Category Archives: Events

Lincoln City Council Candidate Forum March 16

March 14, 2017EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

From Nebraska League of Conservation Voters:

Please join us Thursday, March 16, for the Lincoln City Council Candidate forum – all of the candidates have committed to attending.

When: Thursday, March 16th, 7:00 PM
Where: The AULD, 1650 Memorial Drive, Lincoln, NE 68508

The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Please RSVP to attend.

This candidate forum provides an opportunity for voters to get to know the candidates and their positions, as well as highlight the differences in their proposed policies. All candidates have committed to attending. Candidates running for Lincoln City Council include:

Leirion Gaylor Baird (Incumbent)
Roy Christensen (Incumbent)
Bennie Shobe
Brayden McLaughlin
Lou Braatz
Tom Nesbitt
Maggie Squires
Deb Andrews

The questions asked during the forum will encompass a wide range of issues in order to provide the most informative experience possible for those in attendance. Candidates may be asked questions about energy and the environment, as well as sustainable growth, fiscal responsibility, government transparency, transportation, infrastructure, neighborhoods and housing, public safety, and education.

The forum is hosted by the Nebraska League of Conservation Voters (NLCV), NeighborWorks Lincoln, Witherbee Neighborhood Association, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Friends of Wilderness Park, and several other Neighborhood Associations.

Omaha mayoral candidate forum March 14

March 13, 2017EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Grassroots Democracy, Personal and Global ResponsibilityShane Pekny

From Progressive Omaha:

Do you want to hear from Omaha’s Mayoral candidates? Join ONE Omaha for a Community Conversation featuring Omaha Mayoral Candidates Ean Mikale, Heath Mello, Mayor Jean Stothert, and Taylor Royal. The forum questions focus on neighborhood issues and opportunities. The conversation will take place at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus, Tuesday, March 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Moderated by KIOS, the forum is open to the public. All questions posed at the forum have been developed and submitted to ONE Omaha by Omaha residents.

For more information or to submit your question, visit One Omaha.

Save the date: Green VP Candidate Ajamu Baraka to speak at rally April 29 in Omaha

March 4, 2017EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

In solidarity with 350.org, NRDC, and other organizations participating in the April 29 People’s Climate March in Washington DC, the Nebraska Green Party is organizing a Solidarity March/Rally at Gene Leahy Mall in downtown Omaha. The event begins at noon. The march starts at 2 p.m.

2016 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Ajamu Baraka has accepted our invitation to speak at the Omaha event!

Learn more about this “human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism” at his website: A Voice from the Margins.

Can’t be there in person? The event will be live-streamed at the RealProgressives Facebook page.

Nebraska Green Party Meeting Feb. 19 in Omaha

February 16, 2017EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

Get involved with a discussion about the Nebraska Green Party’s future, including ballot access in 2018. Pick up a new NGP t-shirt and a petition or two. We’re gathering signatures again.

WHEN: Sunday, February 19, 3 to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Aroma’s Coffeehouse, 1033 Jones Street, Omaha.

Check out the Facebook event.

Make Fischer Listen Rally Feb. 21 in Lincoln

February 15, 2017Action Alerts, EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Ecological Wisdom, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

INDIVISIBLE Lincoln is organizing this event in response to Senator Fischer’s disregard for citizen concerns about recent legislation and appointments:

WHAT: Rally in Lincoln
WHEN: Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Grand Manse, 129 North 10th Street, Lincoln, outside Fischer’s meeting with LIBA, a Lincoln special interest group.

New Nebraska Green Party T-shirts now available

February 15, 2017Events, NewsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

We have a new supply of American Apparel Nebraska Green Party t-shirts, made by the local Green-identified Lincoln business Screen Ink. They will be available at this Sunday’s February 19th Omaha NGP meeting, or before, in Lincoln, by e-mailing mjberry (at) inebraska.com. Sunday’s meeting is at 3 p.m. at Aroma’s Coffeehouse, 1033 Jones St. (Join the Facebook event.)

Women’s Marches on Omaha, Lincoln Jan. 21

January 19, 2017Action Alerts, EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

Can’t make it to DC this weekend? Show solidarity right here in Nebraska:

Women’s March on Lincoln:

Where: From UNL City Campus Union to the State Capitol
When: Begins at 2 p.m.
Read more and join the Facebook event.

Women’s March on Omaha:

Where: CenturyLink Center, 455 N 10th St.
When: Rally and other activities 5 to 11:45 p.m.; March 6 to 7 p.m.
Read more and join the Facebook event.

Occupy Inauguration Weekend

January 18, 2017EventsCommunity-Based Economics, Decentralization, Ecological Wisdom, Feminism, Future Focus, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, Social JusticeShane Pekny

From Jill2016.com:

Tune in all day on Saturday, January 21, as we “Inaugurate the Resistance” on Facebook Live and here on the Jill2016 site.

You resisted the neoliberalism of Hillary Clinton and the neofascism of Donald Trump. Thank you! The resistance against Trump and the failed corporate two-party system continues even before he is inaugurated, and will continue afterwards as well.

The recounts in MI, PA and WI helped to reinvigorate the movement for election integrity. We will continue to fight to ensure that every vote counts.

In addition to the recount we are resisting corporate rule through protest.

On January 20, we will join thousands of people and organizations from around the country in Washington DC to Occupy Inauguration, sending a message to Trump that we reject his dangerous presidency from the very start.

On January 21, day one of the Trump administration, we’ll be on Facebook Live with an all-day online forum featuring Greens, social movements, and progressives, sharing resources and inspiration to support resistance and transformation.

We do not consent to Trump’s regime of hate, fear, and corruption.

We will oppose oligarchy with democracy. And we will build an unstoppable movement whose time has come, to put people, planet, and peace over profit.

Join us!