2018/2019 Highlights

 

                        

2019 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS LUNCHEON

  CD 1 recipient, Christine Trinh, graduating from Lincoln North Star High School is planning to study Communications and Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  She is pictured with her mother and sister and the newly elected Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, Leirion Gaylor Baird, who was the inspiration for her essay.

CD 2 recipient, Kenna Barnes, is a graduate assistant and research coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s School of Health and Kinesiology.  The inspiration for her essay was UNO Associate Professor Dr. Sofia Jawed-Wessel, a social justice advocate and Associate Director of the Midlands Sexual Health Research Collaborative.  NDWC State Officers were excited to meet these two academic role models, pictured here with Chair Janet Stewart.

CD 3 recipient, Haley Mazour, a University of Nebraska at Kearney student, wrote her essay on progressive activist Robin Vodehnal, who inspired and mentored the planning of a 2018 March to Save Lives in Hastings, Nebraska.  Haley was elected President of the Buffalo County Young Democrats.

2018 

Monica Gomez with the subject of her “Inspiring Woman” essay, active member and NDP Latinx Caucus leader Marta Nieves

2018 Scholarship recipients
Cordelia Ring,
Monica Gomez and Christine McCormick with candidates Jane Raybould and Kara Eastman

 

 

 

 

Jane Raybould @ 2018 NDP rally in Omaha.

2018 Women’s March
Loup City