Non-Profits, Grant Money, and White Saviors: Poverty Pimping in North Omaha,
Part 1
by Schmeeka Simpson
If you have been keeping an eye on money and politics in Omaha, then you’ve definitely heard about the historical amount of dollars, $335 million of them, that has been pledged from the Nebraska State Senate (the State of Nebraska) through Legislative Bill 1024- The Economic Recovery Act and LB531, (LB531 directs State Investment into LB1024), to support key non-profit organizations, for profit businesses and the general economic development of North, Northeast, and South Omaha.
Dear Fellow Senators: In 2022, the Nebraska State Legislature passed the Economic Recovery Act (LB1024), which provided $335 million in funding to assist North Omaha, South Omaha, and other communities that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to appropriate funds received by the state under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)–represents a historic investment in disadvantaged communities in Nebraska.”
—Senator Justin Wayne1
“LB1024, that bill will have generational impact,” said now Former Gov. Ricketts. “It will invest in affordable housing, infrastructure, crime prevention, financial literacy, job training, education—all the things that go into making sure we are developing the full talent of all of our people here in the state of Nebraska.”2
Much of this $335 million—about $250 million—would have come from Federal Funding, specifically, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), but the Economic Recovery Act (LB1024) was amended (changed) by the State Legislature through LB531 to fund the North and South Omaha grants using state dollars instead of the federal aid originally slated—the ARPA funds, due to federal spending deadlines. A significant portion of this funding was earmarked for a grant program overseen by a special committee called the Economic Recovery Special Committee of the Nebraska Legislature. As required under LB1024, the legislature contracted with a company out of Omaha, Olsson, to develop a Coordination Plan for the use of these funds in North and South Omaha.3 ,4 These North and South Omaha Recovery State funded grants aims were to provide lasting changes to these communities by providing considerable financial support specifically, $115 million assigned to North Omaha, $111 million to South Omaha, and $7 million to projects advancing both communities. These funds have been long awaited and much celebrated by the communities and businesses slated to receive them if they completed the grant process and were chosen to receive the funds.
“A year after debate launched over a whopping $335 million law aimed largely at lifting North and South Omaha, 35 recommended grant winners have emerged from a pack of 367.”5, 6
If you have been keeping two (2) eyes on money and politics in Omaha, then you have heard numerous complaints about how the money is being managed and distributed. Headlines of local publications ranging from “Complaints rise about South/North Omaha grant process as Friday announcement approaches”7 and “Senators fight over north Omaha redevelopment funds”8 have highlighted a process that seems broken, with complaints from stakeholders, community members, and even the Senators themselves that sponsored and co-sponsored LB1024.
“The Federal American Rescue Plan Act had a lot more reporting requirements and a lot more things that were making it more difficult for some of these different entities,” Sen. Vargas said. “There was a need for more flexibility of the funds for a lot of these programs or organizations.”9
“State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan said she was not OK with what she called a “disconnect” between what architects of the Economic Recovery Act wanted and what appears to be happening.”10
“Leo Louis II of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation said his nonprofit had worked years previously to refine its growth proposal, then rushed to make its request for funds comply with the committee’s late suggestions. It still was passed over, he said. Louis said he hoped lawmakers would reexamine the process and recommendations. “We got to make it right,” he said.11
“One South Omaha applicant (Pelshaw) who went through the lengthy process also has gone as far as to lodge complaints with the State Ombudsman’s Office, Attorney General’s Office, State Auditor’s Office and others…, Pelshaw asked the ombudsman for help in urging the DED to “correct glaring and intentional errors and to fairly rescore our project using all of the correct inputs. Pelshaw said the couple turned to other state officials when the DED stopped responding to their requests for proof that it followed “proper protocol” in scoring. The Peshwa’s are filing a formal appeal to the DED demanding a rescore.”12
These complaints about the faulty grant application processes, lack of community input, lack of community oversight, the seemingly misuse of funds for shovel ready dirt other than investing into or the creation of jobs in North Omaha, lack of access to information, lack of response from the Department of Economic Development (DED), etc... are so grievous that Senators have requested the establishment of an Inland Port Authority to provide information, coordination and oversight concerning the appropriation of the funds that the community can finally access.
