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Special Reports – CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

Advocates Call for More Action, Transparency to Protect Nebraska Inmates from Coronavirus by Chris Bowling
We Must Stay Informed by Kenny McMorris, Charles Drew Health Center
NORTH OMAHA CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY PLAN – STAY HOME! STAY SAFE! by Terri Sanders
Mobile pantry distributes hundreds of meals, but some leave empty handed by Chris Bowling

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Omaha Star Special Series: DOWN FOR THE CAUSE, NOT DOWN FOR THE COUNT from Lynn Sanchez on Vimeo.

“Down for the Cause, Not Down for the Count” is a special series of articles that puts a magnifying glass on this divided city to help us accept what cannot be changed, and to change what we can.

The series is made possible by a Community Network grant for $25,000 from the Facebook Journalism Project and the Lensfest Institute for Journalism. The Omaha Star was one of the first 23 media organizations in the country to receive the grant. The selection committee awarded the funds with a “special emphasis on the needs of news deserts and underrepresented communities.”

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- - Media Pioneer Named to Creighton’s Board of Trustees
  - Inclusive Communities Humanitarian Brunch
  - Living on Purpose Prayers and Appreciation for First Responders by Dr. William Holland
  - Natavia Jones Named to UNL Dean’s List
  - Bridging the Racial Divide by Kristen Freeman
  - COVID-19 Shines Bright on Disparities in Health Care Among People of Color
  - Did COVID-19 Force You Into A Career Change? Here Are 5 Tips
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  Please note: Due to precautions for limiting public contact to limit the spread of the Coronavirus the mayor’s office said Omaha will follow the governor’s guidelines and limit public gatherings to ten people or less. The restrictions apply to day cares, bars, restaurants, and fitness centers. The new restriction includes bars and restaurants. “We hope that our bar and restaurant owners will be very responsible and they will limit them on their own,” Stothert said.
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  Charles Drew Health Center – 402-451-3553 WIC Services – 402-451-3130 North Omaha Area Health (NOAH) – 402-933-0737 Douglas County Health Department Covid-19 Information Line – 402-444-3400 Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services – 402-552-6645 Center for Holistic Development – 402-502-9788 Centers for Disease Control
- HOUSING INFORMATION »
  Family Housing Advisory Services – 402-934-7921 Apartment Association of Nebraska – 402-333-5331
- FOOD RESOURCES »
  Omaha Public Schools – 531-299-0220 Food Bank of the Heartland 402-331-1213 No More Empty Pots – 402-502-1642
- EMPLOYMENT »
  Heartland Workforce Solutions – 402-444-4700 Nebraska Department of Labor – 402-444-4700

Welcome to The Omaha Star

The Omaha Star, in existence for more than 80 years, has been Nebraska’s largest African-American newspaper and the city’s most effective device to improve the lives of African Americans. Since 1938, the policy of The Omaha Star has been to print only positive news and to be a vigilant champion for African-American progress. Located in the heart of Omaha’s African-American community, two blocks south of 24th and Lake Streets, the Omaha Star building is a surviving symbol of culture, strength, positive journalism, information and education to individuals in Omaha and the surrounding areas.

The Omaha Star, with its circulation of approximately 30,000, was found in a survey conducted in 2001 to be read six times before being discarded. In its history, The Omaha Star has never missed an edition. Its archives are a miniature history of Omaha’s black community, a population of well over 60,000 people.

The Omaha Star is a program of the Mildred D. Brown Memorial Study Center.