From Nebraska Appleseed:
The Secretary of State will be holding a public hearing in Omaha on the minimum wage ballot question #425. There will the opportunity to testify on the ballot initiative.
The hearing will be Wednesday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center, 3215 Cuming Street.
For more information on the Minimum Wage question, read the Secretary of State’s pamphlet.
BOLD Nebraska has announced the availability of additional tickets for Saturday’s Willie & Neil concert at the Tanderup farm near Neligh. Greens will be gathering registered voters’ signatures on petitions for ballot access in 2016. We have cars going from Lincoln and Omaha, and we could really use a few more people to make the trip. There will be 7,500 potential signers. Obviously, the more people we have gathering signatures, the better.
In Lincoln, text, call, or e-mail Naomi Solomon with any questions and to get on board: 402.890.3173, nsolomyn (at) gmail.com.
To carpool from Omaha, call or e-mail Mark Zimmermann: 402.250.5235, markalanzimmermann (at) gmail.com.
Clean out your basement and give new life to your old stuff — all while benefiting the Green movement. The Nebraska Green Party Yard Sale will be Saturday, October 18, in Lincoln at 1645 South 22nd Street (22nd and Sumner). It’s not too soon to think about things you might contribute.
You can also pick up petitions at the yard sale, but to get started collecting signatures now, please contact Naomi in Lincoln and Mark in Omaha. If you have things for the sale, call Naomi and Mark to arrange collection. Here’s their contact information:
From BOLD Nebraska:
On Friday, Sept. 5, the Nebraska Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Thompson v. Heineman, the case pitting three Nebraska landowners fighting to protect their land from eminent domain and TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, against an unconstitutional law passed by the Nebraska legislature fast-tracking the pipeline route approval process.
The hearing will take place at 9 a.m. at the Nebraska Supreme Court, located inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln.
Want to attend the hearing, watch it broadcast live, or go to the concert rally later that day? Get all the info from BOLD Nebraska.
From the Columbus Telegram and the Schuyler Sun:
BRADSHAW — Corn grew to the left, soybeans to the right and gravel crunched under their feet on Road 22 Saturday afternoon as about 70 Nebraskans met 35 marchers who are on a cross-country trek to inspire action in combating climate change.
The Great March for Climate Action, which started in Los Angeles, reached Nebraska soil on June 30 and participants have been slowly winding their way through the state. By Saturday, their shoes’ soles had covered about 1,800 miles — about 20 miles a day — with about 1,200 miles to go to reach Washington, D.C.
In the Cornhusker State, those marching have sung in the People’s Church in tiny Max, walked in the July 4 parade in Culbertson, slept in a farmer’s field between Arapahoe and Holdrege — and spoke with thousands of Nebraskans along the way.
Get involved and help set the future direction of the Nebraska Green Party at the statewide council meeting in Lincoln Saturday, August 16. The meeting will start at 2 p.m. at Meadowlark Coffee and Espresso, 1624 South Street. There will be a report from the recent Five State Strategy Conference in Kansas City, Transforming Politics on the Prairie: Building the Green Party in the Midwest, and discussion of how Nebraska Greens will go forward from this point.
Omaha Green Drinks will meet this Wednesday, July 23, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The venue is Whole Foods Market at 10020 Regency Circle in Omaha; look for the education room across from the coffee bar. Walk, cycle, bus, or carpool to meet up with other environmentally conscious people in this informal, self-organizing network.
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.
From Restoration Exchange Omaha:
The 2004 Destination Midtown study showed the No. 1 thing people love about Midtown is its historic buildings. This is an opportunity to get involved to save the Clarinda-Page.
The City Council is supposed to vote on whether to remove landmark status at the July 1 meeting. Your attendance is needed! The whole point of declaring a building a landmark is so that it cannot be torn down. Please help save Omaha’s heritage!
Join us as we rally to gather support to save the Clarinda-Page apartments.
Rally: Save the Clarinda-Page Apartments
Thursday, June 26
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Farnam Street and Turner Boulevard
Learn more: Top Ten Reasons to Save the Clarinda and Page Apartments
Don’t forget about the upcoming five-state Green organizing meeting in Kansas City, featuring a keynote address by Jill Stein.