Disability Rights Nebraska

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🗣️ Help shape the future of disability rights in Nebraska!
Join the Disability Rights Nebraska Board of Directors Public Meeting and share your voice as we set priorities for Fiscal Year 2027. Community feedback helps guide our advocacy and strengthen access, inclusion, and opportunity across the state.

📅 June 20, 2026
📍 Norfolk Art Center, 305 N. 5th Street, Norfolk, NE
🕚 11:00–11:30 AM

Can't make it in person? Submit comments on our proposed objectives at disabilityrightsnebraska.org from June 22–August 6.
Together, we can build a more accessible Nebraska for everyone.

Check out this event by our friends at Nebraska Disability Pride. 🩵

We are less than 2 months away! We are getting excited. Plans are coming together. Join us at Antelope Park, Lincoln
Schedule of events:
9-11 AM Resource fair - including a bounce house, face painting, henna artist, enter to win the raffle, live broadcast from B107.3 and so much more with our vendors
11 AM - Raffle winners announced
11-Noon - Karaoke
Noon - 12:30 Belly Dancers, join us and learn some moves
12:30-1 pm: We all dance!

Pic ID: Green background, with disability rainbow in top left. Wording of: Nebraska Disability Pride Celebration
Celebrating 36 years of the ADA
Saturday July 25 2026

📢 Join us for the Disability Rights Nebraska Board of Directors Public Meeting!
Community input helps shape our work and priorities. The Board will review and adopt proposed objectives for Fiscal Year 2027, and members of the public are invited to share comments and feedback.

📅 June 20, 2026
📍 Norfolk Art Center, 305 N. 5th Street, Norfolk, NE
🕚 11:00–11:30 AM

Can't attend? Public comments on our proposed objectives may also be submitted at disabilityrightsnebraska.org from June 22 through August 6.
Your voice matters as we work toward a more accessible and inclusive Nebraska.

One day can create real change. Today’s support helps protect rights, expand access, and empower Nebraskans with disabilities to live independently and be heard. Join us this Give to Lincoln Day.

Give now: https://givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/disability-rights-nebraska

Right now, rights matter. People with disabilities deserve access, dignity, and the freedom to fully participate in their communities. Your support helps Disability Rights Nebraska continue this vital work every day.

Donate today: https://givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/disability-rights-nebraska

Today, we act for access—for equal opportunities, independence, and a more inclusive Nebraska. Your Give to Lincoln Day donation helps Disability Rights Nebraska advocate for people with disabilities across our state. Every gift makes a difference.
Donate today>> https://givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/disability-rights-nebraska

Change starts with community. 💙

Every donation, share, and act of support helps build a more inclusive Nebraska where people with disabilities can live, work, and thrive with dignity and independence. Together, we can create real change—right here at home.

Donate today: https://www.givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/disability-rights-nebraska