The League of Iowa
Human & Civil Rights Agencies

AmeriCorpsVISTA is a national community service organization focused on alleviating poverty by providing full-time volunteers.  With the connection between discrimination and poverty, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission was successful in being approved for a VISTA project.  The main goals of this VISTA project are to alleviate poverty through capacity building and create sustainability for local human and civil rights agencies.  This VISTA project has been designed to build upon the partnerships of local commissions and to forge partnerships with stakeholder groups.

VISTA can help with: links with other locals, links with stakeholder groups, grant research, creating resources (ex: commission brochure, video, explanatory pamphlets), event planning, education & outreach activities. The list can be as creative as agencies desire. 

The Iowa Human & Civil Rights VISTA Project is one of the first VISTA projects sponsored by a civil rights commission.  The first VISTA started in November 2006 and now the Project comprises of 31 full-time VISTA members and 15 Summer Associates.