Progress Iowa press@progressiowa.org Thu 3/11/2021 10:59 AM For Immediate Release: March 11, 2021 Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org Elected Officials, Community and Labor Organizations, Faith Leaders Join Effort to Memorialize Iowa COVID-19 Victims Des Moines, Iowa – More than three … Continue reading →
For Immediate Release: March 11, 2021
Elected Officials, Community and Labor Organizations, Faith Leaders Join Effort to Memorialize Iowa COVID-19 Victims
Des Moines, Iowa – More than three dozen elected officials, community and grassroots organizations, labor unions, and more have joined an ongoing effort to memorialize Iowans who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Together, this coalition will recognize the more than 5,600 victims with a virtual wall on IowaCovidMemorial.org and memorial events surrounding the one year anniversary of the first Iowa COVID-19 death on March 24, 2021.
Iowa COVID-19 Memorial coalition partners include AFSCME Council 61, Iowa State Education Association, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. The full list of partners can be found below.