The City’s Office of Equity and Human Rights is hosting a three-part series on the school-to-prison pipeline.

The protests for justice both before and after George Floyd, and the movement for restructuring law enforcement, are calls for tangible, transformative societal change. Some changes are happening because of increased bias training and greater funding for mental health in law enforcement. Public and private employers are reaching out to communities of color and working harder to recognize the challenges they face.

All that change is welcome, but a fundamental reason...

The City’s Office of Equity and Human Rights is hosting a three-part series on the school-to-prison pipeline.

The protests for justice both before and after George Floyd, and the movement for restructuring law enforcement, are calls for tangible, transformative societal change. Some changes are happening because of increased bias training and greater funding for mental health in law enforcement. Public and private employers are reaching out to communities of color and working harder to recognize the challenges they face.

All that change is welcome, but a fundamental reason...

The Iowa City Human Rights Commission stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

We are part of a society where the lives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color continue to be affected by structural racism, lack of opportunity, health disparities, and direct violence by the police and others. American cities, including Iowa City, have for too long been complacent or complicit.

The Iowa City Human Rights Commission hereby reaffirms its longstanding commitment, and pledges to more fully act in solidarity with all who are targets of this violence and...

The City's Office of Equity and Human Rights has written a memo to provide guidance to Iowa City landlords on the possible unlawful discriminatory implications of evicting a tenant.

If you have questions regarding topics addressed in this memorandum, or your rights and responsibilities in general, please call the office at 319-356-5015. The full memo is below:

As many of us return to normalcy, others are struggling with the ripple effects of the pandemic. The Pew Research Center recently found that roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during...