“An inland port authority is an area controlled by an independent board that can engage in marketing, issue and sell bonds, and acquire property… such a board would help to ensure that appropriated funds meant for underserved areas of Omaha are utilized for that purpose… Senators Wayne and McKinney urged the state’s Executive Branch to support the City of Omaha in pursuing this endeavor, and expressed their support for future legislation that would reappropriate funds from the Department of Economic Development to the authority, should it be established”13
“The fight centers on plans by the state Department of Economic Development to build a business park in economically impoverished north Omaha, near Eppley Airfield. Sen. Justin Wayne, who represents part of the area, says the department’s plan to create sites suitable for business development won’t create jobs, contrary to what the Legislature intended when it set aside money for revitalization two years ago.”14
If you are keeping your 3rd eye on money and politics in Omaha, you may be experiencing some déjà vu, because you have heard and seen this particular song and dance before, especially in North Omaha when it comes to grant funding.
“This is a money grab, and I’m tired of the poverty pimps takin’ out my community all the time. That’s what we’re doing again,” Wayne said.15
“The money that’s been allotted for this project was clearly intended to create jobs for an area of the state that really needs it. As a fiscal conservative I’m seeing $90 million be spent to create zero jobs,” Senator Slama said.16
Whether it be from the state or local non-profits, there seems to be a pattern of concern regarding the use, or misuses, of grant funding within the North Omaha community. If you continue looking into this issue, some questions may even arise such as: Why is there a recurring theme of grant money given to North Omaha, but the monies not used in the manner of which it was intended? Why are Non-profits in North Omaha traditionally either ill-funded or non-effective? Why are there so many non-profits in North Omaha anyway, an area in dire need of business and economic enrichment?
Senator Terrell McKinney has raised these genuine concerns, specifically about the alarming number of non-profits in the community, their effectiveness and overall impact on business growth in North Omaha. Sen. McKinney proposed Legislative Resolution 1127 (LR1127) in 2023, in efforts to conduct a formal interim legislative study on the impact of non-profits in areas like North Omaha to get answers to these questions.
This study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of: (1) How an oversaturation of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy may stifle economic growth and independence in areas of high poverty; (2) How decisions in communities of high poverty are affected based on different philanthropic donors and nonprofit organizations; (3) Possible solutions to create more balance and lessen any negative impacts of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy in areas of high poverty; and (4) How other states and nations handle this issue to promote economic growth and independence in areas of high poverty.17
Senator McKinney outlined in the hearing introducing LR1127 exactly what is meant by a “poverty pimp”, the motive for the presence of these poverty pimps in the North Omaha Community and the outcomes of their presence.
“As you all know, I represent District 11, which encompasses most of North Omaha. My district has benefited from little to no investment over the last 30 years of my life since I’ve been alive. Even so, new nonprofits sprout up each year and millions of foundations, foundational, philanthropic and even government dollars go out to support these causes. Some in my—some of my community view some of these nonprofit entities and philanthropists as merely being self-serving while operating under the guise that they are benefiting the North Omaha or greater Omaha community. To use the informal lexicon, a term for this is the “poverty pimp.” To elaborate, the definition of poverty pimp is by way of reSPIN, public relations, which is an organization based in Washington, D.C. Those who use this appellation suggest that those so labeled profit unduly from the misfortune of others and therefore do not really wish the societal problems that they appear to work on to be eliminated permanently, as it is not in their interest, own interest for this to happen. The most frequent targets of this accusation are those receiving government funding or that solicit private charity to work on issues on behalf of various disadvantaged individuals or groups, but who never seem to be able to show anything, any amelioration of the problems experienced by their targeted populations. Some even suggest that if profit were eliminated as a factor, greater steps in the alleviation of oppressive situations could begin to truly occur.”18
Poverty pimps are those who profit from the misfortune of others and in this context, specifically non-profit entities and philanthropists that are self-serving while operating under the guise that they are benefiting the North Omaha or greater Omaha Community. Therefore, these entities do not really wish the societal problems that they appear to work to be eliminated permanently, and never seem to be able to show any amelioration of the issues experienced by their targeted populations because it is not in their best interest for this to happen.
