be held.

2025 legislative session topics

FEBRUARY 10 | Attacking Higher Education
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Online only via Zoom or Moral Mondays IOWA Facebook page
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‍Rep. Ross Wilburn (D – Ames; Ranking Member, Higher Education Committee)
Rep. Monica Kurth (D – Davenport; Member, Higher Education Committee)

This year, Republican leadership of the Iowa House created a new committee centered around Higher Education in Iowa (regents universities, community colleges, and private colleges). While they initially touted things like focusing on the connection between higher education and workforce needs, controlling costs, and expanding access especially to rural Iowa, that has not been the primary output in the legislation being introduced or debated in committee. Instead, their attacks have been aimed at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), mandating civics classes with a prescribed conservative curriculum agenda for all undergraduate students (regardless of degree), and other bills that are concerning.

Join Moral Mondays IOWA online on February 10 to learn more about the Higher Education Committee and the legislation introduced that could be harmful to Iowa’s institutions of higher education as well as the future of education of those who are seeking degrees.

FEBRUARY 3: Standing up for the rights of transgender Iowans
JANUARY 27: Stopping right-wing propaganda in our schools

Previous topics during the 2024 legislative session

MARCH 18: Dead or alive?
MARCH 11: Fighting a union busting bill — again
MARCH 4: Iowa's LGBTQ community will not be erased
FEBRUARY 26: Iowa Legislature's impact on our public schools‍‍
FEBRUARY 5: Protecting our kids from the right-wing agenda
JANUARY 29: Why is it okay to let children be hungry?
JANUARY 22: AEAs UNDER ATTACK: The Impact

list of mmi COALITION PARTNERS

AFSCME Iowa Council 61
American Association of University Women of Iowa (AAUW Iowa)
Americans for Democratic Action Iowa
Ames Bethesda Lutheran Church - Reconciling in Christ Ministry Team
Center for Social Ministry
Common Good Iowa
Corridor Community Action Network
Des Moines Faith Committee for Peace
Family Planning Council of Iowa
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund
Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Iowa Conference United Church of Christ
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Iowa Mental Health Advocacy
Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance
Iowa Safe Schools
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa Unitarian Universalist Witness Advocacy Network
Iowans for Gun Safety
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Methodist Federation for Social Action, Iowa Chapter
National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter
One Iowa Action
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa
Plymouth UCC Peace Committee (Des Moines)
Progress Iowa
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa
Social Justice & Reconciling Team, Walnut Hills United Methodist Church (Urbandale)
Soaring Hearts Foundation
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Des Moines Branch

Please note: The listing of an organizational name does not infer support or opposition to any particular issue or bill but is simply an indicator of the organization’s support of the broader mission of the Moral Mondays IOWA coalition.

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