4 results for month: 04/2019
Statement on Shooting at Chabad of Poway Synagogue
DMARC stands in solidarity with the Jewish community in California, Greater Des Moines, and across the world in mourning the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue. Yet again, deadly violence has been perpetrated against a Jewish community and place of worship on Shabbat.
We call on our supporters, member congregations, and community leaders to take a firm stance against antisemitism, white nationalism, xenophobia, other hateful philosophies, and the people who spread them. This terrible act was committed on the last day of the festival of Passover—a time of remembrance for the triumph of freedom over oppression and cruelty. May all in our ...
DMARC Statement on Sri Lanka Attacks
We are profoundly disturbed and saddened by the attacks in Sri Lanka today that targeted multiple Christian Churches on the day of their Easter celebrations. We stand in solidarity with the Christian community of Sri Lanka and around the world in grieving the lives lost. Once again, we are devastated by the violation of worship spaces and sacred days to commit acts of violence against religious communities.
We call on our supporters and community to speak out against religious hatred in all forms. It is our shared responsibility to create a community in which all people are safe to freely practice their faith. We encourage all reading this message ...
DUWIB Hosts Period Product Drive for DMARC
Last fall, Drake University Women In Business (DUWIB) was looking for a service project that would give back to women in Greater Des Moines. After a bit of research, the student organization came across the idea of hosting a tampon and pad drive, and decided it was a perfect fit. Recognizing that one in four menstruating people do not have access to period products due to a lack of income, the group coordinated with DMARC and held a drive for period products at the student center on campus.
"Something as natural as a period should not be holding people back from their everyday lives," said Kaitlin Palko, Community Outreach Chair for DUWIB. "Since ...
DMARC and Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa Unveil ‘Refuel Station’
On Tuesday, April 2, DMARC and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa (BGCCI) unveiled the Refuel Station, a new mobile food pantry, which is to be used initially at local Boys & Girls Clubs locations.
Joe Dolack, the mobile food pantry program manager for DMARC, Jodie Warth, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa CEO, and Mitch Wasden, Iowa Total Care CEO, all gave remarks at the event. The pantry is to provide Boys & Girls Clubs families with healthy, kid-friendly, grab-and-go food items.
“Thanks everybody who has helped put this together,” Dolack said, “We wanted to make it fun, and for kids. The other DMARC mobile food pantries out there ...