‘Idea of America’ underway in central Nebraska
The Fellowship invites Nebraskans from different walks of life to explore big questions about leadership, democracy, and what it means to live together in a pluralistic society.
Our 2025 Strengthening Democracy Awards honorees
Join us Oct. 16 in Omaha when we honor these powerful Nebraskans making meaningful democratic change.
Who we are when everyone is looking
Civic character is the sum of the habits, norms, and behaviors that hold a community together – meaning we all have a role to play in sustaining it.
Stopping the spin before it sets in
Bad election law ideas don’t die, they come back rebranded and retimed. The goal is repetition until voter restrictions feel inevitable.
Introducing Sage Shadoan, organizing and data specialist
The Alabama native supports Civic Nebraska’s voting rights work, from nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts to legislative advocacy, in alignment, effectiveness, and impact.
Ending friendships over politics … and losing ourselves
If every disagreement leads us to step back, the connections that sustain democracy will collapse.
America is staying put. That doesn’t mean we’re stuck.
Investing in local civic infrastructure keeps democratic life pushing forward, even if Americans are not moving right now.
What? So What? Now What?: a ‘citizen-only’ census
If non-citizen Nebraska residents are erased from the count, and therefore from the formulas that determine funding, our state would lose out, year after year.
Holding the center
From Nebraska, you can see America in every direction. That perspective, and the Midwestern sensibility that comes with it, might be exactly what the nation needs right now.
Before the lines get crooked
Nebraska can protect its nonpartisan redistricting legacy, preventing Texas-style gerrymandering chaos before it spreads.