IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 27, 2019) — On June 29, 12PM - 4PM CST, NextGen Iowa will set up at 2nd and Warren Streets in Davenport to support LGBTQIA+ Iowans, register young voters, and to recruit volunteers at Quad Cities Pride. In the past three weeks, NextGen Iowa has attended Sioux City Pride, Des Moines Pride, and Iowa City Pride, where organizers collected over 1,500 petitions urging Senator Joni Ernst, who is up for re-election in 2020, to support the historic Equality Act, as well as committed over 1,000 young Iowans to vote in upcoming elections. At Quad Cities Pride, NextGen will also collect LGBTQIA+ friendly books for donation and encourage people to write letters to LGBTQIA+ youth.
In 2018, NextGen Iowa registered 14,243 young voters, collected 21,668 pledges to vote, and knocked on 63,270 doors. Young Iowans flexed their progressive power by electing three Democrats to the US House of Representatives, including Iowa’s first female Representatives in the House. This year, NextGen Iowa remains committed to organizing young people on college campuses and in communities around elections, fighting to expand access to the ballot box, and advocating for progressive change.
NextGen America Founded originally as NextGen Climate by businessperson and philanthropist Tom Steyer in 2013, NextGen America acts politically to prevent climate disaster, promote prosperity, and protect the fundamental rights of every American.
