The community is coming together to make sure people are fed. Not just any food: fresh nutritious produce from local farmers. Organizations like Heartland Family Service are working to connect senior citizens in North Omaha with produce by providing vouchers that can be used at local farmer’s markets.
Read MoreLynn Sanchez reports on the Impeachment rally organized by Indivisible Nebraska, a nonpartisan group working to resist Trump policies on climate change, healthcare, education and immigration.
Read MoreNeighbors celebrate the life of George Wells Parker, who moved to Omaha in the early 1900s and aided in the resettlement of Blacks in Omaha during the Great Migration from the South.
Read MoreCitizens of Omaha turned out to advocate for climate change-focused policy and raise awareness of people power in decision-making.
Read MoreCommunity members gathered to honor Will Brown by tending to his burial site in Potter’s Field.
Read MoreKeyaira McKell won first prize for her essay about Will Brown in the Black Votes Matter contest.
Read MoreNOISE and KIOS, Omaha Public Radio, sit down with Denise Chapman and Kevin Lawler to discuss the play “The Blues of Knowing Why” and the impact of Vivian Strong’s death in 1969.
Read MoreThe City of Omaha is hosting series of place assessments along the North 24th Street Corridor to learn more about the area while helping to shape its trajectory.
Read MoreThe third annual Young Black and Influential awards were held on Sunday, June 30. The awards were created to celebrate Black leaders in the Omaha metro. Honorees ranged in ages from under 20 to 40s and areas of expertise included advocacy, innovation, and creativity. The theme of this year’s awards was “We are the Movement.”
Read MoreAshley Salem speaks with young entrepreneurs who won Best in Presentation for their stress-management products at the 2019 Children’s Business Fair.
Read MoreThe City of Omaha and Omaha Housing Authority were awarded a $25 million dollar grant from HUD to be used along the North 30th Street corridor. Photo: City of Omaha
Read MoreDrag Queen Story Hour at B Side of Benson Theatre draws opposition from local and national religious organizations.
Read MoreThe year 2019 marks a pivotal moment in time for Omaha, Nebraska. We come upon the anniversary of two events that have shaped our city for generations: in 1919, the lynching of Will Brown and in 1969, the police killing of Vivian Strong.
Read MoreNOISE maker Ashley Salem went to Cinco de Mayo to talk to attendees and learn how the celebration was important to them.
Read Moreby A. Foreman, Would you be willing to uproot your life and family from your community in search of a quality education for your child and put an end to unnecessary suspensions?
Read MoreIn the basement of a modest building that sits adjacent to the birth-site of Malcolm Little, famously known as Malcolm X, rests the headquarters of a low-power FM radio station with high-powered aspirations.
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