2018 National Crime Victims Rights Week Events

Thursday, April 5
Television appearance by Mary Roche
​12:00 noon on KCCI
Sunday, April 8
Jennifer Clinton & Law Enforcement Victim Service Award Presentations
1:00 PM
Red Oak Room, Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center
4500 N. 10th Street, Marion

​Keynote speaker: Rosilyn Temple, founder of the Kansas City chapter of Mothers in Charge
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Sponsored by: Cedar Rapids Police Department, Cedar Valley Friends of the Family, Deaf Iowans Against Abuse, Horizon’s, Linn County Attorney’s Office, Marion Police Department, Riverview Center, Sixth Judicial Department of Correctional Services, Unity Point Health Child Protection Center, US Attorney’s Office-Northern District of Iowa, Waypoint and Concerned Citizens
Walk to Support Survivors
2:00 PM
​Grays Lake, Des Moines

Sponsored by: Marsy's Law for Iowa
Monday, April 9
11th Annual Crime Victims’ Luncheon — Lessons Learned: A Tribute to Cari Farver 

9:30 AM
Room A, Mid America Center
1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs

Luncheon and panel discussion. Free of charge.

Sponsored by the Fourth Judicial Department of Correctional Services’ Victim Advisory Committee
Wednesday, April 11
​Annual NCVRW Waterloo Women’s Center for Change Event

10:00 AM 
Waterloo Women’s Center for Change
1515 Lafayette, Waterloo

Sponsored by: Victim Resource Coalition
Thursday, April 12
Victim Advisory Council’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2018 Commemoration

10:00 AM
Grant Room, Iowa Department of Corrections
510 E. 12th Street, Des Moines

Governor’s Proclamation, honoring of all Iowans whose lives were lost to violent crime in the past year, presentation of John and Kay Egan Award and the Award for Excellence in Victim Services

Sponsored by: Iowa Department of Corrections Victim Advisory Council, Iowa Board of Parole, Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance, FBI Victim Assistance Program, Iowa Attorney General’s Office, Polk County Attorney's Office, First, Second and Fifth Judicial Districts Department of Correctional Services, North Central Correctional Facility, Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, DMACC and Brainstorm Iowa
Crisis Intervention Services Crime Victim Rights Week Ceremony
3:00 PM
Fox and Sac Room, Hotel Ottumwa
107 Second Street East, Ottumwa
Friday, April 13th
Horizon’s Survivors Program Candlelight Vigil

7:00 PM 
Horizons, A Family Service Alliance
819 5th St. SE, Cedar Rapids
Saturday, April 14
12th Annual Go the Distance for Crime Victim 5k run/walk

9:00 AM
Thomas Park
343 Marion Blvd., Marion
Sunday, April 15
Your Voice Has Power Benefit Concert

4:00 PM
The Mill Restaurant
120 E. Burlington Street, Iowa City

Music provided by Two-Bit Maniac and Home Brewed. Proceeds will support the continuation of phone counseling services

Sponsored by Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Rape Victim Advocacy Program
Sunday, April 22
Ken Eaton Foundation Annual Scholarship Dinner 
2:00 PM
Tumea and Sons Restaurant
1501 SE First Street, Des Moines

Dinner, raffle and silent auction. Tickets: $40 ($20 pays for dinner and $20 goes to the scholarship fund)

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2018 Upcoming Board Meeting Dates

IOVA holds bi-monthly, brown-bag lunch meetings from noon until 2:00 p.m. at the Department of Corrections, 510 E. 12th St. If you cannot attend in person you may teleconference. Conference call line:  866-685-1580, Code:  0009991504. Meetings are open to everyone. Please come and get involved!

Meeting Dates for 2018:​​

  • May 4
  • July 6
  • September 7
  • November 2