Volunteer with Collective Impact Lincoln
We’re in Year 3 of Collective Impact Lincoln, our intensive partnership with Nebraska Appleseed and the South of Downtown Community Development Organization to lift up the Star City’s core neighborhoods. […]
Q&A: Carol A. Subiabre
Carol A. Subiabre joined Civic Nebraska’s Board of Directors in June. Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, with a Husker father and an Irish mother, Carol found the “Good Life” […]
Fake news: Much ado about nothing and a problem for democracy
Careful what you believe! It could be fake news. And it could be threatening our democracy. “Fake news” has become a political weapon, a term of derision. And a meme. […]
What rural communities that ‘get it’ have in common
It’s amazing where a tank of gas can take you. Our Civic Health team recently visited Diller, in Jefferson County on the Kansas-Nebraska border, to see how the town of […]
Without the vote, there’s no chance of change
After a difficult weekend for our country, you may be asking what you can do right now to protect and defend our democracy. Of course, most conversations end with one answer: vote. […]
Democracy: A crisis of confidence?
Regardless of who you voted for or what political party you with which you identify, I think we all agree that we can all do more to strengthen our democracy […]
Q&A: Elizabeth Everett
Elizabeth Everett joined Civic Nebraska’s Board of Directors in June. A native of Colorado who grew up in Fort Collins, Everett was among the staff of Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and […]
‘This deserves the attention of every American’
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past 24 hours, you’re aware that former special counsel Robert Mueller went before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his office’s 22-month […]
Curing political intolerance and misperceptions
Few of us argue when we hear that our politics are sick. But what he haven’t considered, perhaps, is that we’re all in some small way part of the contagion. […]
Building Young Leaders: Candy Allen
The atmosphere at Civic Nebraska’s Lothrop Elementary CLC is special – a feeling of care, of inclusion, of community, and of mutual affection between instructors and students. Candy Allen is […]