BUILDING COMMUNITY

RISE & SHINE: COMMUNITY COFFEE

RISE & Shine is a casual community gathering hosted every Friday morning in at Astute Coffee in Omaha, Nebraska.

What started off as a weekly meetup of two RISE staff eventually grew into a large group of volunteers, past RISE graduates and curious community members simply looking to connect with each other. To say we love these weekly meetups is a complete understatement.

If you've ever volunteered for RISE, have considered it in the past, or are looking for more information about volunteering - please join us! Meet a few RISE staff members each week, ask questions, connect with other community members...and just come enjoy a cup of coffee or tea on us.

All are welcome!

RISE READS BOOK CLUB

The intention of the RISE Reads book club is to create conversation, build empathy, challenge ones thinking, brainstorm together, and connect on a deeper level.

RISE selects a book to read at the beginning of each quarter based on the themes of incarceration, criminal justice, reentry, etc. We will email the titles to you and share them in our private Facebook Group. 

How you choose to read each book is up to you! Each title is a self-paced read.

At the end of each quarter, we will recap what we've read as a group over Zoom and eventually (circumstances-willing) in-person. If you don't complete the book by the end of the quarter, that's ok! We'd still LOVE for you to join the conversation! 

We also have a RISE Reads Facebook Group to keep a continuous dialog going of what we're reading! Join the Facebook Group here!

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Our Current Selection

  • By Keri Blakinger

    An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey—from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—and how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.

Check out our past reading selections below!

UPCOMING EVENTS…