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MAY 2021
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Latest Voting Rights News
Your focus becomes your priority
Ronda Graff asks: What if communities were intentional about their focus and zoomed in on the positive rather than the negative?
Secure, safe, convenient: Early voting powers Lincoln’s ballot surge
The 52,541 ballots cast in the citywide election is a 35 percent jump in ballots from the previous high in a non-mayoral election. It also marks the second-highest total for any city election, behind 2019’s mayoral and council vote.
Make your picks for the 2021 Summer of Democracy Reading List
Reading is an act of engaged democratic citizenship. It builds empathy and character, expands knowledge, and encourages critical thought. Reading keeps us free.
Girl, Plainsplained
Conventional wisdom can be a product of distinct times and places – but also of basic hopes and deep fears, as Astrid Munn learned from an intensely personal experience.
Strengthening Democracy Awards 2021: ‘Character in the Collective’
Civic Nebraska celebrated its eighth annual Strengthening Democracy Awards on April 29 by pairing a rousing keynote speech from Eric Liu with inspiring stories of Nebraskans fortifying our shared civic life.
Strengthening Democracy: 2021 Outstanding Student Leaders
Anna Castro, Armon’e Dean, Christopher Gonzalez-Donis, and Neira Brandt are our 2021 Outstanding Student Leaders.
