RESOURCE GUIDE FOR RECRUITING EXCELLENT AND DIVERSE FACULTY

Community Resource Guide Black Faculty and Staff Association The city of Ames is a medium sized college This FSA has an active Diversity and Inclusion town just 30 minutes north of Iowa’s largest website and an active Facebook page. metropolitan area, Des Moines. Although the State of Iowa is commonly regarded otherwise, Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ Iowa has been on the forefront of social justice IsuBlackFacultyStaffAssociation and equal rights issues throughout most of its Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ history. Iowa State University (“ISU”) works connect/fsa/bfsa tirelessly to continue this tradition forward in building an environment of cultural competence with its annual Thomas L. Hill Iowa State Colegas, Building Community Conference on Race and Ethnicity (“ISCORE”). Colegas is ISU’s Hispanic and Latinx Faculty The following are community resources both on and Staff Association. Although this group campus and in the surrounding community of has a website on the Diversity and Inclusion Ames, Iowa: webpage, it uses a Facebook page for most of its activities. Faculty and Staff Associations ISU has several groups right on campus. ISU Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ calls its groups Faculty and Staff Associations IowaStateUniversityColegas. (“FSAs”). Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ connect/fsa/colegas American Indian Faculty and Staff Council This FSA does not have a Facebook group and Iowa State Christian Faculty and Staff Association does not appear to have regularly scheduled This FSA is active on Facebook. It does not events on the Diversity and Inclusion have a corresponding FSA page on the webpage. Diversity and Inclusion website.

Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ connect/fsa/ai groups/230196837387352/

Asian American and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association Jewish Faculty and Staff Association This FSA uses its Facebook page to display its This FSA is listed on the Diversity and scheduled events on campus. It also appears Inclusion page. on the Diversity and Inclusion webpage. Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ connect/fsa/jfsa groups/1667622446785032/ Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ connect/fsa/aapi

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] LGBTQA+ Faculty and Staff Association This is a group that gathers at the church It has a very active Diversity and Inclusion each third Thursday evening of the month website. It has posts on its corresponding to discuss life and theology outside of the Facebook and Twitter pages as well. framework of God. Website: https://www.diversity.iastate.edu/ connect/fsa/lgbtqa Phone: (515) 292-5960 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Email: [email protected] ISULGBTQAFSA Twitter: https://twitter.com/isu_lgbtqa_ Buddhism fsa?lang=en The Angor Wat Friendship Association 1301 19th St, Des Moines, Iowa, 50314 Religious organizations, places of prayer, meditation This Association was established to promote There are several religious organizations and the Khmer (Cambodian) culture, language and places of worship in and around Ames, Iowa. art. It is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These organizations are listed below: Email: [email protected] Atheism, Agnosticism, Secularism Phone: (515) 897 – 2151, (515) 247-0189 Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers (Sareap Noeuy) Sam and Louie’s Pizza, 8561 Hickman Rd, Website: https://www.facebook.com/ Urbandale, IA Angkor-Wat-Friendship-Association- Inc-359523871075030/ Although this is not a religious group, it is one Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ which weighs in on existential questions and Angkor-Wat-Friendship-Association- spirituality. It meets at Sam and Louie’s pizza Inc-359523871075030/ every Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambodian- Phone: (515) 770-8541 Buddhist-Society/112009918861509 Email: [email protected] Websites: https://www.iowaatheists.org/, Chua Hong An https://www.meetup.com/Iowa-Atheists-and- 1419 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Des Freethinkers/, https://twitter.com/Iowa_Atheists Moines, IA 50314 Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Iowa- Atheists-and-Freethinkers/ This temple is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Iowa_Atheists p.m. Monday through Friday. Specific events and weekly events are not listed on the AHA! (Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics) website. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames – 1015 Hyland Avenue, Ames, IA Phone: (515) 999-6944 Website: https://www.chuahongan.com/ thumoi.htm

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Buddhism Discussion Group Tu Vien Hong Đuc Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames – 5906 S.W. 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315 1015 Hyland Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 This is a Vietnamese Buddhist temple. They This group meets through shared readings, have a weekly service from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 discussion and exploration of teams and p.m. every Sunday. concepts. There is not a regular meeting time listed in the activity guide. Phone: (515) 256 – 8176 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ Phone: (515) 292-5960 TVHD2009/about/?ref=page_internal Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Pure Land of Iowa Wat Phothisomphan 8364 Hickman Road, Clive, IA 50325 2560 SE 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50320 This group emphasizes pure land Buddhism, This is a Buddhist temple that meets weekly for but it allows other Buddhist groups to use dharma talks and chanting meditation and hosts its facilities. The group meets every Sunday monthly events. morning for two hours from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with a one-hour potluck afterward until Phone: (515) 619 – 9222 / (515) 777 – 4348 12:00 p.m. They also have two-hour Buddhism Facebook: http://facebook.com/ study on week days from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. WatPhothisomphan Email: [email protected] Phone: (515) 452-5898 Website: https://www.purelandofiowa.org/ Wat Lao Email: [email protected] 1804 E. Park Ave, Des Moines, IA 50320 This Buddhist temple is open from 7:00 a.m. to The Des Moines Zen Center 10:00 p.m. Mondays through Sunday. 6901 SW 14th, Des Moines, IA 50315 The Zen Center introduces visitors and students Phone: (515) 282 – 1801 to Zen Buddhism on the third Thursday of the Website: http://www.dsmwatlao.org/buddhism month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Each Sunday Email: [email protected] the Zen Center conducts zazen from 7:10 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. They provide childcare and snacks for Baha’i children during the zazen session. There are two Baha’i communities in West Des Moines and Des Moines. In West Des Moines, Website: http://dmzencenter.org/contact-us/ Alan Prosser organizes a Baha’i community. In Email: [email protected], info@ Des Moines, Claudia Murphy organizes a Baha’i dmzencenter.com community.

Website: http://desmoinesbahai.org Claudia Murphy: [email protected] Alan Prosser: [email protected]

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Catholicism Hinduism St. Thomas Aquinas Church & Catholic Student Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Iowa Center 33916, 155th Lane, Madrid, Iowa, 50156 2210 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014 This is a beautiful Hindu temple nearby that This catholic church is more oriented towards performs weddings and services related to younger adults and FOCUS ministry. Mass is several deities. The following services are listed conducted on Saturdays (4:45 p.m.), Sundays on their website: (8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m.), Tuesdays (12:00 p.m.), Wednesdays (12:00 p.m.), Sri Vishnu Parayanam (recitation) is the first Thursdays (9:15 p.m.) and Fridays (12:00 p.m.). Saturday of month from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. It also schedules events throughout the year. Shiva and Rudra Abhishekam (prayer) is every Monday of the month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:05 Phone: (515) 292 – 3810 p.m. Website: https://staparish.net Lakshmi Pooja (worship) every Friday at 6:45 Email: [email protected] p.m. St. Cecilia Church – 2900 Hoover Avenue, Ames, Balaji Abhishakem (prayer) is the first Saturday IA 50010 from 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a church and a kindergarten through Ganesha Abhishakem (prayer) is the second high school catholic school. English mass is Saturday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 convened from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday p.m. through Friday. On Saturdays, English mass Parvati Abhishekam (prayer) is the third occurs from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. On Sunday, Saturday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 English mass occurs from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. a.m. and 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mass in Spanish is Karthikeya Abhishekam (prayer) is the fourth convened from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Saturday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Phone: (515) 233 – 3092 Durga Pooja (worship) is the fifth Saturday of Website: https://www.stceciliaparish.org/contact/ the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] Bhagavad Geetha (recitation) is on the first Sunday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church p.m. 14238 500th Ave, Ames, IA 50014 Satyanarayana Pooja (worship) on the second This church is in a more rural setting. Mass is Sunday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 convened on Sundays at 8:15 a.m. p.m. Navagraha Abhishhekam (prayer) on the third Phone: (515) 292-3810 Sunday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 Website: http://www.ssppgilbert.net/ p.m. Sundarakanda Patan on the fourth Sunday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Ram Parivar Pooja on the fifth Sunday of the month from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Phone: 515-795-2635 prayer services five times a day each day. It has Website: http://www.iowatemple.org/ a community service (Jumu’ah) on Fridays at Email: [email protected] 1:30.

