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A community member needs help with survival needs and getting a used car to secure employment. Goal is $3,900. Donate via venmo @absentminded-professor-8. 

5 international students at the University of Iowa have had their visas revoked. Help support their emergent needs by donating and specifying the funds for "COGS."

It is newsletter time!! This month is quite text heavy, lots of stuff to write about and not enough space!! Pick up a copy at PS1 Close House, FilmScene Chauncy, ICPL, Kitty Corner Social Club, Prairie Lights Cafe, New Pi Co-op, or Kindred Coffee. Read the issue here.

In this issue:

• Paying the Price: The futility of feudalism
• "General strike is now": Tips from an amateur organizer 
• Poetry by Bobby Messier (aka Paws)
• Tax tables - information about changes in Iowa taxes that benefit high earners and not everyday working people
• As always Autonomy Iowa City - Supporting bodily autonomy right here in Iowa
• Plus: A coloring page by @softpunkk on instagram.

If you want to contribute art, writing, or something out-of-the-box, send it in to admin@icmutualaid.org.

We'll have a table at ICE CREAM (11-5 @ PS1 Close House) with pay-what-you-can art wares & fresh copies of the April newsletter. All proceeds from the table support ICMA. See you then!

A comrade needs help paying rent by APRIL 6! Goal is $500. Venmo: @natpayan

Mutual aid request for Jumi! She's struggling to pay for necessities due to medical racism and domestic violence. Donate to her Venmo @jumoke-bello or her Zelle using jumoke.adeola.bello@gmail.com.

Get involved with ICMA! Volunteer to court watch or help out with our community garden. 

Our community garden furthers our efforts to meet people’s needs. Access to food, specifically produce, is often a luxury when it should be guaranteed. Our government continues to oppress people through restricted access to food. Volunteering to help out with the garden will involve planting, weeding, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, curing, and seed saving. If you do not know how to grow and process food this is a space to learn with your community! Learning these skills will help us feed our community on our own. Once the food is harvested and cleaned it will be given away for free to those who need it and have limited access to produce! Sign up here.

Court watching is when people from the public sit in courtrooms to observe what happens: bail hearings, arraignments, pleas, trials, and just the everyday court appearances that constitute the delay and violence of criminal court. Sometimes this looks like formal monitoring programs, composed of volunteers or organizational staff who sit in courtrooms regularly to document what happens and report to the public the results of their observations. And sometimes this looks like family, friends, and supporters filling courtrooms (often called “packing the court”) in support of a loved one who is being prosecuted. (from beyondcourts.org). Sign up here.

See you soon!

We have a new payment method with Zeffy, which, unlike PayPal, doesn't take fees from us. Plus, we can now accept recurring donations, which will be vital in sustaining our work. Set up a monthly donation — even just $5 — today! 

Sorry we're a little late with this issue, the department of corrections makes communication hard! Pick up a physical copy at ICPL, Prairie Lights, Kitty Corner Social Club, or Film Scene Chauncey!

In this issue: 

• Do it yourself — This is how we can survive this
• Capitalism Kills — The subversive punishments of the capitalist cash-cow
• Poetry
• And as always, Autonomy Iowa City — Supporting bodily autonomy right here in Iowa

Plus, a special insert this month (don't get used to it) on: 

• Surveillance — Fuck that!
• Big University is watching you

Read the issue here, and sign up for our mailing list

Sunday, March 23rd | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | In person, in Iowa City (Location will be announced to registrants via email before the event) KN95 masks required to attend.

Doulas are non-medical professionals who provide informational, emotional, and physical support to people going through a significant health related experience such as childbirth, miscarriage, abortion, infant loss, reproductive care, and non-reproductive experiences such as dying and gender transition. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the skills necessary to provide abortion doula support in an era where reproductive rights are limited. This workshop will be facilitated by experienced doulas and medical professionals.

Register here. Registration will be capped at 50.

We've been fielding requests for rent assistance, but we need funds to support that.

The below resources provide rent assistance to people in Iowa City but are limited by regulations and requirements that exclude people who need help.

• CommUnity Crisis Services has a rent/utility assistance program and a security deposit assistance program. Both programs can provide assistance once per 12 months.
• Johnson County General Assistance can provide rent and general assistance to people in financial crisis. Elligibility requirements can be found at the link provided.

ICMA exists to provide support to people who need it with no barriers to access. Please donate and share our donation information with people you know! 

A couple of ICMA members will have a table with zines, art, and other miscellaneous wares at the Iowa City Flea on Sunday, Februrary 23. Event runs from 1-5 p.m. at The Englert (221 E Washington). Items will be free or pay what you can, with all proceeds going to ICMA. See you there!

Check out this month's IC Mutual Aid Monthly here. Want a copy sent to your inbox? Sign up here. 

Pick up a physical copy from the Iowa City Public Library, Kindred Coffee, Prairie Lights Cafe, Kitty Corner Social Club, or FilmScene at The Chauncey.

A winter storm has hit and it's cold out there for folks living outside. Since last year, there's been an increase of people living outside and in cars. It costs $25 dollars to refill a 20 gallon propane tank which on cold nights can dwindle quickly. Donate if you can! (and put "camp aid" as the description on paypal)

Check out the first issue of Iowa City Mutual Aid Monthly here! Pick up a physical copy from the Iowa City Public Library, Kindred Coffee, Prairie Lights Cafe, or FilmScene at The Chauncey.

Sign up for our mailing list here.

Join us TODAY (1/11) AT 4 P.M. at PS1 Cloud House (538 S. Gilbert, next to the mansion) for a screening of Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness. Following the movie we'll have an informal discussion while we assemble winter kits for our homeless neighbors. The event is free.

Bring a cash donation to help with supplies if you can.

Masks are provided and required. We will also have HEPA air purifiers.