Prison Reform: Addressing the Challenges Facing Nebraska Women
Carla Walker, a formerly incarcerated military veteran, RISE and Community Justice Center Board Member Carla is a military veteran who served over five years in prison in York and at Lincoln's Work Release Center.
She advocates for civilians and justice-impacted veterans. She is a community activist, public speaker, writer, and community supporter whose work centers dignity, healing, accountability, and meaningful systems change.
Carla is a consultant with the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, a Peace Fellow and facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a contributing writer for the Nebraska Criminal Justice Review, and a member of the Community Justice Center Board.
We will talk about the experiences of incarceration, reentry, violence, trauma, restorative practices, and the ways communities can better care for one another. Too often we focus on incarcerated men in prisons, yet in Nebraska there are over 333 women at York. And the numbers will increase.
Cancer in The Community
Juan A. Santamaria MD, FACS FSSO , Associate Professor of Surgery , Breast Surgery Section Chief Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Dr. Juan Santamaria is a surgical oncologist and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and the Fred &; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (FPBCC) in Omaha, NE. A Panamanian American born in Detroit and raised in Panama, he completed medical school at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, followed by a general surgery residency at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas in Houston. After a surgical oncology fellowship at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Los Angeles in 2020, he joined UNMC and the FPBCC as a faculty surgeon. In 2023, he served as chair of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Nebraska chapter. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and received over $850,000 in federal, state, foundation, and internal awards.
Beyond Azlan: Book discussion with Dr. Isidro Ortriz, Dr. Octavio Garcia, and Dr. Patrick Velasquez
This is a program deconstruction or book discussion of Mario Barrera's 1988 book, which still reflects the challenges Chicanos face in navigating national identity and making a better life for the masses. Dr. Barrera offers theories and ideas that could be a road map to deal with the white supremacy and fascism that is growing under the present administration. Our discussion focuses on how we can explore the historical and current contexts within the Chicano community to help address many of the barriers families face in the Southwest and across the global community. It is rare for scholars who have not forgotten where they come from to help the oppressed by going back to their roots.
Reading List on Racism and MORE.
We argue that the linchpin of American Democracy is Racism and the hundred years of the Enslavement of Africans and the genocide of Native American or Indigenous people. However, in post-secondary institutions in many cities, including Black Studies Departments, courses on Racism are not offered (or
allowed). Therefore, if we are to learn about the lynching, castrations, and murder of African Americans, we must step outside of those white supremacist institutions that receive an inordinate amount of government funds to appease the current regime. We also cannot ignore the genocide that is practiced by the United States government and its Zionist allies to repeat history that has occurred in other countries.
MORE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
We are working on a report on the effectiveness of these civil rights organizations, such as the city’s Omaha Human Rights and Relations Department, in addressing their mission. It’s come to our attention that they have little to no empirical data on the success of addressing racism, and historical discrimination and, most of all, engaging communities of Color with the transformation of the problems into reasonable solutions. When a public fund organization does work have little or any social capital with oppressed African Americans and other People of Color, it is time to ask for change. What good are third-string quarterbacks who can’t play in the Superbowl of anti-racism? Can we point to one success story and whom they helped in the valley of the struggle that can offer testimonials to outcomes?
Got any questions regarding anti-racism, race equity, or community advocacy but have never seemed to be able to get any answers? Or incidents handled by Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission , Nebraska Urban League, or any government funded organizations. -
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