The research supports what Senator McKinney suspected, that the poorer your community is, the more non-profits your community has. So, are the non-profits the demand? The community the supply? Or is the other way around?
“Overall, community-oriented nonprofit densities in neighborhoods increase as poverty level increases, i.e., there are many more of these nonprofits per capita in high poverty areas than in lower poverty areas. The average nonprofit density in the 100 metros was 69 nonprofits per 100,000 population, increasing from 62 in low poverty tracts (poverty rates of 0-10 percent) to 173 in high poverty tracts (poverty rates of 40 percent or more), a ratio of 2.8 times the low poverty density.”19
Because why would anyone want to work themselves out of a job? Non-profits can be big business.
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex defined as: a “system of relationships” between nonprofits, foundations that fund them, the local, state, and federal government and the owning classes.”20 It is a billion-dollar system of industry that uses the poor for job security, and usurps global and local, political and community power from the masses for means of influence and control. Even though the definition of a non-profit is: a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit. Unlike for-profit businesses that aim to generate profit for their owners, nonprofits exist to serve the community and further social causes, also known as a non-business entity, much business is conducted by the hands of non-profit organizations, foundations, charities, on the backs of the communities they claim to serve.
“These mission-driven entities are also an increasingly important economic engine. In 2015, the non-profit sector represented 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product and contributed $985.4 billion to the U.S. economy; in 2017, it accounted for 10.2 percent of the national workforce. And while the nonprofit sector is not exclusively an urban phenomenon, its economic weight is often concentrated in cities.
Yet, while nonprofits have created new, socially conscious jobs for professionals and paraprofessionals in cities, when it comes to combating poverty, their growth has left a more complicated legacy. Rather than helping people out of poverty, nonprofits have often created jobs that keep employees trapped one rung above the bottom of the economic ladder.”21
Much of the reason why it is “Expensive to be poor” is because those expenses fund the continuation of non-profits through wealthy donors, Foundation Board trustee salaries, and government contracts.
Maybe if we investigate the well documented but hardly discussed, colonialist, racist, predatorial capitalistic origins and continuing practices of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex run largely by the white noblesse in the United States we could get a better understanding of their underlying and foundational purposes and pierce the veil of the white savior façade.
Maybe the reason why North Omaha is over-saturated with non-profit organizations, which are perpetually ineffective, lack structure and support but yet receive grant funds that are consistently misused, misrepresented and misappropriated is because that’s what those non-profits are designed to do.
Maybe the system isn’t broken? Maybe it’s working as it was originally designed?
“ALEXANDRA GOSWAMI: Good afternoon. My name is Alexandra Goswami, G-o-s-w-a-m-i. And I don’t live in North Omaha or in any way represent North Omaha, so I’m not going to speak to that specifically. I’m going to speak to what I know. I have worked as a finance and accounting professional in non-profits in an audit and in a specific non-profit capacity for a number of years now, specifically in Omaha. And I agree in particular with something Senator McKinney said earlier about how the question that he would present, I’m paraphrasing, so pardon me if I misquote, the question he would present to non-profits is: What are they doing to work themselves out of business? And as an accounting and finance professional, I would also pose that question to a number of nonprofits in Omaha. I see a lot of wealth concentrated in non-profits. I see a lot of focus on boards and sustaining the organization itself in a fiduciary capacity and a capacity that is imbalanced in terms of the mission a lot of the time. In particular…, a lack of focus on the mission and working themselves out of business and centering people who are being, you know, probably they would say served by these non-profits and more focus on the business aspect of the non-profit. So, I very much encourage this interim study. I think that there is a large, missed opportunity throughout Omaha, probably Nebraska at large, for policymakers and non-profits to partner. Because presumably there is a lot of the same desired impacts for serving the public, and I think that a lot of times non-profits are focusing on donations and pleasing donors and less on a policy focus that would actually alleviate some of the root causes of the problems that cause these non-profits to exist in the first place.”22
Make sure you check back for Part II of: Non-profits, Grant Money, and White Saviors-Poverty Pimping in North Omaha in my new column called “The System Isn’t Broken” printed quarterly by Nebraskans for Peace. We will explore the origins of the Non-profit Industrial Complex and the harms that have been perpetuated by their existence around the globe and how that has trickled down into North Omaha.
