OutNebraska is able to do what we do thanks to awesome volunteers. We always have a project in the works that you can be a part of. Whether you’re an experienced advocate, student, ally, new to the community, or just looking to get more involved, we’re happy to have you! (PS: OutNebraska can sign-off on volunteer hours)

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Volunteer Events

Hastings: 🎥 Prairie Pride Poster Distribution

Help us make the Prairie Pride Film Festival a success by distributing posters. Volunteers will receive a poster route, directions/training, and posters to hand out. 🎥 Sign up here!

Scottsbluff: 💛 Community Resource Booth, 10/6 @ 11:30am – 2:30pm

We’re hosting a resource booth at the Out of the Darkness Walk in Scottsbluff. This event raises awareness about suicide prevention, and is a great time to spread the hope of community. We will share a booth with our friends at Panhandle Equality. 💛 Sign up here!

Lincoln: 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Unity March Prep Night, 10/7 @ 5pm – 7pm

Help us organize materials and decorate our Coming Out Day door on Monday, 10/7. Drop by The Foundry any time from 5-7pm! This will help us get ready for our rally & march on Friday. 🏳️‍🌈 Sign up here!

Lincoln: 🏳️‍🌈 Pride in the Workplace, 10/9 @ 4pm – 8:30pm

Pride in the Workplace aims to form connections between LGBTQ+ students, professionals, and community resources. During the event, you will hand out information about OutNebraska, encourage folks to join our network, and chat with attendees. 🏳️‍🌈 Sign up here!

Lincoln: 🏳️‍🌈 Crowd Canvassing, Queer Unity March, 10/11 @ 5pm – 8pm

Crowd canvassing for the Queer Unity March on 10/11. Canvassers will walk through the crowd, talk with people, help them register to vote, and share information about the election. Volunteers will be contacted prior to the event for training. 🏳️‍🌈 Sign up here!

Lincoln: 📚Nebraska Celebration of Books, 10/12 @ 9am – 3:30pm, 2 shifts

Celebrate diverse books with us and Francie & Finch! This is a huge book festival that celebrates reading across Nebraska. 📚 Sign up here!

Lincoln: 🏳️‍🌈 Help Out Nebraska, Get Out the Vote!, 10/24 @ 6pm – 8pm

Our October Help Out Nebraska meeting is Thursday (10/24) from 6-8pm at The Foundry. With just a few days before the election, we’re helping our OutNebraska friends make their plan to vote. Come with your phone! After a short training, we will start calling. 🏳️‍🌈 Sign up here!


Vote for Our Communities: Get Involved with Ballot Initiatives

In 2024, we have a huge opportunity to change our communities for the better by getting paid sick leave, securing the fundamental right to abortion, and repealing a private school voucher scheme. OutNebraska volunteers can help us create a better Nebraska by volunteering at an event educating people about the Paid Sick Leave, Protect Our Rights (pro-choice abortion), and Support Our Schools (pro-public school) campaigns.

💛💙 Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans

Get involved here! Activities include: Weekly virtual phone banks, issue education training, local volunteer meet-ups

💚✊ Protect Our Rights

Get involved here! Activities include: Weekly virtual phone banks, issue education training, local volunteer meet-ups

❤️🏫 Support Our Schools

Learn more here! Activities include: Yard sign placement in your yard, friends & family’s yards

Sept 5, 12pm CT / 11am MT : Join the League of Women Voters Lunch & Learn Zoom to learn how voucher schemes harm our public schools and our students. (Free & open to the public)


Help Out Nebraska:

Thursdays, 6-8pm, Lincoln
Help Out Nebraska is our monthly volunteer night in Lincoln. We meet with other volunteers, learn about current issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, and take action together. Activities vary from month-to-month. Sign up here!

Ongoing Volunteer Projects

These volunteer projects help us build community, strengthen our allies, and get you involved with local action. Great for: Community members who want to do something every week or every month, business partners who want to host a volunteering event, and folks who have volunteer hours to complete for school.

Lincoln:

Contact information data entry
We’re looking for help updating contact information from volunteer and sign-up forms. This information helps us contact volunteers and LGBTQ+ supporters with important information about action around the state, election reminders, and occasionally send them postcards to celebrate our community. What you’ll do: Come to the OutNebraska office in Lincoln and work with Aryn to enter information from sign-up cards into the computer. Have an hour or two to spare? Let us know when you can come by!

Statewide:

Nebraska Competes business contacts (mini project volunteering)
We recruit businesses around the state to join Nebraska Competes – a business coalition that supports LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections. We need help reaching out to businesses. This is a great project to get involved with if you have volunteer hours to complete before the school year ends or over the summer. What you’ll do: Get training on how to reach out to businesses, and then you’ll send letters, emails, and phone calls to businesses around the state.
Ready to help make Nebraska a better place to live, work, and do business? Let us know you can help!