{"id":1940,"date":"2017-08-24T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2017-08-24T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:00:14","slug":"a-spiritual-gathering-in-support-of-sound-policy-in-lincoln-aug-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/24\/a-spiritual-gathering-in-support-of-sound-policy-in-lincoln-aug-29\/","title":{"rendered":"A spiritual gathering in support of sound policy in Lincoln Aug. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From <a href=\"http:\/\/nebraskansforpeace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nebraskans for Peace<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We Will Not Be Left Behind: The Proposed Federal Budget and Ordinary People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event will have a spiritual focus and will remind Lincoln and Nebraskans that the government has an obligation to protect the lives of poor and ordinary people through the provision of decent health care, education for civic competence and jobs, and uncontaminated water, air, and land.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>: Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: Malone Center Auditorium, 2032 U Street, Lincoln<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The events of Charlottesville are not isolated from the general efforts in this country to cut programs designed to help people of all cultures and races flourish. We wish to speak to a budget that will support everyone&#8217;s empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>The program will begin with music and prayers, continue with remarks from representatives of the most affected communities, go on to a federal budget analysis from Appleseed, and close with a meditation on values, a prayer and music. \u00a0We hope for a good crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The event is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/We Will Not Be Left Behind: The Proposed Federal Budget and Ordinary People  Save the date: Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 7:00pm  Place: Malone Center Auditorium, 2032 U Street, Lincoln  The event will have a spiritual focus and will remind Lincoln and Nebraskans that the government has an obligation to protect the lives of poor and ordinary people through the provision of decent health care, education for civic  competence and jobs, and uncontaminated water, air, and land.  The events of Charlottesville are not isolated from the general efforts in this country to cut programs designed to help people of all cultures and races flourish.  We wish to speak to a budget that will support everyone's empowerment.     The program will begin with music and prayers, continue with remarks from representatives of the most affected communities, go on to a federal budget analysis from Appleseed, and close with a medication on values, a prayer and music.       We hope for a good crowd.  ACTION:  Contact Nebraska's members of Congress today.  Tell them to reject budgets that target hard-working Nebraskans with low incomes and protect investments that keep families out of poverty while helping Nebraska be a state where everyone has the opportunity to get ahead.  Scroll down at https:\/\/neappleseed.org\/takeaction#budget for contact  information.    Sponsored by NFP, NAACP Lincoln, Appleseed Center, Sacred Winds, and El Centro de las Americas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/naacplincolnbranch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAACP Lincoln<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/neappleseed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nebraska Appleseed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sacred-Winds-Native-Mission-Church-United-Methodist-Church-442702482539056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacred Winds<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcentrodelasamericas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Centro de las Americas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Nebraskans for Peace: We Will Not Be Left Behind: The Proposed Federal Budget and Ordinary People The event will have a spiritual focus and will remind Lincoln and Nebraskans that the government has an obligation to protect the lives of poor and ordinary people through the provision of decent health care, education for civic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/24\/a-spiritual-gathering-in-support-of-sound-policy-in-lincoln-aug-29\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A spiritual gathering in support of sound policy in Lincoln Aug. 29<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[13,12,10,14,17,8,11,16,15,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}