Collective Impact Lincoln to host council candidate forum April 20
The discussion will focus on topics including housing affordability, neighborhood safety, food access, and health care in Lincoln.
Strengthening Democracy: Michelle Clifford
Michelle Clifford is our 2021 Outstanding Educator.
Affliction or affection? Our civic choice is a fundamental one
As long as we share a commitment to our tried-and-true American values, we can work through the constant rebalancing that is required for us to remain one people. Trust, friendship, shared beliefs – the bonds of civic affection – can feed that rebalancing, Charlyne Berens writes.
Expanding, evolving, and redefining our post-pandemic worlds
As the light at the end of the long COVID tunnel approaches, we can weave a new future based on where we are – not where we were, Tammy Day writes.
Collective Impact Lincoln report touts neighborhood successes, what’s next
‘What Our Neighbors Said’ is a comprehensive look back – and ahead – at building up the Star City’s core neighborhoods.
‘Patriot Acts’: a Civic Sermon
We can and should seek an American patriotism that meets us where we are and where we’ve been – and based on those realities, casts an imaginative hope for the future.
Talking about race means getting comfortably uncomfortable
Carlos Barcenas on the first steps to deeper conversations on race: showing up, being intentional, allowing discomfort, and relaxing.
‘Civic Saturday: Patriot Acts’ is March 27
The theme of March 27’s virtual gathering is “Patriot Acts,” which will examine the unique nature and challenges of American patriotism.
Ballot applications mailed out, outreach begins as city elections approach
All registered voters in Lincoln and Omaha will find an early voting ballot application in their mailboxes this week.
Husker students map Nebraska towns’ civic assets
Alexandria Rinne and Ray Nierman mapped the people, passions, groups, places, events, and resources that sustain civic life in a pair of Nebraska communities.