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Come out to learn more about RISE's 2022 Policy Agenda and what the legislature is doing to address the overcrowding and understaffing crisis in the correctional system - to include the Nebraska Justice Reinvestment Initiative and building a new prison. Learn how you can get involved in policy and advocacy!

Join us for RISE & Shine Online! Hop on every Thursday between 8 and 9am and say hello!

Come out to learn more about RISE's 2022 Policy Agenda and what the legislature is doing to address the overcrowding and understaffing crisis in the correctional system - to include the Nebraska Justice Reinvestment Initiative and building a new prison. Learn how you can get involved in policy and advocacy!

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Come out to learn more about RISE's 2022 Policy Agenda and what the legislature is doing to address the overcrowding and understaffing crisis in the correctional system - to include the Nebraska Justice Reinvestment Initiative and building a new prison. Learn how you can get involved in policy and advocacy!

Join the Coalition for a Strong Nebraska and the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands for a webinar to explore if and how the legislature will address issues impacting Nebraska's prisons in the 2022 legislative session.

Panelists include:
- Sen. Terrell McKinney
- Jasmine Harris, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, RISE
- Dominique Morgan, Executive Director, Black and Pink, Inc.
- Sam Petto, Communications Director, ACLU of Nebraska

Join us VIRTUALLY for Nebraska’s 3rd Annual Day of Empathy on Tuesday, March 29th at 12pm.

Click this link to register http://thedreamcorps.org/NebraskaDOE

This year’s event is a hybrid format where we will have a small group of individuals sharing their stories of perseverance with invited senators over the lunch hour. We’ll also discuss introduced legislation and the impact for people who are justice involved.

Following that we will have voting rights and interacting with senators and the legislative process workshops from 1:15p to 2:50p.

If you want to join us at the capitol to lobby your senator, please reach out to jharris@seeusrise.org for more information.

We will also have digital calls to action you can participate in that day, so watch our social media for posts on how to get involved!

Featuring RISE Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, Jasmine Harris.

Violence, Justice & Reform Summit
Solutions to Close the Gaps

Issues & Solutions: Discussions & Actions

an opportunity to engage with community leaders and advocates working together to provide changes in our community.

Join RISE for a special showing of the documentary, "The First Step" followed by a panel discussion led by RISE Director of Policy & Advocacy, Jasmine Harris, MPH, CHES.

Panelists:
Senator Terrell McKinney
Senator Steve Lathrop
Senator John McCollister
Henry Cordes - OWH Journalist
Kandia Milton - Policy Director at DreamCorps JUSTICE

Following the film we'll discuss the importance of bipartisanship in policy efforts, compare the federal legislation with LB920 proposed legislation and how we continue to move this very important work forward.

6pm: Documentary film will start
7:30 Panel discussion begins

About "The First Step":
In a divided America, progressive activist and political commentator Van Jones controversially works across party lines on landmark criminal justice reform and a more humane response to the addiction crisis. Attempting to be a bridge builder in a time of extreme polarization takes Van and a coalition of unlikely allies deep into the inner workings of a divisive administration, internal debates within both parties, and the lives of frontline activists fighting for their communities.

*Tickets Required*