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Help to Make Nebraska LB 920 a Reality!
Nebraska needs criminal justice reform now. Our prison system is in an overcrowding crisis and we have the opportunity to do something about it. We need your help to make LB920 a reality!
RISE Reentry: Please Don't Give Up on Me
During my weekly “letter time” where I close my office door to dive into mail received from our incarcerated people, a neatly written envelope with a pink letter folded inside caught my attention.
Scrolled at the top in cursive letters I read,“Please don’t give up on me.”
March is Women's History Month
At RISE, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and celebrate Women’s History Month during the month of March. Women’s History Month was founded by the National Women’s History Project and was publicly recognized and put into presidential proclamation in 1987.
2021 RISE In-Prison Program Review
The RISE In-Prison Program continued to have programming delays in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as facilities would go into lockdowns for weeks - even months on end. However, our program participants and peer facilitators stayed focused and determined, often meeting with their fellow classmates in housing units, which allowed the program to stay on course.
February: African American History
RISE is celebrating African American History month this February with a formal presentation by Dr. Nikitah Imani at tomorrow's RISE all staff meeting, February 25th.
RISE Receives $1,000 Grant from The Starbucks Foundation
We are thrilled to share RISE has been selected to receive a $1,000 grant from The Starbucks Foundation as part of their Neighborhood Grants program.
RISE Annual Appreciation Breakfasts
We're celebrating everyone that makes RISE a success. We could not do this work and without the support, engagement, volunteerism, expertise, and hope you give.
Meet Emma Johnson: RISE Director of Annual Giving & Stewardship
We are thrilled to announce RISE's most recent team member, Emma Johnson, as the Director of Annual Giving & Stewardship!