Category Archives: Education

March, 2017, Lecture Series

Barbara Schlachter Memorial Lecture Series: Stories from Brave Mother Earth Protectors Fee: none. No registration. Open to All Ages Mondays, 3/6 – 3/27   6 – 7:30 PM in room 202 3/6: From Without to Within (See video) Jessica Reznicek of … Continue reading

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Democracy School 2017

About “For the first time, we’re very pleased to offer our full-length Democracy School online, for free! The School was recorded February 2017. Democracy School Online is a stimulating and illuminating course that teaches residents and activists how to reframe … Continue reading

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October 2016 Film Festival

Listening to Mother Earth Through Film Sponsored by 100Grannies.org. No registration. Open to All Ages, Free at the Senior Center, Mondays, October, 2016, 6:00-7:00 p.m. room 202 10/3: The Wisdom to Survive Activists and leaders in the fields of science, … Continue reading

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March, 2016, Lecture Series

6-7 PM Mondays in March, room 202, Johnson County Senior Center: March 7, Maureen McCue , Climate Change: Risks to Health Here, There and Everywhere. (PowerPoint) March 14, Mary Skopek , Water Quality: What We All Need To Do To … Continue reading

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Dane County, WS (Madison) banning the TPP

Dane County WI TPP-free zone TPP-Free Zones Building on a history of community resistance to global corporate governance Global corporations are engaged in a series of elaborately planned moves to take away our democratic rights, and currently, nowhere is that … Continue reading

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Iowa Civil Rights History (7 Feb 2016)

1839 In re Ralph- first reported Supreme Court Case in Iowa, Slave was person, not property. (compared to Dred Scott v Sandford, slave = property 1856, overturned 1865 13th Amendment, 1868 14th Amendment)   1851 Iowa is 3rd state to … Continue reading

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March, 2020, Lecture Series

Barbara Schlachter Memorial Lecture Series Fee: none. No registration. Membership Not Required Mondays, 3/9 – 3/30 6:30 – 7:30 PM in room 202 Event Organizers: 100Grannies 3/9: the green New deal Explained Presented by Matt Ohloff, an organizer for Iowa … Continue reading

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Moscow, Maine – Local Food Ordinance 2015

This Ordinance Shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance.” [Read PDF]      

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Letter from Barbara Schlachter 2015

Dear Mayor Throgmorton and Members of the Iowa City Council, The 100Grannies for a Livable Future wish to respond to your desire for suggestions for making Iowa City a better place to live.  We were pleased to read the article … Continue reading

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Story Time at ICPL

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