BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 19, 2020) — Right now, there are more than 200 children waiting to be matched to an adult volunteer through Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Mississippi Valley.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (February 18, 2020) — Anticipation is growing for Iowa PBS's upcoming gardening special. Gardening with Steil premieres Sunday, March 1, at 2:30PM as part of Festival 2020. The program will be rebroadcast Saturday, March 7, at 1PM on Iowa PBS's main channel, with additional airings on Iowa PBS WORLD .3 and Iowa PBS Create .4.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (February 18, 2020) — Jackson Katz, PhD, who is internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender, race, and violence, will present “Culture of Respect: Ending Campus Sexual Violence” at 7PM, Wednesday, March 25, in McCormick Gymnasium on the University of Dubuque campus.

The presentation is free to attend and open to the public.

“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.” — Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes