The Iowa Institute for Social Action (IISA) is a leadership training event for people of faith residing in the four Catholic dioceses in Iowa. Various speakers and workshops enable attendees to become better advocates on social justice and peace issues in their local communities as well as throughout the world.

The Iowa Institute for Social Action is an annual two day event that traditionally coincides with the Sunday and Monday in January that honors the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. The 2009 event will be on Sunday, January 18 and Monday, January 19 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, West Des Moines, IA.

The event is sponsored by the Iowa Catholic Conference, the Archdiocese of Dubuque, and the Dioceses of Davenport, Des Moines and Sioux City.  The event is a primarily funding by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

2009 Social Action Institute