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RELEASE – Summer Food sites ensure Nebraska kids don’t go hungry when school lets out

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Nic Swiercek / 06/06/2018

***For Immediate Release*** June 6, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org Summer Food sites ensure Nebraska kids don’t go hungry when school lets out Adequate meals in summer are essential to children’s health, learning retention LINCOLN — Thousands of children in Nebraska are food […]

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Take Action – Tell Congress to put a stop to inhumane family separation

Immigrants & Communities / By Nic Swiercek / 05/30/2018

Nebraskans agree that strong, united families are the foundation of successful communities. And for generations, our immigration laws reflected those values. But now, cruel and inhumane new policies are threatening families who are seeking safety in the U.S. from danger. The White House has announced a new plan to separate children from their parents at the

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Statement – Inhumane White House decision to tear apart families will do lasting, far-reaching damage

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Nic Swiercek / 05/30/2018

***For Immediate Release*** May 30, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 Email: jsheldon@neappleseed.org Statement on Trump Administration policy of separating families seeking asylum Cruel, inhumane choice to tear children from parents will cause lasting trauma, violates American values of decency and humanity LINCOLN —

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Nebraskans In The Coverage Gap: Jennifer fighting uphill battle after on-the-job injury

Health Care / By Nic Swiercek / 05/15/2018

No one should be devastated financially for suffering an on-the-job injury, but after Jennifer got hurt working in a hotel, she found that getting healthy enough to get back to work was harder than she ever could have imagined. The injury forced the Bellevue woman to lose her job, which made affording health coverage nearly

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RELEASE – Appleseed, Nebraska workers oppose dangerous USDA plan to increase pork line speeds

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Nic Swiercek / 05/09/2018

***For Immediate Release*** May 9, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 jsheldon@neappleseed.org Advocates, Workers formally oppose dangerous USDA pork plan Increasing already high processing line speeds pose greater risk to food and worker safety LINCOLN — Last week, Nebraska Appleseed joined current and former

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STATEMENT – Ending Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans endangers long-time Nebraska families

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Nic Swiercek / 05/04/2018

***For Immediate Release*** May 4, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 Email: jsheldon@neappleseed.org Statement on ending Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans Decision cruelly endangers lives of families and children who have long-standing ties to Nebraska communities LINCOLN — Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland

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STATEMENT: Nebraska AG continues to needlessly target young Nebraskans and their families

Immigrants & Communities, Press Release / By Nic Swiercek / 05/02/2018

***For Immediate Release*** May 2, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Nebraska Appleseed Communications Director Office: (402) 438-8853 Mobile: (402) 840-7289 Email: jsheldon@neappleseed.org Nebraska Attorney General continues to target valuable young Nebraskans and their families DACA a successful measure of security until Congress updates immigration laws LINCOLN — Monday, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson

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Nebraskans In The Coverage Gap: Darrell Allen Roth

Health Care / By Nic Swiercek / 04/23/2018

Darrell Allen Roth, an Omaha native, is a familiar face in his neighborhood. Darrell has been working in the salvage business for over 20 years, and after learning the trade with a local company, he set out on his own in 2005. Since becoming self-employed, Darrell realized how expensive health insurance have gotten for those

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RELEASE – Nebraska organizations applaud passage of predatory lending reform bill

Economic Justice / By Nic Swiercek / 04/18/2018

***For Immediate Release*** April 18, 2018 Contact, Jeff Sheldon Communications Director, Nebraska Appleseed Mobile: (402) 840-7289 Email: jsheldon@neappleseed.org Nebraska organizations applaud passage of Predatory Lending Reform bill Law will be small step forward to curb abusive lending, but future reforms are also needed LINCOLN — Today Nebraska organizations applaud the Final Reading

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Take Action: Stop food cuts in Farm Bill that would hurt vulnerable Nebraskans

Economic Justice / By Nic Swiercek / 04/17/2018

Will you make a phone call today to protect the ability for tens of thousands of Nebraskans to put food on their table? Now is an important time for your Congressman to hear from you. Last week, the House Agriculture Committee proposed the 2018 Farm Bill, which put forward drastic cuts and harmful new restrictions to our country’s

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