CCAN-Con 2026: Building Community. Creating Change.

About this event

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! You’ll have the opportunity to 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 director@corridorcan.com if you want to sponsor, table, lead a workshop, present, perform, or share a skill.

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