Thank you!
If you have been keeping an eye on money and politics in Omaha, then you’ve definitely heard about the historical amount of dollars, $335 million of them, that has been pledged from the Nebraska State Senate (the State of Nebraska) through Legislative Bill 1024- The Economic Recovery Act and LB531, (LB531 directs State Investment into LB1024), to support key non-profit organizations, for profit businesses and the general economic development of North, Northeast, and South Omaha.
Dear Fellow Senators: In 2022, the Nebraska State Legislature passed the Economic Recovery Act (LB1024), which provided $335 million in funding to assist North Omaha, South Omaha, and other communities that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to appropriate funds received by the state under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)–represents a historic investment in disadvantaged communities in Nebraska.”
—Senator Justin Wayne1
“LB1024, that bill will have generational impact,” said now Former Gov. Ricketts. “It will invest in affordable housing, infrastructure, crime prevention, financial literacy, job training, education—all the things that go into making sure we are developing the full talent of all of our people here in the state of Nebraska.”2
Much of this $335 million—about $250 million—would have come from Federal Funding, specifically, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), but the Economic Recovery Act (LB1024) was amended (changed) by the State Legislature through LB531 to fund the North and South Omaha grants using state dollars instead of the federal aid originally slated—the ARPA funds, due to federal spending deadlines. A significant portion of this funding was earmarked for a grant program overseen by a special committee called the Economic Recovery Special Committee of the Nebraska Legislature. As required under LB1024, the legislature contracted with a company out of Omaha, Olsson, to develop a Coordination Plan for the use of these funds in North and South Omaha.3 ,4 These North and South Omaha Recovery State funded grants aims were to provide lasting changes to these communities by providing considerable financial support specifically, $115 million assigned to North Omaha, $111 million to South Omaha, and $7 million to projects advancing both communities. These funds have been long awaited and much celebrated by the communities and businesses slated to receive them if they completed the grant process and were chosen to receive the funds.
“A year after debate launched over a whopping $335 million law aimed largely at lifting North and South Omaha, 35 recommended grant winners have emerged from a pack of 367.”5, 6
If you have been keeping two (2) eyes on money and politics in Omaha, then you have heard numerous complaints about how the money is being managed and distributed. Headlines of local publications ranging from “Complaints rise about South/North Omaha grant process as Friday announcement approaches”7 and “Senators fight over north Omaha redevelopment funds”8 have highlighted a process that seems broken, with complaints from stakeholders, community members, and even the Senators themselves that sponsored and co-sponsored LB1024.
“The Federal American Rescue Plan Act had a lot more reporting requirements and a lot more things that were making it more difficult for some of these different entities,” Sen. Vargas said. “There was a need for more flexibility of the funds for a lot of these programs or organizations.”9
“State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan said she was not OK with what she called a “disconnect” between what architects of the Economic Recovery Act wanted and what appears to be happening.”10
“Leo Louis II of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation said his nonprofit had worked years previously to refine its growth proposal, then rushed to make its request for funds comply with the committee’s late suggestions. It still was passed over, he said. Louis said he hoped lawmakers would reexamine the process and recommendations. “We got to make it right,” he said.11
“One South Omaha applicant (Pelshaw) who went through the lengthy process also has gone as far as to lodge complaints with the State Ombudsman’s Office, Attorney General’s Office, State Auditor’s Office and others…, Pelshaw asked the ombudsman for help in urging the DED to “correct glaring and intentional errors and to fairly rescore our project using all of the correct inputs. Pelshaw said the couple turned to other state officials when the DED stopped responding to their requests for proof that it followed “proper protocol” in scoring. The Peshwa’s are filing a formal appeal to the DED demanding a rescore.”12
These complaints about the faulty grant application processes, lack of community input, lack of community oversight, the seemingly misuse of funds for shovel ready dirt other than investing into or the creation of jobs in North Omaha, lack of access to information, lack of response from the Department of Economic Development (DED), etc... are so grievous that Senators have requested the establishment of an Inland Port Authority to provide information, coordination and oversight concerning the appropriation of the funds that the community can finally access.
