REDRESS IN OMAHA

Meet Our Senior OMAHA Campaign Organizer:

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Clarice Dombeck

Clarice Dombeck is an emerging urban planner, urban farmer, creative placemaker, and community organizer. Her background in Black Studies and Sociology profoundly informs her work in a way that centers Black people’s history, experiences, knowledge, and expertise. Clarice has contributed to notable projects in North Omaha such as the North Omaha Trail, Fabric Lab, and Thriving Communities. She is the lead organizer of Healing Roots African Diaspora Garden a Black led community garden cultivated to honor the legacy of the African Diaspora. Clarice is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Urban Studies and hopes the knowledge and skills she acquires will help lead to reparative justice in housing, mobility, and the environment for residents that call North Omaha home.

To get in touch with Clarice, email: cdombeck@redressmovement.org

The Redress Movement Announces Support for Four Bills at Nebraska Legislature

The Redress Movement is proud to support a slate of bills in the 2025 Nebraska Legislative Session that will protect renters from unnecessary displacement and discrimination and ultimately build stronger, more stable renter households. In particular, we support:

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  • LB17, by Sen. John Cavanaugh (Lincoln), which would cap application and other fees and require landlords to provide applicants with a copy of any credit or consumer report they obtain.

 

  • LB92, by Sen. Terrell McKinney (Omaha), which would seal eviction cases that don’t actually result in an eviction or that were related to late rent during the COVID-19 emergency, and would also allow renters to apply for a clean slate on their eviction history after three years.

 

  • LB101, by Sen. George Dungan (Lincoln),which would allow tenants in eviction cases to request a jury trial.

 

  • LB107, by Machaela Cavanaugh (Lincoln), which would create a state income tax credit for renters equal to the greater of 4% of rent paid for the year or $200, with a cap of $1,000.

All four of these bills align with our Shared Principles for Redressing Segregation. In particular, these bills will help challenge negative stereotypes of renters and low-income renters, which are often rooted in anti-Blackness. Renters are also most vulnerable to gentrification and displacement and these bills would offer some protection to renters facing displacement. Lastly, you can’t increase Black and Brown homeownership and narrow the racial wealth gap without also stabilizing and supporting the Black and Brown renter households that hope to become homeowners. We hope you’ll join us and our partners in supporting these bills when they receive hearings at the legislature.

WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR OMAHA ORGANIZER?

Email Clarice at cdombeck@redressmovement.org