Category Archives: Events

CITIZEN KOCH coming to the Ross July 11

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From the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center:

CITIZEN KOCH, OPENING FRIDAY, July 11 through July 17, 2014

In this searing exposé on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, Academy Award-nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water; co-producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 & Bowling for Columbine) follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. CITIZEN KOCH investigates the impact of unlimited, anonymous spending by corporations and billionaires on the electoral process, featuring stories of life-long Republicans whose loyalty is tested when their families become collateral damage in the GOP fight to take organized labor out at the knees. Alternately terrifying and funny, CITIZEN KOCH is an essential and powerful portrait of our political times.

Check show times at the Ross.

COINTELPRO expert to speak at Malcolm X Center July 21

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From Progressive Omaha:

Please try to attend this important presentation on behalf of 43-years-incarcerated Edward Poindexter and Mondo we Langa (formerly David Rice.)  We are continuing to educate the community to the travesty of justice involved with this case. In particular, the role played by the FBI’s infamous COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) that manipulated evidence and enabled numerous law enforcement agencies to frame and prosecute black activists in the 1960s and 1970s for crimes they didn’t commit.

Michael Richardson is a nationally-recognized research expert on the COINTELPRO and he is coming to Omaha:

The Malcolm X Center
3448 Evans Street, Omaha
July 21, 7 to 9 p.m.

We will open with a spoken-word performance by the great With Love, Felicia (Felicia Webster).  We will pass the hat at the end of the program, and any donations will be given to the Nebraskans for Justice organization, the primary group that has been fighting for the release of Poindexter and we Langa.

Don’t forget these brothers. After 43 years in prison, they are still on the clock. Hope you can attend.  Bring somebody with you.

Thank you,

Walter Brooks

Read more about Progressive Omaha.

Community Discussion on Energy in Stanton June 17

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From Ben Gotschall, Energy Director at BOLD Nebraska:

Nebraska has the potential to be a national leader in renewable energy.

With the recent EPA announcement that Nebraska must reduce its carbon emissions by 26 percent by 2030, clean energy is becoming more important to our state’s economy. People all across Nebraska are eager to learn more and share their own ideas about how to build new energy sources that will keep our land, air, and water clean while strengthening our state’s economy.

Come join Bold Nebraska and the Center for Rural Affairs for a community energy discussion:

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Uptown Brewery
801 10th Street, Stanton, Nebraska

Heavy appetizers provided!

Please RSVP and let us know if you plan to come, so we’ll know how much food to order. RSVP to Virginia Meyer at the Center for Rural Affairs, virginiam@cfra.org or 402-687-2103 ext. 1014.

Topics will include energy generation in Nebraska, renewable energy, local and community-owned energy projects, and much more. Bring a friend and your ideas about how to move Nebraska forward on energy.

See you in Stanton,

Ben Gotschall
Energy Director, Bold Nebraska

Green Drinks in Omaha May 28

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Please join our growing numbers next Wednesday for Green Drinks, back at our old haunt. And as always, please pass the word to others who might be interested in attending!

Omaha Green Drinks: 5:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2014

(Typically the fourth Wednesday of every odd month: January, March, May, July, September, November.)

Whole Foods Market Omaha, 10020 Regency Circle, Omaha (education room near the restaurant seating, across from coffee bar).

Anyone working on environmental issues (green business, architecture, design, clean energy, natural resources, and more) or studying them is welcome to attend. Enjoy conversation,  make contacts, have a few drinks (alcohol or non-alcohol), and take in some green inspiration. First time? Just go up to someone and say, “Are you green?” And you’ll be made welcome.

There is a a send-only email circulation list; to get on it, send an email to GDsubscribe@p2ric.org with subject heading “Green Drinks NE”

Green Drinks Facebook Group

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Jill Stein to speak at Midwest gathering June 13-15

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The Greens of Kansas City and the Progressive Party of Missouri invite you to a five-state Green organizing meeting. Held June 13 to 15 just outside of Kansas City, Transforming Politics on the Prairie: Building the Green Party in the Midwest will feature Jill Stein as keynote speaker.

The venue is the Heartland Center, a beautiful rural conference center at 16965 NW 45 Highway, Parkville, Missouri. It is located very close to the K.C. International Airport. Attendees arriving at reasonable times will be provided a free shuttle service.

Never in the history of our country has there been a greater need for a new, vibrant party. With 60% of the people saying “We need a third party,” our holistic message and strong moral foundation put us in a unique position to accept the challenge. The Greens are leading the way in many parts of the country, and this meeting is intended to bring multi-state leadership together, to confer and develop plans for rejuvenating our Green Parties in the Prairie States.

Registration will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday night, June 13. Dinner is at 5:30 with a keynote address by Jill Stein, followed by conversations with Jill Stein, other workshop leaders, and meeting attendees. Saturday will be filled with workshops on topics important to Greens. On Saturday night we will explore how to build the Green Party in our states and how to incorporate the workshop issues, politics, and related movements into a strong force for change. On Sunday, we will meet in small groups to discuss multi-state, multi-issue collaborative efforts. Conference ends at 10:00 Sunday morning.

