Two hundred. That’s the approximate number of landlords one Lincolnite had to call to find one place to rent. They were turned away again and again just because they would use a housing voucher to help pay for rent. Discrimination like this is why the Lincoln for Fair Housing coalition worked to get source of […]
ONE year of source of income protections! Read More »
This year, we’ve joined advocates and partners throughout the state collecting signatures to get Respect Nebraska Voters on the ballot this November! Together, we’re going to ensure that our state lawmakers respect the will of the people once voters have spoken at the ballot box. There are only a few weeks left for us to
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For this year’s Give to Lincoln Day, we wanted to celebrate the act of giving. We set an ambitious goal to reach 400 grassroots supporters giving $10 or more to show what’s possible when we all pitch in for a common cause – the same approach we take to our work every single day. Thanks
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Guest Post by Nebraska Appleseed Child Welfare Fellow, Jacey Introduction For many children, the courtroom is not just a place of justice; it is a place where trauma is relived. In child welfare cases, decisions are made that directly shape a child’s life, making it critical that youth voices, experiences, and perspectives are meaningfully heard.
Truth Without Trauma: Strengthening Child Protections in Nebraska Courts Read More »
See you at Session 1: Roots of Justice – Reflecting on the past, building our future Wednesday, June 3rd from 10:30am-12:00pm CT (9:30-11:00am MT) on Zoom Dear Jaimee, We hope to see you at the first session of this year’s 12th-annual (virtual) statewide welcoming convening series, where we’ll share ideas and inspiration for community inclusion
Have you made your calls to Nebraska’s members of Congress yet? This upcoming vote on billions of additional tax dollars allocated to ICE violence is a really important one: Congress is expected to vote next week on a bill that goes around the normal budget process to give ICE and CBP (and the ballroom) an
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No matter our race, gender, or income, when every Nebraskan can afford a place to live, our communities will not only be better, they will be stronger. Unfortunately, our federal government recently proposed various changes to federal housing programs that will undermine the ability of Nebraska renters to maintain a safe, affordable home. Over the
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On Thursday, Nebraska Appleseed and Democracy Forward, representing Orel Alliance and the True Potential Scholarship, moved to intervene in federal court to defend Nebraska’s longstanding in-state tuition law, which makes higher education affordable for all students who graduated from Nebraska high schools. Recently, the federal government filed a lawsuit challenging a 2006 Nebraska law that
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Congress is currently considering a bill that goes around the normal budget process to give ICE and CBP (and the ballroom) an additional $72 billion. These funds would come on top of an unprecedented $170 billion allocated just last year to dramatically expand ICE and CBP operations, which has funded mass detentions and shocking violence against people, substantially
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Last fall, more than 18,300 Nebraskans from 386 towns and cities signed a petition to stop Governor Pillen from opening a large-scale federal detainment camp in our state, saying “This is NOT who we are” – and we filed a lawsuit on behalf of McCook residents to prevent this harmful expansion of ICE mass detention. Though the lawsuit was dismissed in
Update on McCook residents’ lawsuit to stop the ICE detainment camp Read More »