Our goal is to empower concerned Nebraskans to join together and make our collective voices heard. An initial focus will be to publish, in our local newspaper, a full-page, open letter to Nebraska’s Congressional delegation. The letter expresses our serious concerns about the authoritarian policies of the current Administration. The full-page ad will include the text of the letter and the names of approximately 600-700 local citizens who have endorsed it. The text of the letter is here. 

In the Lincoln area we should be able to collect the 600-700 signers that would fill a full-page ad without too much trouble.  Individually, we all know 10-20 people who share our concerns.  Please download the attached endorsement form, sign it yourself and return it promptly.  Then ask your friends, co-workers, and family members to join with you and other concerned Nebraskans in publishing our collective concerns.  It is a great way to start a non-threatening conversation with acquaintances about current policies.

We know that hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans have concerns about the threats to our democracy from the current Administration and its Congressional allies.  Polls, back in June, of Nebraska’s 1,258,588 registered voters found that over 40% (about 500,000) disapprove of Trump’s job performance. 

Our challenge is to help those 500,000+ Nebraskans who disapprove of the Administration’s authoritarian efforts to first, find each other, and then jointly develop ways to make our collective voices heard.  Such efforts will help us overcome our sense of personal isolation and exercise our collective power.   

Please consider downloading the endorsement form today. The endorsement form is in a PDF format and can be easily printed or attached to emails and texts and sent to your friends, family and co-workers. Don’t delay too long if you, and your friends, want to be among those listed in this ad, because we expect those 600 to 700 names to fill up pretty fast.

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Sample text of a possible email or text message to a friend

(enter name of friend), I am very seriously concerned about the obvious authoritarian nature of the current Administration.  I feel the need to personally respond in some manner to make my concerns known.  Therefore, I have decided to join with other concerned Lincoln-area residents in adding my name to a local newspaper advertisement publicly expressing our concerns about this threat to our democracy.  This full-page ad will contain the names of approximately 600-700 Lincoln residents.  I thought that you might be interested in this initiative.  If you are interested, you can find out additional information at https://standupnebraska.org.  I have also attached an endorsement form in case you decide you would like to participate by completing and mailing in the form.  Please let me know what you think.