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Welcome to Civic Nebraska.

America is an audacious idea: equal parts competition and consensus, conflict and compromise, individual virtue and common good. CIVIC NEBRASKA emboldens Nebraskans to take powerful action to strengthen our democracy – because America is not for the meek. It’s for those who 

DARE MIGHTY THINGS.

The Nebraska Legislature is in session

and Civic Nebraska is there.

Civic Nebraska Headlines

Partisan or nonpartisan, everything is political
We are all in the political arena, whether we want to be or not. Ignoring politics is in fact a political act, in the sense that we concede our right to others to affect our world for good or for ill.
March 30, 2023
Strengthening Democracy: Kendall Bartling
The Nebraska U. student, who has registered more than 1,000 first-time voters and who leads get-out-the-vote efforts to ensure the state's youth have a voice, is Civic Nebraska's 2023 Young Civic Leader.
March 29, 2023
Evnen to U.S. Senators: Nebraska elections are a model for…
"We're ready," the Nebraska Secretary of State said when asked about 2024.
March 28, 2023
Strengthening Democracy: Rick Galusha
The co-founder of the Omaha Free Speech Society, Bellevue U. scholar, and champion of civil discourse is our 2023 Civic Catalyst.
March 27, 2023

Locations

After School Programs

  • Sherman Elementary School

    5618 N 14th Ave.
    Omaha, NE 68110

  • Lewis and Clark Middle School

    6901 Burt St.
    Omaha, NE 68132

  • Lothrop Magnet Elementary

    3300 N. 22nd St.
    Omaha, NE 68110

  • Campbell Elementary School

    2200 Dodge St.
    Lincoln, NE 68521

  • Lincoln High School

    2229 J St.
    Lincoln, NE 68510

  • Lincoln Northeast High School

    2635 N. 63rd St.
    Lincoln, NE 68507