Lisa Whelan
\n Executive Director
\, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement<
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Friday\, Augu
st 21\, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM\n ** v
irtual event **
In the era of disinformation an d attacks on marginalized communities\, there is n othing more important than ensuring every voter is able to exercise their right to vote and our elec tions are protected. Deceive (conspiracy theories) \, Disrupt (intimidation and manipulation)\, and D eny (overturning results) are the election strateg ies of authoritarianism. How do we overcome those strategies\, protect our elections and the right t o vote\, and defend our democracy? Join us for thi s important Crossroads conversation and how you ca n and must be part of the solution.
\n \ nYou may make your reservation to attend virtua lly by clicking on the "Register Now" button. This o nline presentation will be livestreamed on our You Tube channel.
\n \nIf you hav e any issues registering\, please email info@interf aithallianceiowa.org or call 515.279.8715.
\n \nABOUT OUR PRESENTER | Lisa Whel an is the Executive Director of Iowa Citi zens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI)\, a stat ewide community organizing group that celebrates a long and rich history of putting people before po litics\, polluters\, and profits. CCI has been wor king closely with Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and other democracy defense organizations to bring Iow a into the Election Safeguard Response Network\, a coalition of organizations at the forefront of id entifying\, planning for\, and responding to those trying to undermine our elections. Lisa has been a CCI organizer and staffer since 2002.
\n \nCrossroads is a monthly gathering of the In terfaith Alliance of Iowa in Des Moines.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n Election protection for 2026\n \n \n L isa Whelan\n \n Executive Director\, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement\n \n \n \n ____________ _________\n \n \n \n Friday\, August 21\, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM\n \n ** virtual event **\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In the era of disinformation and attacks on marginalized communities\, there is no thing more important than ensuring every voter is able to exercise their right to vote and our elect ions are protected. Deceive (conspiracy theories)\ , Disrupt (intimidation and manipulation)\, and De ny (overturning results) are the election strategi es of authoritarianism. How do we overcome those s trategies\, protect our elections and the right to vote\, and defend our democracy? Join us for this important Crossroads conversation and how you can and must be part of the solution.\n \n \n \n \n Y ou may make your reservation to attend virtually b y clicking on the "Register Now" button. This onli ne presentation will be livestreamed on our YouTub e channel.\n \n \n \n If you have any issues regis tering\, please email info@interfaithallianceiowa. org (mailto:info@interfaithallianceiowa.org) or ca ll 515.279.8715 (tel:5152798715).\n \n \n \n \n AB OUT OUR PRESENTER | Lisa Whelan is the Executive D irector of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI)\, a statewide community organizing gro up that celebrates a long and rich history of putt ing people before politics\, polluters\, and profi ts. CCI has been working closely with Interfaith A lliance of Iowa and other democracy defense organi zations to bring Iowa into the Election Safeguard Response Network\, a coalition of organizations at the forefront of identifying\, planning for\, and responding to those trying to undermine our elect ions. Lisa has been a CCI organizer and staffer si nce 2002.\n \n \n \n Crossroads is a monthly gathe ring of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa in Des Moi nes.\n \n CATEGORIES:Event c3 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T120000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T130000 URL:https://interfaithallianceiowa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=303 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR