REGISTER TO VOTE GREEN . . . Fill out the voter registration form here (pdf) Complete online, and print out a copy for your records. If you have questions about registering to vote, contact the Secretary of State’s office at 402.471.2555, or your local county election commissioner.
NEBRASKA GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES . . . Green Party candidates for 2008 in Partisan elections are Steve Larrick, U.S. Senate; and for Douglas County Board, District 1: Scott Hoffman. LaVerne Thraen has filed for the Non-Partisan OPPD Board of Directors Metro District, and Doug Paterson is a candidate for Public Service Commission District 2 in Omaha.
OMAHA MEET AND GREET THE CANDIDATES . . . The South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance will hold a Meet and Green the Candidates, Thursday, September 11, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00pm at the Sheet Metal Workers Hall, 24th & Venton Streets. US Senate candidate Steve Larrick, and Public Service Commission candidate Doug Paterson will be there for the South Omaha event.
LOCAL DELEGATES REPORT ON PALESTINE AND COLUMBIA . . . Lincoln Chrisian Peacemaker Team Delegates Hannah Breckbill and Amanda Balzer will report on their first-hand experiences and observations after returning from Palestine and Columbia. Three local presentations will be made: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 10:45am, First Mennonite Church, 7300 Holdrege Street; Sunday, September 7, 7:00pm, Unitarian Church of Lincoln, 6300 A Street; and Monday, September 8, 7:00pm, at UN-L Nebraska Union. A brownbag lunch for clergy and those interested in learning more about the Christian Peacemaker Teams will be Friday, September 12, noon, First Presbyterian Church, 840 South 17th Street, all in Lincoln. A flier is available here. (pdf)
CITIZENS FOR EQUAL PROTECTION . . . Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 5:30 to 7:30pm, CFEP will meet in Lincoln at First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 2000 D Street. The discussion will concern how Nebraskans can collectively help LGBTQ people in local communities. For more information, contact Tyler Richard, tyler at cfep dash ne dot org.
LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Join weekly peace vigils at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets in Lincoln, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402-499-6672 or mark at weddleton dot com for more information.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITING GROUP . . . Join human rights activists and local Greens at Jones Coffee, 727 South 11th, Lincoln, between 7:00 and 9:00pm, Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The group meets every second Wednesday of the month for fair trade coffee to learn about human rights violations around the world, what is being done to address them, and letter-writing. Contact Matt Gregory for more information, by phone at 402.570.7840, or e-mail plylas at hotmail dot com.
911 TRUTH ACTION . . . Thursday, September 11, 2008, there will be a 911 Truth Action at the Federal Building, 15th & O Streets in Lincoln, from 3:00 to 7:00pm. The public is welcome.
NATURAL PLAY SPACES . . . Urban designer Robin Moore will speak on the Value of Natural Play Spaces for Children and Families, Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7:00pm at Kimball Recital Hall on the UN-L City Campus. The Healthy Families Play Outside website is here.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Effect and Affect . . . Local and regional experts will discuss solutions for a more environmentally aware world at a free event, open to the public, on Thursday, September 18, and Friday, September 19, 2008, at The UN-L College of Architecture Gallery, Room 210, 10th & R Street, on the Un-L City Campus, Lincoln. For an Agenda of the two-day program starting at 1:00pm September 18, click here. (pdf) To guarantee seating, and for the September 18 reception, 6:00 to 8:00pm, rsvp by Friday, September 12, to Doris Devries at ddevries1 at unl dot edu.
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE: PUTTING BULLIES OUT OF BUSINESS . . . Student organizations at Nebraska Wesleyan University will sponsor a one-day conference intended to raise awareness about the immediate and long term effects of bullying in communities, and how to reduce instances of bullying behavior. The Conference will be Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9:30am to 3:30pm at NWU. Workshops include information on parent involvement, women’s rights issues, violence in minority communities, and a session on bullying in America. To register, e-mail event organizer Jake Hoy-Elswick, jake dot hoyelswick at gmail dot com, or Joshua Cramer, jrcramer at gmail dot com.
LINCOLN BICYCLE SWAP MEET . . . Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9:00am to 3:00pm, rain or shine, the fifth annual Bicycle Swap Meet featuring antique bikes, new bikes, BMX, Road, Mountain, Low Riders and Bike Stuff, will be at 5300 South Folsom Street, in Lincoln. For more information, contact Randy Farmer at 402.420.3076 or Scott Grossenbacher at 402.499.8248.
TWILIGHT ON THE TALLGRASS . . . Saturday, September 13, 2008, 5:00pm to 10:00pm, Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center will host a festival centered around the works of Loren Eiseley, native Nebraska naturalist, scientist and writer. Walk the trails through never plowed tallgrass prairie, around ponds, wetlands, wildflowers and grasses where birds and wildlife live in their habitat at this 808-acre nature preserve 20 minutes southwest of Lincoln. For more information phone 402.797.2301.
TRI CITY AIDS WALK . . . This year’s AIDS WALK will be in Kearney, Sunday, September 14, 2008, at the UN-K Health & Sports Center on West Highway 30. Registration will begin at 1:00pm. Kickoff speakers from Kansas City are United Methodist Church Bishop Fritz Mutti and Etta Mae Mutti, who lost two sons to HIV AIDS. For more information contact Erin Cantrell by phone at 308.338.0527, or e-mail casemanager-3nap at charterinternet dot com.
HISPANIC/LATINO CULTURAL CELEBRATION . . . Sunday, September 14, 2008, 10:00am to 6:00pm, a free family-oriented cultural festival featuring live bands, tango dancers, children’s activities, displays and ethnic foods will be at Antelope Park. Hosted by El Centro De Las Americas, the Hispanic/Latino community serving Lincoln/Lancaster County, this year’s event will celebrate 25 years of providing language classes, computer training, counseling, children’s education, housing placement, translation services and a food pantry for the Lincoln area.
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