Legislative Forums

Cedar Valley Legislative Forums, Pre-Pandemic

We had just moved to our new "home" for the Cedar Valley Legislative Forums at Hawkeye Community College's facility, The Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center in downtown Waterloo, when the Pandemic hit. What a great facility.

We were able to return in March 2022!

Who is invited to the Forums?

ALL Area Legislators are welcome--letters are sent to them, inviting them to participate. Senator Eric Giddens, Senator Bill Dix, Senator Bill Dotzler, Senator Craig Johnson, and Senator Jeff Edler. Rep. Pat Grassley, Rep. Sandy Salmon, Rep. Bob Kressig, Rep. Timi Brown-Powers, Rep. Dave Williams, Rep. Ras Smith, Rep. Chad Ingels, and Rep. Dean Fisher.

Who Sponsors the Cedar Valley Legislative Forums?

AAUW-Waterloo, AFSCME, ARC, American Democracy Project, Black Hawk Area Assembly, Black Hawk County Democrats, Black Hawk County Farm Bureau, Black Hawk County Board of Health, Black Hawk County ISU Extension & Outreach, Cedar Falls Education Association, Cedar Falls Educational Support Professionals, Cedar Valley Jaycees, Cedar Valley United Nations Association, Cedar Prairie Group—Sierra Club, CWA Local 7108, Department of Correctional Services, Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, Hawkeye Community College, Hawkeye UniServe Unit/ISEA, International Brotherhood Electrical Workers Local Union 288, Northeast Iowa Area Agencies on Aging, League of Women Voters of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties, Main Street Cedar Falls, NAACP-Black Hawk County Branch, Waterloo Education Association, Waterloo Educational Support Personnel, and YWCA--Black Hawk County.

Thank you

Thank you to Jean Seeland for all of her hard work making these arrangements. Remember that League is ONLY one of several dozen organizations sponsoring the Forum.

Thanks to our Legislators, our Moderators, and Jerry Hageman for serving as Timekeeper--and to those who attended the forums and asked questions.

Follow the Cedar Valley Legislative Forums on Facebook; we post Facebook Live sessions there.

https://www.facebook.com/cvlforum/

Did you miss the Forum? You can watch it on Facebook Live, posted at this special Facebook page for the Forums.

Thanks go to Mike Dargan for doing this! He recorded all of our sessions.

Above, Dec. 2019, we had a conversation with our legislators about the upcoming legislative session, and the bills they anticipated being introduced.

Last updated April 14, 2022