The Events 4 Equity Calendar features diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related events of interest to the Greater Des Moines region. Events featured on the calendar are informational, educational, or informative in nature or are addressing equity within our region. This calendar was created by input from Capital Crossroads leadership and the Social Capital, who have been and continue to be an integral part of diversity, equity, and inclusion related work in the community. To build a more equitable and inclusive region, Social Capital created the 4 Equity tool to focus on and start having conversations around racial equity. View or download the tool for use in your business or organization.
To submit an event for consideration on the calendar, see the “Submit an Event” button below. If you have any questions regarding the events or calendar, please contact Britney Samuelson.
Listen to and engage with honored guest author Dani McClain, whose writing focuses on race, reproductive justice, policy, and politics. In 2019, she published We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. A reporter and author whose work has been featured in Time, Slate, and Ebony.com, Dani McClain was the 2021 Library […]
Celebrate the Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Chinese society by learning more about Chinese culture! CultureALL Ambassador, Phoebe Liang D’Alessandro, will share traditions surrounding the celebration of Lunar New Year in China, including food, colors, traditional clothing and other aspects of Chinese culture. This event is for children in grades K-5 and […]
Step Afrika! introduces audiences to the importance of stepping in cultural identity, the use of body percussion as a means of communication, and to the continuity of the use of polyrhythms and audience participation from traditional Zulu dance to contemporary stepping. Purchase tickets here.
The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host two-session workshops to help business leaders promote equity in their organizations. The workshop series, titled Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture, will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 9 and Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 1 – 3 p.m. each day. The workshops are hosted in […]
This virtual talk will feature Dr. Cornel West, a professor at Union Theological Seminary and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Paris. Get your tickets here.
The African Service Providers of Central Iowa are pleased to present this monthly conversation series to address barriers facing African refugees and immigrants leading their communities in an impactful way. The purpose of these online events is for Central Iowa African Leaders to discuss and identify strategies and action plans with other leaders so we […]
The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host two-session workshops to help business leaders promote equity in their organizations. The workshop series, titled Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture, will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 9 and Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 1 – 3 p.m. each day. The workshops are hosted in […]
The 2020 murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery inspired millions to protest across the country and around the world. The outcomes of both trials reverberated well beyond the borders of the states of Minnesota and Georgia as justice for the killing of Floyd and Arbery was achieved. Please join the February session of Conversations […]
Join the Forest Avenue Library for a celebration of famous Black inventors from history. Enjoy a variety of hands on STEM activities and make and takes themed to some of our greatest scientific minds. For ages 6 to 11. Reserve your spot here.
Step back in time to Buxton, an early 20th century coal-mining town once referred to as “the black man’s utopia in Iowa.” Buxton, which existed for only two decades at the turn of the century, was one of the few communities in Iowa’s history with a majority African American population. Register here.