“An inland port authority is an area controlled by an independent board that can engage in marketing, issue and sell bonds, and acquire property… such a board would help to ensure that appropriated funds meant for underserved areas of Omaha are utilized for that purpose… Senators Wayne and McKinney urged the state’s Executive Branch to support the City of Omaha in pursuing this endeavor, and expressed their support for future legislation that would reappropriate funds from the Department of Economic Development to the authority, should it be established”13
“The fight centers on plans by the state Department of Economic Development to build a business park in economically impoverished north Omaha, near Eppley Airfield. Sen. Justin Wayne, who represents part of the area, says the department’s plan to create sites suitable for business development won’t create jobs, contrary to what the Legislature intended when it set aside money for revitalization two years ago.”14
If you are keeping your 3rd eye on money and politics in Omaha, you may be experiencing some déjà vu, because you have heard and seen this particular song and dance before, especially in North Omaha when it comes to grant funding.
“This is a money grab, and I’m tired of the poverty pimps takin’ out my community all the time. That’s what we’re doing again,” Wayne said.15
“The money that’s been allotted for this project was clearly intended to create jobs for an area of the state that really needs it. As a fiscal conservative I’m seeing $90 million be spent to create zero jobs,” Senator Slama said.16
Whether it be from the state or local non-profits, there seems to be a pattern of concern regarding the use, or misuses, of grant funding within the North Omaha community. If you continue looking into this issue, some questions may even arise such as: Why is there a recurring theme of grant money given to North Omaha, but the monies not used in the manner of which it was intended? Why are Non-profits in North Omaha traditionally either ill-funded or non-effective? Why are there so many non-profits in North Omaha anyway, an area in dire need of business and economic enrichment?
Senator Terrell McKinney has raised these genuine concerns, specifically about the alarming number of non-profits in the community, their effectiveness and overall impact on business growth in North Omaha. Sen. McKinney proposed Legislative Resolution 1127 (LR1127) in 2023, in efforts to conduct a formal interim legislative study on the impact of non-profits in areas like North Omaha to get answers to these questions.
This study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of: (1) How an oversaturation of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy may stifle economic growth and independence in areas of high poverty; (2) How decisions in communities of high poverty are affected based on different philanthropic donors and nonprofit organizations; (3) Possible solutions to create more balance and lessen any negative impacts of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy in areas of high poverty; and (4) How other states and nations handle this issue to promote economic growth and independence in areas of high poverty.17
Senator McKinney outlined in the hearing introducing LR1127 exactly what is meant by a “poverty pimp”, the motive for the presence of these poverty pimps in the North Omaha Community and the outcomes of their presence.
“As you all know, I represent District 11, which encompasses most of North Omaha. My district has benefited from little to no investment over the last 30 years of my life since I’ve been alive. Even so, new nonprofits sprout up each year and millions of foundations, foundational, philanthropic and even government dollars go out to support these causes. Some in my—some of my community view some of these nonprofit entities and philanthropists as merely being self-serving while operating under the guise that they are benefiting the North Omaha or greater Omaha community. To use the informal lexicon, a term for this is the “poverty pimp.” To elaborate, the definition of poverty pimp is by way of reSPIN, public relations, which is an organization based in Washington, D.C. Those who use this appellation suggest that those so labeled profit unduly from the misfortune of others and therefore do not really wish the societal problems that they appear to work on to be eliminated permanently, as it is not in their interest, own interest for this to happen. The most frequent targets of this accusation are those receiving government funding or that solicit private charity to work on issues on behalf of various disadvantaged individuals or groups, but who never seem to be able to show anything, any amelioration of the problems experienced by their targeted populations. Some even suggest that if profit were eliminated as a factor, greater steps in the alleviation of oppressive situations could begin to truly occur.”18
Poverty pimps are those who profit from the misfortune of others and in this context, specifically non-profit entities and philanthropists that are self-serving while operating under the guise that they are benefiting the North Omaha or greater Omaha Community. Therefore, these entities do not really wish the societal problems that they appear to work to be eliminated permanently, and never seem to be able to show any amelioration of the issues experienced by their targeted populations because it is not in their best interest for this to happen.
The research supports what Senator McKinney suspected, that the poorer your community is, the more non-profits your community has. So, are the non-profits the demand? The community the supply? Or is the other way around?
