Episode 2: Meaningful Engagement | NOISE Report Podcast
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This is the second episode of the podcast. We discuss the arrangements of a city-run open house meant to update people about changes coming to the neighborhood. We explore Legislative Bill 147, physical restraint of young students, and the role of arts and culture in building community.
Stories in this week’s podcast
[1:50] City Hosted Community Development Meeting in January
Public Hearing for 2020 Action Plan, Forever North Draft, Draft OOIC Redevelopment Plan, North Omaha Trail Updates, Manderson Market Redevelopment Plan. We follow up with this meeting, discussing what we saw, learned, and discuss how future events could be more productive.
View notes and documents on The City of Omaha Planning Department website.
Provide your own feedback directly to the Planning Department with this survey.
[15:34] Student Discipline Act, LB 147
Community members gathered at @malcolmxmemorial to bus down to Lincoln in protest Legislative Bill 147, to change the Student Discipline Act to provide for use by a teacher or administrator of necessary physical contact or physical restraint and provide procedures and grounds for removal from a class in response to student behavior.”
Schmeeka Simpson, NOISEmaker and mother of 3 said, “I feel that there are more positive ways that we can help our teachers and reinforce positive behavior in the classroom,other than giving blanket immunity to teachers for restraining our children.”
The legislature debated the bill and it did not pass. It was introduced by Senator Groene.
[32:40] Thalia Rodgers Exhibition at the Union for Contemporary Art
“Take it from me, Robert Colescott would be proud, if not of the content then its application, if neither then surely from vocality.”
Read the review by artist Barber (and his dog).
We believe that art adds value to city life. Let us know about Omaha artists who you enjoy, or people who inspire you.
[40:20] Black Wall Street Omaha
3rd Vendor Expo of the Black Heritage Month Vendor Series will be Sunday at 1:00 pm (36–50°F; mostly cloudy) at the Malcolm X House Site, 3448 Evans St, Omaha, Nebraska.
Black Heritage Market will be every Sunday in February from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Stay tuned for a report from Ashley Salem.
J Dilla Tribute at Culxr House, February 15, 2020 - Culxr House, 8pm
Thank you for listening
This NOISE Report Podcast features:
Dawaune Lamont Hayes
Marcey Yates
Ashley Salem
Luis E. Jimenez
(Produced by Marcey Yates at Culxr House.)
Follow our housing stories as a part of a series in collaboration with The Omaha Star covering affordable housing, gentrification, and the changing landscape of North Omaha.
Eric Williams of the Papio Natural Resource District describes the North Omaha Trail Project to a resident. Mr. Williams was also elected to Omaha Public Power District in 2018.
The slide show is of informational presentations of the 2020 Action Plan and other City of Omaha projects, which lined the four walls of a room in the new Heart Ministry Center food pantry building.
LB 147, "Change the Student Discipline Act to provide for use by a teacher or administrator of necessary physical contact or physical restraint and provide procedures and grounds for removal from a class in response to student behavior."
Art Review: Barber Shares Perspective on Thalia Rodgers at The Union
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