Each year, the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine LGBTQ+ Employee Alliance participates in the Pride parade and festival organized by Heartland Pride in Omaha.
The alliance welcomes the campus community to march in solidarity with their LGBTQ+ colleagues. All staff, students and their loved ones are welcome to march with the alliance during the parade and wear the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine Pride T-shirt. The Nebraska Medicine Company Store will have Pride T-shirts available on an ongoing basis for purchase online or in person. The UNMC Bookstore will have surplus shirts available for purchase in the near future.
The Pride Parade will be held on July 16, starting at 10 a.m. in Omaha’s Old Market. Anyone wishing to walk with the Nebraska Medicine/UNMC group can park and meet at 9 a.m. at the Nebraska Medicine Old Market Family Health Clinic on 13th and Leavenworth streets. The clinic will be hosting a pre-parade patio party in their outdoor space on 13th and Leavenworth. The group can then walk together to the parade line-up location.
In addition, the UNMC community is invited to a University of Nebraska at Omaha Criss Library event.
"On the Inside" is a group show of LGBTQ+ artists who are currently incarcerated. The exhibit has connections to Humanities Nebraska and Black and Pink. Steve Langan, PhD, and Peggy Jones will speak at a Zoom discussion of the show on June 13 at 1 p.m.
In addition, there will be:
- On the Inside Curator Talk: July 12, 1 p.m., via Zoom; Tatiana von Furstenberg, project creator, and Eline Mul, exhibit designer.
- On the Inside reception: July 14, 4-6 p.m., Osborne Family Gallery, Criss Library