MINORITY STUDENTS VISIT NEBRASKA STATE CAPITOL, HOPE TO ERASE DIVERSITY DEFICIT IN LEGISLATURE

LINCOLN-  More than 150 minority Nebraska students, primarily from Lincoln and Omaha, congregated in the Rotunda and stared 112 feet up.The students spent a day in the Capitol for the Black and Brown Legislative Day to learn the ins and outs of the bill-making process and to engage elected officials to make their voices heard.

The first Black and Brown Legislative Day was in 2017. About 30 students attended the first session, according to Ja Keen Fox, advocacy chair for the Urban League of Nebraska Young Professionals.

“Black and brown people aren’t monolith,” Fox said. “We don’t all think the same way. And we all have different opinions.”

The kids met several senators, including Wayne, Vargas and Chambers. Chambers, the oldest and longest-serving state senator in Nebraska’s history, reminded the youths that although they don’t see many people who look like them in the Legislature, an opportunity to rise still exists. 

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