“Overall, community-oriented nonprofit densities in neighborhoods increase as poverty level increases, i.e., there are many more of these nonprofits per capita in high poverty areas than in lower poverty areas. The average nonprofit density in the 100 metros was 69 nonprofits per 100,000 population, increasing from 62 in low poverty tracts (poverty rates of 0-10 percent) to 173 in high poverty tracts (poverty rates of 40 percent or more), a ratio of 2.8 times the low poverty density.”19
Because why would anyone want to work themselves out of a job? Non-profits can be big business.
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex defined as: a “system of relationships” between nonprofits, foundations that fund them, the local, state, and federal government and the owning classes.”20 It is a billion-dollar system of industry that uses the poor for job security, and usurps global and local, political and community power from the masses for means of influence and control. Even though the definition of a non-profit is: a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit. Unlike for-profit businesses that aim to generate profit for their owners, nonprofits exist to serve the community and further social causes, also known as a non-business entity, much business is conducted by the hands of non-profit organizations, foundations, charities, on the backs of the communities they claim to serve.
“These mission-driven entities are also an increasingly important economic engine. In 2015, the non-profit sector represented 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product and contributed $985.4 billion to the U.S. economy; in 2017, it accounted for 10.2 percent of the national workforce. And while the nonprofit sector is not exclusively an urban phenomenon, its economic weight is often concentrated in cities.
Yet, while nonprofits have created new, socially conscious jobs for professionals and paraprofessionals in cities, when it comes to combating poverty, their growth has left a more complicated legacy. Rather than helping people out of poverty, nonprofits have often created jobs that keep employees trapped one rung above the bottom of the economic ladder.”21
Much of the reason why it is “Expensive to be poor” is because those expenses fund the continuation of non-profits through wealthy donors, Foundation Board trustee salaries, and government contracts.
Maybe if we investigate the well documented but hardly discussed, colonialist, racist, predatorial capitalistic origins and continuing practices of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex run largely by the white noblesse in the United States we could get a better understanding of their underlying and foundational purposes and pierce the veil of the white savior façade.
Maybe the reason why North Omaha is over-saturated with non-profit organizations, which are perpetually ineffective, lack structure and support but yet receive grant funds that are consistently misused, misrepresented and misappropriated is because that’s what those non-profits are designed to do.
Maybe the system isn’t broken? Maybe it’s working as it was originally designed?
“ALEXANDRA GOSWAMI: Good afternoon. My name is Alexandra Goswami, G-o-s-w-a-m-i. And I don’t live in North Omaha or in any way represent North Omaha, so I’m not going to speak to that specifically. I’m going to speak to what I know. I have worked as a finance and accounting professional in non-profits in an audit and in a specific non-profit capacity for a number of years now, specifically in Omaha. And I agree in particular with something Senator McKinney said earlier about how the question that he would present, I’m paraphrasing, so pardon me if I misquote, the question he would present to non-profits is: What are they doing to work themselves out of business? And as an accounting and finance professional, I would also pose that question to a number of nonprofits in Omaha. I see a lot of wealth concentrated in non-profits. I see a lot of focus on boards and sustaining the organization itself in a fiduciary capacity and a capacity that is imbalanced in terms of the mission a lot of the time. In particular…, a lack of focus on the mission and working themselves out of business and centering people who are being, you know, probably they would say served by these non-profits and more focus on the business aspect of the non-profit. So, I very much encourage this interim study. I think that there is a large, missed opportunity throughout Omaha, probably Nebraska at large, for policymakers and non-profits to partner. Because presumably there is a lot of the same desired impacts for serving the public, and I think that a lot of times non-profits are focusing on donations and pleasing donors and less on a policy focus that would actually alleviate some of the root causes of the problems that cause these non-profits to exist in the first place.”22
Make sure you check back for Part II of: Non-profits, Grant Money, and White Saviors-Poverty Pimping in North Omaha in my new column called “The System Isn’t Broken” printed quarterly by Nebraskans for Peace. We will explore the origins of the Non-profit Industrial Complex and the harms that have been perpetuated by their existence around the globe and how that has trickled down into North Omaha.
Thank you!