Kylie Spies\, Senior Policy Advocate\, Common
Good Iowa
\n Melissa Peterson\, Legislative a
nd Policy Director\, Iowa State Education Associat
ion
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FR
IDAY\, OCTOBER 16\, 2026 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
\n Plymouth Congregational Church\,
Waveland Hall
\n 4126 Ingersoll
Ave\, Des Moines
\n ** in-person
event **
On Election Day\, Iowans will decide on Ame ndment 1\, a constitutional amendment intended to raise the bar in the Iowa Legislature from a simpl e majority vote to a two-thirds supermajority vote to increase the corporate and personal income tax es.
\n \nAmendment 1 would lock in a decade 's worth of tax cuts skewed to the wealthy — makin g it tough to fix our state's $1billion budget def icit without cutting funding for public schools\, health care\, and other services that Iowans expec t\, much less tackling growing priorities like wat er quality.
\n \nJoin Kylie Spies of Common Good Iowa and Melissa Peterson of the Iowa State Education Association to learn how Amendment 1 wou ld rig the rules against building a fair tax syste m where corporations and the rich pay their fair s hare.
\n \nYou may make your reservation t o attend in-person (no lunch) by clicking on the " Register Now" button. There is no cost to attend\, but we must have your reservation to ensure we have enough seating. You are welcome to bring your own lunch.
\n \nIf you have any issues regi stering\, please email info@interfaithallianceiowa. org or call 515.279.8 715.
\n \nABOU T OUR PRESENTERS | Kylie Spies leads Common Good Iowa’s work on tax and budg et policy. Common Good Iowa is a nonprofit\, nonpa rtisan organization promoting policies that expand opportunity for Iowa children\, families and work ers. Common Good Iowa is coordinating Fair Taxes f or Iowa's Future\, a policy campaign to educate Io wans about Amendment 1 and why it's the wrong for Iowa's future.
\n \nBorn and raised in Iowa \, Melissa Peterson joined the st ate’s largest public employees union\, the Iowa St ate Education Association\, in 2011. In her positi on as Legislative and Policy Director\, she leads ISEA’s lobbying and policy research and supports c ampaign efforts that seek to protect the interests of public schools\, educators\, and the students they serve. In addition to her work at ISEA\, she is the President of the National Association of Le gislative and Political Specialists in Education ( NALPSE). When she isn’t fighting the latest attack s on public educators and doing her best to protec t the fundamentals of the American republic\, she enjoys traveling\, gardening\, live music\, and re laxing with her pups Gracie and Bailey.
\n \n < p>Cr ossroads is a monthly gathering of the Interfa ith Alliance of Iowa in Des Moines. DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n Amendment 1: Vote NO\n \n \n Kylie Spi es\, Senior Policy Advocate\, Common Good Iowa\n \ n Melissa Peterson\, Legislative and Policy Direct or\, Iowa State Education Association\n \n \n \n _ ____________________\n \n \n \n FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 1 6\, 2026 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM\n \n Plymouth Cong regational Church\, Waveland Hall\n \n 4126 Ingers oll Ave\, Des Moines\n \n ** in-person event **\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On Election Day\, Iowans w ill decide on Amendment 1\, a constitutional amend ment intended to raise the bar in the Iowa Legisla ture from a simple majority vote to a two-thirds s upermajority vote to increase the corporate and pe rsonal income taxes.\n \n \n \n Amendment 1 would lock in a decade's worth of tax cuts skewed to the wealthy — making it tough to fix our state's $1bi llion budget deficit without cutting funding for p ublic schools\, health care\, and other services t hat Iowans expect\, much less tackling growing pri orities like water quality.\n \n \n \n Join Kylie Spies of Common Good Iowa and Melissa Peterson of the Iowa State Education Association to learn how Amendment 1 would rig the rules against building a fair tax system where corporations and the rich p ay their fair share.\n \n \n \n \n You may make yo ur reservation to attend in-person (no lunch) by c licking on the "Register Now" button. There is no cost to attend\, but we must have your reservation to ensure we have enough seating. You are welcome to bring your own lunch.\n \n \n \n If you have a ny issues registering\, please email info@interfai thallianceiowa.org (mailto:info@interfaithalliance iowa.org) or call 515.279.8715 (tel:5152798715).\n \n \n \n \n ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS | Kylie Spies le ads Common Good Iowa’s work on tax and budget poli cy. Common Good Iowa is a nonprofit\, nonpartisan organization promoting policies that expand opport unity for Iowa children\, families and workers. Co mmon Good Iowa is coordinating Fair Taxes for Iowa 's Future\, a policy campaign to educate Iowans ab out Amendment 1 and why it's the wrong for Iowa's future.\n \n \n \n Born and raised in Iowa\, Melis sa Peterson joined the state’s largest public empl oyees union\, the Iowa State Education Association \, in 2011. In her position as Legislative and Pol icy Director\, she leads ISEA’s lobbying and polic y research and supports campaign efforts that seek to protect the interests of public schools\, educ ators\, and the students they serve. In addition t o her work at ISEA\, she is the President of the N ational Association of Legislative and Political S pecialists in Education (NALPSE). When she isn’t f ighting the latest attacks on public educators and doing her best to protect the fundamentals of the American republic\, she enjoys traveling\, garden ing\, live music\, and relaxing with her pups Grac ie and Bailey.\n \n \n \n Crossroads is a monthly gathering of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa in De s Moines.\n \n CATEGORIES:Event c3 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T114500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T130000 URL:https://interfaithallianceiowa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=315 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR