CCAN-Con is a community-centered festival focused on advocacy, mutual aid, grassroots organizing, and local empowerment across the Iowa Corridor. It’s a space for education, networking, coalition-building, and strategizing for social and economic justice. With so many organizations in one place, you're bound to find a way to get involved with the issues that matter to you.
It's also an opportunity to access free resources, such as narcan and plan B!
Interact with representatives from:
-Corridor Community Action Network (CCAN)
-Family Planning Council of Iowa
-Minds Matter Mental Health Resource Fair
-Community Crisis Services
-Community & Family Resources
-NAMI Johnson County
-Sacred Collective
-ACLU of Iowa
-Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa
-Student Advocates for Planned Parenthood
-The We CAN Quire
-DVIP-RVAP
-Iowa Citizen Action Network
-Order of the Civil Knights
-SASS
-EveryStep - Iowa Family Support Network
-MYEP Mayors Youth Empowerment Program
-Iowa Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
-And More!
FREE Workshops will include:
-Build Your Mental Wellness Toolkit: Self-Care by Design
-Musical Learning Exchange centered on Racial Justice
-Opioid Overdose and Narcan Administration
-The World is Changin': Survivor Support and What's Ahead
-Stigma Associated with Substance Use Disorder
-Kratom and Other Novel Drugs
-Self Managed Abortion Care
-Multiple presentations about CommUnity Crisis Services'
offerings
-And more!
FREE performance lineup includes B-Tho and Blame Papa-
Full Line-Up to TBA!
CCAN-Con 2026 is sponsored by Electric Ear Audio, J.Sik Studios, and Iowa City Parks & Recreation.
Be sure to check out the Book Festival too while you're there!
Stay tuned for details and email [email protected] if you want to sponsor, table, lead a workshop, present, perform, or share a skill.
Event venue
Downtown Iowa City, 5 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA 52240-4070, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.