Is your business ready to transform the conversation? Join us for Implicit Bias Zoom training from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

The rapidly changing demographics of the United States and the changing demographics taking place in our respective communities requires us to be proactive in facilitating respectful conversations that will challenge us to examine our own implicit biases, cultural biases, and stereotypes.

There is increasingly overwhelming scientific evidence for the effect of implicit bias on all aspects of life and human interactions. While at times our...

Community Connection is a video series that highlights the different people and organizations in our community to discuss the issues that are important to our residents. In this episode, Mayor Teague speaks with Mazahir Salih, Interim Executive Director of the Center for Worker Justice . Watch to learn how this organization has stepped up to help community members navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

Following the incident involving a vehicle unlawfully driving through a demonstration on Friday, Aug. 21, the City of Iowa City reminds residents of the long-standing permitting process, which aims to protect the safety of participants and the public.

The City supports freedom of speech and understands that activism is an important element of a just society. In its role to maintain safety and provide public access to all, the City relies on a permitting process, to protect demonstrators and the general public by diverting traffic away from a designated protest area, providing...

The Iowa Department of Public Health announced additional assistance for families who receive benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) following the destruction of the August 10 derecho.

Families who already receive WIC benefits and are living in the 16 counties designated under the federal disaster declaration are eligible, including Johnson County. They can request to replace WIC foods purchased between the dates of August 1 and 10 and destroyed or spoiled as the result of storm damage or power outage may be replaced....