Join us for a morning of celebration, graduate recognition, inspiring stories, and light refreshments as we honor this important milestone of our graduates in the community.

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

There are limited seats; RISE grads and active participants will be given first priority. 

This event is open to NDCS-approved RISE volunteers only.

Volunteers sit on panels and serve as judges throughout the morning hearing program participants' business pitches. Volunteers score the pitches and vote for the participants who will move on to the next round of pitching. Top participants will then pitch again while peers, volunteers, and guests vote, and the winners of the competition are announced. There is a cap and gown ceremony and certificates are awarded. Sharing of testimonies from participants, staff, volunteers, and family members concludes this meaningful day!

Your loved one has spent the last several months in a program focusing on character development, leadership, job readiness, building positive relationships, and developing an entrepreneurial mindset.

During this time, they've created business plans from scratch and will pitched them to panels of community-volunteer judges, competing for IOU prizes to help with their reentry when the time comes.

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

The RISE Alumni Association is heading out to the lake, and you're invited. Bring your family, bring a lawn chair, bring whoever you want to introduce to this community that's still cheering you on.

A one-hour workshop on the paperwork side of adult life: picking insurance, choosing a bank, setting up utilities, building credit, and managing bills online. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 6:30–7:30 p.m. at City Light North in Lincoln. Pizza provided.

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

Habitat for Humanity walks RISE participants through the Home Journey program, volunteer opportunities, and the legal services available when buying a home. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 5:30–7:30 p.m. in Omaha. Light refreshments provided. RSVP required.

RISE Impact is serving at Sienna Francis House alongside Bridges For Justice, and we’d love to have you join us.

We’ll be sorting through clothes, serve a meal, and help clean up!

No experience needed. Show up ready to work and we’ll handle the rest. We will be going for a meal together afterwards.

This casual, open-house style gathering hosted at The Charging Station Coffeehouse is a time for the community to meet some of our staff, learn about our mission, ask questions, network with current volunteers, chat with other local community members, and learn how to get involved with RISE!

This event is open to NDCS-approved RISE volunteers only.

Volunteers sit on panels and serve as judges throughout the morning hearing program participants' business pitches. Volunteers score the pitches and vote for the participants who will move on to the next round of pitching. Top participants will then pitch again while peers, volunteers, and guests vote, and the winners of the competition are announced. There is a cap and gown ceremony and certificates are awarded. Sharing of testimonies from participants, staff, volunteers, and family members concludes this meaningful day!

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

There are limited seats; RISE grads and active participants will be given first priority. 

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

This casual, open-house style gathering hosted at The Charging Station Coffeehouse is a time for the community to meet some of our staff, learn about our mission, ask questions, network with current volunteers, chat with other local community members, and learn how to get involved with RISE!

Quarterly all-staff meeting.

Housing, employment, and financial barriers at every turn, RISE aims to use this simulation as a tool for community members to better understand the invisible handcuffs and road blocks of returning citizens.

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

There are limited seats; RISE grads and active participants will be given first priority. 

The Women's Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women (RISE Graduates AND community members) with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated.

This event is open to NDCS-approved RISE volunteers only.

Volunteers sit on panels and serve as judges throughout the morning hearing program participants' business pitches. Volunteers score the pitches and vote for the participants who will move on to the next round of pitching. Top participants will then pitch again while peers, volunteers, and guests vote, and the winners of the competition are announced. There is a cap and gown ceremony and certificates are awarded. Sharing of testimonies from participants, staff, volunteers, and family members concludes this meaningful day!

A supportive place for men impacted by incarceration to find resources and community.

This casual, open-house style gathering hosted at The Charging Station Coffeehouse is a time for the community to meet some of our staff, learn about our mission, ask questions, network with current volunteers, chat with other local community members, and learn how to get involved with RISE!

This event is open to NDCS-approved RISE volunteers only.

Volunteers sit on panels and serve as judges throughout the morning hearing program participants' business pitches. Volunteers score the pitches and vote for the participants who will move on to the next round of pitching. Top participants will then pitch again while peers, volunteers, and guests vote, and the winners of the competition are announced. There is a cap and gown ceremony and certificates are awarded. Sharing of testimonies from participants, staff, volunteers, and family members concludes this meaningful day!