Hindu Cultural and Educational Center Phone: (515) 441-2114 2513 E. Porter Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50320 Email: [email protected], Nijaz ef. Valjevcic This is a group which meets in a home. It provides language training in English and Masjid an-Noor Nepali. It also provides citizenship classes. 1117 42nd Street, Des Moines, IA 50311 Finally, it observes the Hindu calendar religious This organization provides daily prayers and events. services.

Phone: (515) 505-5538 Phone: (515) 274 – 4626 Website: http://www.hcec-iowa.org/contact-us/ Website: http://dmmco.org/index.php Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Islam Shafia Islamic and Cultural Centre Bosniak Islamic and Cultural Center 1425 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314 17630 Bosniak lane, Granger, Iowa 50109 This is an offshoot from the Muslim Community This was the original Bosnian Islamic center Organization that practices Sufism. It provides formerly located at 3805 Beaver Road in Des a space of prayer and celebration of specific Moines, Iowa. It provides daily prayer services events like Ramadan. five times a day each day. It has a community service (Jumu’ah) on Fridays at 1:30. Phone: (515) 724-8308 Email: [email protected] (Imam Ahmed Phone: (515) 279 – 8374 Moalim), [email protected] (Imam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Hussein Abdi) ICCBDesMoines/ Judaism Darul Arqum Islamic Center Ames Jewish Congregation 1212 Iowa Ave, Ames, IA 50014 3721 Calhoun Ave, Ames, IA 50010 This organization holds scheduled events Shabbat services take place at 7:30 p.m. on throughout the year. The five times of prayer are Fridays and 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays. These posted on their website. services are led by Rabbi Nina Mizrahi once per month. The remaining services are conducted Phone: (515) 292-3683 by congregation members. Website: http://www.arqum.org/ Phone: (515) 233-1347 Islamic and Education Center Ezan Email: https://www.ajciowa.org/ 6206 Douglas Avenue, Des Moines IA 50322 This is a Bosnian Islamic center. It provides daily

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines Tifereth Israel Synagogue (Conservative 33158 Ute Ave. Waukee, IA 50263 Judaism) This organization is a good place to explore 924 Polk Blvd, Des Moines, IA 50312 non-sectarian Jewish events occurring in the Erev Shabbat services generally start at 6:00 surrounding area. The Federation operates a p.m. on Friday night and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday non-sectarian preschool, Gan Shalom Preschool, mornings. The Saturday morning service a retreat and recreation center, Caspe Terrace, is followed by Shabat Café at 11:45 a.m. A and the Iowa Jewish Historical Society. discussion of the Hebrew Bible occurs every Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Website: https://www.jewishdesmoines.org/ Phone: (515) 987-0899 Phone: (515) 255-1137 Email: [email protected] Website: http://tifereth.org/

CHABAD of Ames/ISU Meditation 301 4th Street Suite #12, Ames, Iowa 50010 Meditation Sitting Group This group is situated on campus. They organize Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames – events throughout the year. In particular, a 1015 Hyland Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 Seder occurs on campus each year and they This group meets Tuesday nights for 40 minutes also hand out Passover care packages to of silent meditation. students. Phone: (515) 292-5960 Website: https://mail.google.com/ Email: [email protected] mail/u/0/?tab=wm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwJWrZ- RLJcZVzvgrxxXlqQhzdGZ?projector=1&mes- Mindfulness and Meditation sagePartId=0.1 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames – Phone: 515-339-9160 1015 Hyland Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 Email: [email protected] This group meets Sunday nights from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Temple B’Nai Jeshurun (Reform Judaism) 5101 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312 Phone: (515) 292-5960 Erev Shabbat services generally start at 6:00 Email: [email protected] p.m. on Friday night and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings. There is a social time with wine and Mormonism snacks that precedes each service time. The The Church of Latter-Day Saints Ames Institute Friday service social time begins at 5:30 p.m. of Religion – 137 Lynn Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 The Saturday service social time begins at This building provides religious education for 9:00 a.m. Traditional Torah study occurs every young single adults from ages 18 to 30 years Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. old.

