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Sorry, but the video you are requesting is unavailable at this time, or unplayable on your platform! Natalie Saenz April 19, 2021 - 10:27pm With the continued rollout of vaccines across the country, individuals who identify as Hispanic or Latino are falling behind. According to a report in the New York Times, 11% of Nebraskans are Latino, but only 4% are fully vaccinated. According to the report, Nebraska is slowly closing its gap between the Latino population and vaccination rates. Dr. Athena Ramos, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center said a total of 12% of Latinos in ...

A virtual panel featuring Together 4 Fremont founders Brent Cudly and Erica Kobza will discuss the importance of social connectedness on Tuesday.  The panel, titled "Social Connectedness Across Different Backgrounds, will be hosted by Civic Nebraska and will begin at noon. The event will feature panelists from both rural and urban communities, including Valeria Rodriguez of Empowering Families in Scottsbluff and Joseline Reyna of the Multicultural Coalition of Grand Island.  Together 4 Fremont is a program based at Fremont Public Schools and is centered on advocating for issues of inclu...

BY Justin Pinkerman | April 6, 2021 LINCOLN – This morning, Governor Pete Ricketts held a press conference to encourage Nebraskans to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine.  He noted that statewide coronavirus hospitalizations increased last week for the first time in 19 weeks.  He also mentioned that Nebraska will be receiving increasing allocations of coronavirus vaccines to aid the State’s vaccination efforts. Josie Rodriguez, Administrator for the Office of Health Dis...

Fund honors woman, helps immigrants seeking citizenship ROBERT PORE, The Grand Island Independent April 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Sometimes an immigrant to this country, seeking citizenship, can teach us or make us realize that not only is the United States a country of immigrants, but also how important and a privilege being an American really is. Recently, the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation and the Multicultural Coalition joined forces to create The Khadija Abdudaim Citizenship Assistance Fund. The fund is also referred to as the Daim Fund. It offe...

Germanna Community College staff watched as a woman wandered by a food distribution event held on the college’s Fredericksburg campus in December. They could tell she was uncomfortable accepting free food. Though she told them she had recently become unemployed, she clearly “felt weird taking the food,” said Jessica Thompson, an employee of Germanna’s Educational Foundation. Thompson organized the food distribution event to help students and their families who have been financially affected by the pandemic as part of Germanna Cares, an umbrella initiative that includes the...