End Qualified Immunity

Project launch for Campaign Zero:

Qualified immunity protects the police from civil liability when they violate an individual’s constitutional rights. People harmed, injured, or killed by police rarely receive justice or compensation for damages. Victims of police misconduct and their families often spend years in court seeking justice only for officers to be shielded by qualified immunity. Many cases don’t make it to trial at all.

TEDx Omaha: Speakers 2022

I feel very fortunate to be amongst such a great group of people. Looking forward to November 19th!

  • Michael Ackerbauer – Business Transformation Leader partnering with organizational leaders to humanize their digital transformation, focusing on building high performing teams in dynamic times.

  • Dr. Pat Friman – Vice President of Behavioral Health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine, talking on the need for engage in compassion.

  • David Galant – Music Director of the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Professor of Music at Creighton University where he conducts the University Symphony Orchestra. The social emotional intelligence of orchestras.

  • Ralph Kellogg – Vice President for People Training at Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, discussing the importance of people in organizational health and wellbeing.

  • Justin Kemerling – Independent graphic designer, working with community organizations in need of branding, graphic design and web design, on sharing the dialogue behind the design.

  • Dana Murray – Musician and Executive Director of North Omaha Music & Arts, and passionate advocate for education.

  • Ruth Murray – RN and BSN and consultant, focusing on using movement to solve physiological and psychological challenges.

  • Justin Romano – Child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Creighton University, and cohost of the Podcast Millennial Mental Health Channel, taking about the mental health crisis we absorb through our eyes, cellphones.

  • Lee Running – Sculptor and artist, working with a range of medium engaging the viewers relationship with the natural world. Her sculptures, installations and drawings have been shown throughout the US, discussing the social interconnectedness of human and animals.

Let’s Get Midtermy!

Project launch for BOLD:

Hi, it’s Nebraska. You know those moments when you gotta leave it all on the field? Well, this is one of those moments. SHARE images of cool candidates. TALK to your buds about the election. And then get ready to VOTE.

Freedom Is Attacked, Vote for Democracy

When freedom is attacked, vote for democracy. These times we’re living in are certainly threatening, but I think we’ll prevail. And there will be a future for those who come after us. To ensure that happens, get out there into the political process, mix it up, and do what you can. And then vote. The right to the future is freedom, and the right to vote is freedom.

Slow to respond

Quick note here. I’ll be slow to respond to inquiries through November. Lots happening. Work, life, all of it. Love you, talk soon!

This Is Planet Ed

Project launch for The Aspen Institute:

We will unlock the power of education to be a force for climate action. We believe children and youth will lead the fight against climate change, and we must empower them to advance a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future. This is Planet Ed envisions an education system in which children and youth of all ages, from birth to postsecondary, thrive in their communities and are empowered to take meaningful action.