Phone: (515) 274-4679 Phone: (515) 292-2759 Website: https://templebnaijeshurun.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ AmesInstituteoftheChurchofJesus- Christ/?rf=158097977728541

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints the month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the – 2524 Hoover Avenue, Ames, IA 50010 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames This is the regular congregation building for church. Mormonism in Ames, Iowa. Phone: (515) 292 - 5960 Phone: (515) 232-0437 Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The- Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints- Sacred Bridges Ames-IA-279517908796734/ First Unitarian Church, 1800 Bell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50315 Sikhism This group meets at the location above. They The Iowa Sikh Association organize primarily through their Facebook page. 1115 Walnut Street, West Des Moines, IA 50265 This is a non-profit organization. It holds Phone: (515) 244 - 8603 congregation and prayers from 11:30 a.m. to Facebook: www.facebook.com/ 1:00 p.m. each Sunday. Immediately following sacredbridgescuups congregation is a community meal from 1:00 Email: [email protected] p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Authentic Dining Website: http://iowasikhassociation.org/contact- Following is a list of restaurants in Ames and the us/ Des Moines metropolitan area which attempt to Telephone number: (515) 255-5755 serve food that is authentic to the culture’s native Email: [email protected] cuisine.

Sikhs of Iowa Khalsa Heritage Inc. – 4820 NW African 59th Street Johnston, IA 501301 Patience’s African Cuisine It holds congregation and prayers from 11:30 3811 Douglas Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each Sunday. Immediately Phone: (515) 279 – 6158 following congregation is a community meal from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Somali Restaurant 4940 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310 Website: https://www.sikhinc.org/wordpress/ visiting-the-gurudwara/ Taste of Africa Phone: (515) 259-6613 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Suite 3, Email: [email protected] Des Moines, IA

Wiccan / Pagan Brazilian Persephone’s Children Café Beaudelaire Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames 2504 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014 1015 Hyland Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 This group meets every third Thursday of Phone: (515) 292 – 7429 Website: www.cafebeaudelaire.com

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Chinese Rico’s Tacos House of Chen 624 East Lincoln Way, Ames IA 50010 705 East Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010 Phone: (515) 233 - 3144 Tacos La Michoacana 403 Broad Street, Story City, Iowa 50248 Le’s Chinese Bar-B-Que 1600 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314 Indian India Palace Szechuan House 120 Hayward Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 3605 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014 Phone: (515) 292 - 7888 Phone: (515) 715 - 1060 Website: http://www.szechuanhouseames.com/ Website: http://www.indiapalaceames.com/

Little Taipei India Delights 2514 Chamberlain Street, Ames, IA 127 Dotson Drive, Ames, IA 50014 Phone: (515) 292 – 6123 Website: https://www.ameslittletaipei.com/ Phone: (515) 292-3419 contact Website: https://indiandelightsames.tumblr. com/?page_id=4 Wok N Roll 120 Welch Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 Kathmandu Restaurant – 4121 SE 14th Street Phone: (515) 292-6688 Des Moines, IA, 50320 Phone: (515) 207 – 1463 888 Restaurant Chinese Food 809 Wheeler Street, Suite 106, Ames, IA 50010 Namaste India – Indian Cuisine and Restaurant – Phone: (515) 232 – 3366 7500 University Ave # A Clive IA 50325 Website: http://888restaurantames.com/ Phone: (515) 255 - 1698

Central / South American Eastern European Botanero Latino Colombian & International Phoenix Café Cuisine 6769 Hickman Rd. Des Moines, IA 50322 604 East Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010 Phone: (515) 331 - 4342

Los Altos Mexican Restaurant Middle Eastern 823 Wheeler Street, Suite 5, Ames, IA 50010 Pammel Grocery and Deli 113 Colorado Avenue, Suite 133, Ames, IA Mi Casita Restaurant 50014-3499 115 6th Street Nevada, IA 50201 Phone: (515) 382-2444

Puerto Rico Restaurant 6611 University Avenue, Windsor Heights, Iowa 50324 Phone: (515) 274 – 1690

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Peruvian African Panka Peruvian Restaurant Ahlan Grocery African Food Stores 2708 Ingersoll Avenue, Suite 200, Des Moines, 3826 Douglas Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310 IA 50312 Phone: (515) 279 – 5451 Phone: (515) 244 – 1430 Website: Pankadsm.com A & J African Food Store 519 Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313 Thai Phone: (515) 661 – 0727 The Spice Thai Cuisine 402 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010 Quick Stop African Food Mart Website: Thespiceames.com 511 Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313 Phone: (515) 232 - 0200 Phone: (515) 243 - 0868

