Lunch & Learn Schedule/Videos
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2026-2027 Lunch and Learn Schedule
Each year the Lincoln – Lancaster League presents a series of programs featuring local, state and national speakers who address timely issues important to informed citizens. Topics have included voting rights, Woman Suffrage, civil rights for the incarcerated, police accountability, freedom of the press and many others.
These FREE presentations take place on the First Thursday of each month except July, from 12:00-1:00 p.m.. Presentations will be streamed. All you need to do is register to receive the link. You do not need to be a League member to participate, but we bet you might want to join soon!
October 1, 2026: “Election Integrity”
Guest: Todd Wiltgen, Lancaster County Election Commissioner
Video: https://youtu.be/sWXEISns0bk
Slide Presentation: https://lincolnleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Election-Commissioner-Slides-Lunch-and-Learn-10-1-26.pdf
September 17, 2026: “Translating Ballot Initiatives”
Guests: Rachel Gibson, LWVNE Vice-President of Action, and Jean McGuire, President of LWVLL
Video: https://youtu.be/5dlbwI0NGeE
Statewide Ballot Issues (English): LWVNE Document describing Nebraska Statewide Ballot Issues
Medidas Deboleta (Espanol): Medidas Deboleta Electoral De Nebraska 2026
Local Ballot Issues: LWVLL Document describing Local Lincoln Ballot Issues
August 6, 2026: “Money Matters: How Nebraska’s 2026 Campaigns are Financed”
Guest: Gavin Geis, Common Cause
Video: https://youtu.be/7YYK0rwpPo8
Slides: 2026_Midseason_Election_Money_CommonCause.pdf
June 4, 2026: “Nebraska Public Media: Building What’s Next”
Guests: Stacey Decker and Molly Delaney, Nebraska Public Media
May 7, 2026: “Recap of the 2026 Nebraska Legislative Session”
Guest: Rachel Gibson, League of Women Voters-Nebraska
https://youtu.be/jbj4JR4UrIw
Click here to see Rachel’s Slides.
For more information, contact Rachel at rachel@lwvnebraska.org.
April 2, 2026: “Drawing Suffrage History: Suffrage Song”
Guest: Caitlin Cass
March 5, 2026: “Respect Nebraska Voters: Strengthen Direct Democracy in Our State”.
Guest: Noel Tonniges, Nebraska Appleseed
https://youtu.be/TFh4CimCLHc
Circulator Packet for Respect Nebraska Voters volunteers
February 5, 2026: “Identifying and Forecasting Sources of Jail Overcrowding”.
Guest: Dr. Zachary Hamilton, University of Nebraska at Omaha
December 4, 2025: Building a Resilient Future: An Update on Lincoln’s Climate Action Plan.
Guest: Kim Morrow, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Lincoln
November 6, 2025: Poll The Vote
Guest: Heather Nelson, Poll The Vote
October 2, 2025: Representation Under Threat – Keeping Nebraskans at the center of redistricting, ballot initiatives, and voter access legislation
Guest: Rachel Gibson, League of Women Voters-Nebraska
September 4, 2025: Nebraska’s Ballot Initiative Process
Guest: Heidi Uhing, Civic Nebraska
For a news article on recent efforts in some states to limit ballot initiatives, see: https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri
August 7, 2025: The 2025 Nebraska Civic Health Index
Guest: Lily Sughroue, Director of Civic Health Programs, Civic Nebraska
For more information, and a link to the full report, go to
https://civicnebraska.org/civic-health-program/
June 5, 2025 Jump In: Prosper Lincoln 3.0
Guest: Amanda Barker, Director of Community Engagement + Partnerships at Lincoln Community Foundation
https://youtu.be/37-GAlH-8n0
Click here for slides from the presentation.
May 1, 2025 Why Politics Makes Bastards of Us All
Guest: Dr. Kevin Smith
April 3, 2025: Braver Angels
Guest: Barbara Dewey
Click here for the slides used for the Presentation.
Also see Judy Woodruff’s recent “America at a Crossroads” discussion on the PBS News Hour with two guests who have very different political opinions at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9gvJRinD4.
