Every year around 5,000 Iowans return to their community after incarceration. Two immediate tasks are at hand: finding work and a place to live. A new reentry simulation, the first in Johnson County, aims to help local business owners and employers understand what life is like for these individuals during reentry.
James Hirsch
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Iowa City’s youth roller derby league emboldens kids of all kinds
Kids of all genders and backgrounds gather at the center of the Grant Wood Elementary school gym, laughing and greeting their friends, only stopping when volunteers announce it is time to circle up. “Collide A Scope! Danimal! Bruz-A-Lot! Rainbow Assassin!” Introductions before practice are necessary for the I.C. Bruisers junior roller derby league. Its free price tag and welcoming environment bring in new skaters from the Iowa City area each week.
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The UI Women’s Resource and Action Center is getting an upgrade
‘Old Blue House’ going away party WRAC (130 N Madison St.) — Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m. At the top of the notoriously steep hill overlooking the University of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union, a semi truck driver parks his vehicle to make a delivery. Moments after walking toward the Pappajohn Business Building, the driver […]