Vietnamese Malachi African Food Market A Dong Restaurant 3009 Merle Hay Rd. Suite 3, Des Moines, IA 511 High Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 50310 Phone: (515) 278 – 5603 Le’s Restaurant 113 Colorado Avenue, Ames, IA 50014 Asian Phone: (515) 292-0002 Ames Asia Market Website: https://www.lesrestaurantames.com/ 819 Wheeler Street Suite 5, Ames, IA 50010 menu Asia Food Store Pho 85 516 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010 1705 SE Delaware Avenue, Ankeny, IA 50021 Phone: (515) 964-2388 C Fresh Market 801 University Avenue Des Moines, IA 50314 Pho 888 Phone: (515) 288 - 0525 1521 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314 Phone: (515) 288 – 1595 Double Dragon Food Market 537 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314 Pho Saigon 1452 2nd Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314 Eastern Europe

Pho All Seasons Bosna Grocery – 3009 Merle Hay Rd. #4 Des 1311 E. Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316 Moines, IA, 50310 This grocery store stocks food from Italy, Specialty Food Stores Germany, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and other Following is a list of restaurants in Ames and the Eastern European countries. Des Moines metropolitan area which attempt to serve food that is authentic to the culture’s native Phone: (515) 207 – 1163 cuisine.

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Middle Eastern Pride Sports League of Central Iowa Pammel Grocery and Deli P. O. Box 146, Des Moines, IA 50301 113 Colorado Avenue, Suite 133, Ames, IA This group organizes recreational and 50014-3499 intramural events to the LGBTA community in the Des Moines metro area.

LGTBQ Resources Website: http://www.pridesportsleague.org/ Connecting Central Iowa Women pages/about 2713 Beverly Drive, Urbandale, IA 50322 Email: [email protected] This group organizes social activities for lesbians and other women around the Des Prime Timers Central Iowa Moines area metropolitan area. There is a small Steven Therrien – 2238 SW 35th Street, Ankeny, membership fee of $15.00. IA 50023 This is a group for older gay and bisexual Website: https://www.iowawcc.com/about-wcc- men. The website appears to be defunct and it connecting appears to have moved to the following closed Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Womens- Facebook group: Cultural-Collective-Central-Iowa-Meetup/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ The First Friday Breakfast Club PrimeTimersIowa/ Hoyt Sherman Place – 1501 Woodland Avenue, Email: [email protected], stherrien@ Des Moines, IA 50309 mchsi.com

This is a LGBTQ group which meets monthly at Transformations Iowa 7:00 a.m. for breakfast at Hoyt Sherman place. This is a support group for non-binary and transgender individuals. Meeting locations Phone: (515) 288 -2500 (Jonathan Wilson) may have changed since this has been created, Email: [email protected] please direct message the Facebook page or send an email to the organizer for updated The Pride Center of Des Moines meeting information. 1620 Pleasant Street, Suite 244, Des Moines, IA 50314 Meetings: This is a group that puts on the Pride event in Every Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Des Moines as well as other events throughout The Pride Center at 1620 Pleasant Street, Suite the year. 244, Des Moines, IA 50314

Website: http://www.dsmpridecenter.org/ Second Saturday of the month from 1:00 p.m. Phone: (515) 277 – 7884 to 4:00 p.m. at Urbandale UCC, 3530 70th Street, Email: [email protected] Urbandale, IA

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected] Email addresses: sophia.transformations@ gmail.com, [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ transformationsiowa Phone: (515) 779-5187

Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus This group performs choir events three times a year.

Website: http://www.dmgmc.org/ Phone: (515) 953-1540

LGBTQ Bars The Blazing Saddle 416 E. 5th Street, Des Moines, IA, 50309 Phone: (515) 246 – 1299

Buddy’s Corral 418 E. 5th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 244 – 7140

The Garden Nightclub 112 SE 4th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 243-3965

Community Organizations

Asian Iowa Asian Alliance 6919 Vista Drive, Des Moines, IA 50266 Website: https://www.iowaasianalliance.com/ contact-us Phone: (515) 770 – 1026

Korean Cultural Connection P.O. Box 161, Des Moines, IA 50301 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kcciowa/ Email: [email protected]

515 Morrill Road 3410 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2021 Phone: 515-294-7612 Email: [email protected]