North Omaha

The Mensch Group founder Phillip McClain and Michael Griffin are talking about the need for affordable housing and the Black developers working to make the landscape more equitable. They also get into TIF and its role in development.

In this episode, Michael Griffin is in conversation with Doris Lassiter, a public health advocate for North Omaha.

Michael Griffin is in conversation with Ja Keen Fox's about his experience with community-centered advocacy, approaches to holding public officers accountable, and The Dreamland report, a forthcoming nonprofit news organization created to end the information gap in North Omaha and Nebraska's Black communities.

Jessica Sheuerman and Keiria Marsha discuss the Omaha Mobile Stage and this weekend's Pull Up and Vibe Open Mic Festival.

Qasim Shabazz Asad is a co-founder and co-chair of the Black Agenda Alliance, a Pan-African group working to improve social, economic and cultural conditions in Omaha’s Black community

Keyonna King is an associate professor in the UNMC College of Public Health and a co-investigator in UNMC’s BEAT Cancer study. BEAT Cancer, which stands for Black Equity, Access and Testing for Cancer, seeks to increase colorectal cancer screening and decrease mortality rates related to the disease in Omaha’s Black community.

Jaden Perkins is a community organizer from Omaha who specializes in coalition building. Today, he talks to Michael Griffin about how to increase civic engagement and his upcoming event Politically Speaking... It's a Drag.

North Omaha Projects Receive State Funding

Interview with the President of NorthStar Scott Hazelrigg

On today's episode, Maria Corpuz is in conversation with poet and placemaker Jewel Rodgers about responsible real estate and community building.