March 6, 2025: Lincoln for Fair Housing Initiative
Guest: Kasey Ogle, Nebraska Appleseed
February 6, 2025: Legislative Update
Guest: Rachel Gibson, LWVNE
Related Information
Action Alert and Action Team Sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKlu6iqujDJhxFMfICsGoQlhvn9n8IX0ZhzoBOTE43fWk2jg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Legislative Day Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdVWyVxJrsGmzg_MZgFvNraTCqjM-JEPOMCPjBaXm3dR77bQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Session on Session Sign-up: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CuPjJqtlS6yHLhVJxFOlpA
December 5, 2024: Should Nebraska Support a Convention of the States?
Guest: Gavin Geis, Executive Director of Common Cause Nebraska
For those who would like to view the slides used in the presentation, Gavin has made them available here: https://lincolnleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NE-Article-V-Presentation-2024.pdf
November 7, 2024: Post-Election: How are we Doing?
Guests: Dr Marilyn Moore and Carl Eskridge
October 3, 2024: Ballot Initiatives 101
Guests: Jean McGuire, League of Women Voters-Lincoln/Lancaster County and
Rachel Gibson, League of Women Voters-Nebraska
Related Information: For a list of ballot issues that will appear on the Nebraska General Election Ballot, see https://lincolnleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LWVNE-Ballot-Summary-Handout-Official-FInal.pdf. En Español: https://lincolnleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LWVNE-Ballot-Summary-Handout-Spanish.pdf.
September 5, 2024: How Voucher Schemes Harm Our Public Schools & Our Students
Guests: Jenni Benson, recent past president of the Nebraska State Education Association, and current NSEA president Tim Royers
August 1, 2024: What’s Up, Down at the Special Session?
Guests: Rachel Gibson (LWVNE), Lisa Schoenberger (OpenSky Policy Institute), and Jillian Linster(Center for Rural Affairs)
June 6, 2024: Ethics in Government
Guest: Deputy State Auditor Craig Kubicek
Here is the PDF referred to at various times in the presentation:https://lincolnleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Case-Studies-Craig-Kubicek-6-24.pdf
Apr. 5, 2024: Book Bans and Challenges
Guest: Vicki Wood, recently retired Librarian
https://youtu.be/1pE3HkSXbEU
Here are the slides used for the presentation:
Book Challenges and Bans March 2024
Mar. 7, 2024: Priority Bills in the Legislature
Guests: Rachel Gibson and Joanna Lindberg, League of Women Voters of Nebraska
https://youtu.be/QII4ju7Bag0
Feb. 1, 2024: Recent Changes to Voter Registration
Guest: Todd Wiltgen, Lancaster County Election Commissioner
https://youtu.be/rWG-YskJGao
Jan. 4, 2024: Regenerative Agriculture
Guests: David Meyer and Tom Hoegemeyer
https://youtu.be/VPQDI0xk1oU
Dec. 7, 2023: Solving the Climate Challenge
Guests: Becky Seth, Citizen’s Climate Lobby
https://youtu.be/-e5sltw5YBw
Nov. 2, 2023: Lincoln-Lancaster County 2050 Comprehensive Plan
Guest: David Cary, Lincoln/Lancaster Planning Department
https://youtu.be/5MjvjnlSN8I
Oct. 5, 2023: Growing Lincoln’s Workforce
Guests: Kelly Ross, ECHO Collective; Dylan Wren, American Job Center; Bryan Seck, Lincoln Literacy
https://youtu.be/nXfRMIAZs2Y
Nov. 3, 2022: Schools 101
Guest: Rachel Gibson, League of Women Voters – Nebraska
https://youtu.be/4nly6UEwxzE
Sep. 1, 2022: History of Reproductive Rights
Guest: Katrina Jagodinsky
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/OVBF3ZYh69tzmx95lPWU4y6dLptdfBIppN2KUkEpoq8XWiArv3a8bE-jIx_APjA6.YhfzgEW-S1OxjIZT