Workshops will include: Single-payer health care, Fighting the Grand Bargain, Transforming Food/Farm Issues, Running Green Campaigns, Climate Disruption.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Jill Stein, Green Presidential candidate, 2012
  • Ed Weisbart, MD, Missouri Chair PNHP, St. Louis, MO
  • David Kinsley, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management at KU Medical Center
  • Mark Swaney, Green candidate for US Senate from Arkansas
  • John Fish Kurman, Coordinator of 350KC

Cost:

  • Full Conference (includes 5 meals and lodging for 2 nights, triple occupancy): $180.00
  • Early registration (before May 15): $160.00
  • Students: $125.00
  • Saturday only: $40.00  (Please add any of the following: Breakfast $8.00, Lunch $10.00, Dinner $13.00)

There are scholarships available. Let us know what you can afford.

For more information contact Ben Kjelshus, bkjelshus@gmail.com, (816)623-3006.

Rice & Beans Potluck Dinner for Nebraskans for Peace

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Join fellow Greens for the annual Rice & Beans Potluck in support of Nebraskans for Peace:

Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 6:00 p.m
Countryside Community Church, 8787 Pacific Street
(Memorial Hall: Enter the western door facing Pacific Street and follow the signs inside to the downstairs dining room.)

(Rice & drinks provided. A free-will collection will be taken — but it is free to attend. Just bring a food dish to share.)

John Pollack will deliver his keynote address, “Global Warming: The Third Degree Burn.”

John Pollack obtained his M.S. in meteorology from University of Wisconsin in 1976 and came to Omaha in 1978 to be a forecaster for the National Weather Service. He retired from forecasting in 2009, but he continues his interest in weather and climate change. He also remains active in other peace and justice issues, and is currently involved in the fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Special Recognition for Courageous Anti-War Work will go toJerry Ebner and Mark and Marie Kenney.

RSVPs are requested so we know how much rice to cook. Call 402-453-0776 or e-mail NFPOmaha@NebraskansforPeace.org with “RSVP Rice & Beans” in the subject line.

Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, in Omaha

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Join fellow Greens in a discussion with Bill McKibben, environmentalist and founder of 350.org:

Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Countryside Community Church, 8787 Pacific Street

Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change. He is founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement. Foreign Policy named him to their inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers, and the Boston Globe said he was “probably America’s most important environmentalist.”

A former staff writer for The New Yorker, he writes frequently a wide variety of publications around the world, including the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone. He lives in the mountains above Lake Champlain with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern.

Bill’s talk will describe the current state of global warming through an explanation of the basic math and science of climate change. He will give updates on the movement, working to end our reliance on fossil fuel energy and create a world powered by renewable sources. Bill will join us via Skype in an effort to practice what he preaches, leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph. D. will give a brief introduction and facilitate the discussion.

Celebrate Earth Day with Author Julene Bair

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Celebrate Earth Day 2014 with Julene Bair as she reads from her new book, The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning:

Monday, April 21, 2014
7 p.m.
Unity Room
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center at UNL

Julene Bair has inherited part of a large farm and fallen in love with a rancher from Kansas’s beautiful Smoky Valley. A single mother, she means to provide her son with the father he longs for and preserve the Bair farm for the next generation, honoring her own father’s wish and commandment, “Hang on to your land!” But part of her legacy is a share of the ecological harm the Bair Farm has done: each growing season her family, like many other irrigators, pumps over two hundred million gallons out of the Ogallala aquifer. The rapidly disappearing aquifer is the sole source of water on the vast western plains, and her family’s role in its depletion haunts her.

Nebraska LGBT Town Hall Meetings

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From ACLU of Nebraska:

Join the ACLU of Nebraska, national partner the Human Rights Campaign, and community groups around the state for a community meeting close to you to discuss the results of the recent survey of LGBT people in Nebraska. The response was overwhelming. Thousands of LGBT people in Nebraska and across the country shared their lived experiences at home, school, work, and in their houses of worship. They told us what their priorities are for moving our community forward. You won’t want to miss out on the results of one of the largest surveys of LGBT people in the country. Come hear the results of the survey – and add your voice to the conversation.

Upcoming meetings in Scottsbluff, Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha, and Norfolk.

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The National Water Dance Project in Omaha April 12

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From UNO’s College of Education and College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media:

On Saturday, April 12, dancers from UNO’s The Moving Company and musicians from Ensemble 768 will be participating at this national event. Come view and support their performance highlighting the topic of drought.

The National Water Dance is an opportunity for performance artists to collaborate on forming a nationwide movement choir. It aims to inform and inspire participants and audience members to conserve and protect water resources. Participants from all over the country will perform at the same time connected through live streaming media.

Saturday’s event in Omaha will take place at 3 p.m. at the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.