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- Galena LitFest: Abnormal Psychology in Fiction • Galena and Online, 5:30 pm, Online
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Iowa City rocker Nikki Lunden Trotter shares 11-year journey to recovery
Nikki Lunden Trotter, best-known for her songwriting and energetic stage performance as founder and leader singer of Natural Habits Band, gave up alcohol and drugs more than a decade after she realized she needed to. Read about her journey to recovery.
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Public hearing today for Iowa TG ID proposal, tax credit pitch in Illinois, business orgs and redlining, the warmest January ever, and the future of cultivated meat
Read today’s curated news briefs, including an advance of what’s led up to this evenings 5 p.m. public hearing over Iowa House Bill 649, and what comes after. Plus, an Illinois lawmaker proposes a tax credit for people leaving states like Iowa, business organizations push back against redlining, January sets a record, cultivated meat gets a closer look.
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Growth in clients, staff, services inspires November move for The Project of the Quad Cities
MOLINE — The Project of the Quad Cities is moving to accommodate its growth in clients, staff and services. The nonprofit founded in 1986 to focus on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS now provides behavioral health care, LGBTQ+ health care, and gender-affirming care. Its move to 4101 John Deere Rd., from its River Drive home, will mean 7,000 more square feet and more rooms for treatment, support groups, trainings, education and more.
Des Moines magazine’s LGBTQ honorees include Hendricks from Davenport, Wichtendahl from Hiawatha
A Des Moines magazine included two eastern Iowans in their choice for LGBTQ Legacy Award winners. Read about Rich Hendricks, pastor of MCC of the Quad Cities in Davenport, and Aime Wichtendahl, Hiawatha City Council member and Iowa’s first-ever openly transgender elected official.
QCAD nonprofit that started LGBTQ+ support in Quad Cities 33 years ago is now offering Joyce Wiley Memorial Scholarship
Joyce and Jack Wiley started Quad Citians Affirming Diversity in 1990, after watching their son suffer through “coming out.” QCAD is now offering the Joyce Wiley Memorial Scholarship.
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January’s Question:
What are effective ways to communicate with election deniers about their impact on our democratic system?