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Lincoln Celebrates the International Day of Happiness!
Saturday, March 22, 2025
10:30am-5:30pm
Charles H. Gere Branch Library
2400 S 56th St, Lincoln, NE 68506
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Agenda:
10:30-10:55am Doors Open and Introductions
Welcome by Lincoln City Libraries
Music by Orion Walsh
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11:00-11:55am Look Like Somebody – Ricky C. Simmons
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12:00-12:25pm Mental Health and Entrepreneurship (moderated by Shonna Dorsey, Nebraska Tech Collaborative)
- Kellee Mikuls, Ignite Nebraska
- TBA
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12:30-12:55pm Panel – Pawsitivity Matters
- Cindy Terwilliger, Domesti-PUPS
- Melisa Ripley, Second Chance Pups
- Lizz Whitacre, Pawlytics
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1:00-1:25pm Panel – Strengths and Wellness in Organizations
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1:30-1:55pm Panel – Philanthropy and Community Wellbeing (Moderated by Fred Ohles, historian of philanthropy in Lincoln)
- Emily Kluver, Community Health Endowment
- Paige Piper, Brave fACEs – CHE/BraveBe Partnership
- Kristen Derr, Lancaster Connected – United Way
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2:00-2:25pm Panel – The Wellbeing of Young People
- TBA
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2:30-2:55pm TBA
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3:00-3:25pm Panel – Play, Creativity, Flow, and Aesthetic Experience
- Karen Shoemaker, Larksong Writers Place
- Karen Kunc, Constellation Studios
- Judy Hart, OLLI Arts Committee
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3:30-3:55pm Panel – Generativity: from Micro to Macro Positive Impact
- Kyle Bishop, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln
- Brent Lucke, NeighborWorks Lincoln
- Julie Murray-Jensen, The Foundry
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4:00-4:25 Panel – NHRI Leadership Mentoring (Moderated by Nick Knopik) Creating a ripple effect of positive change!
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4:30-5:30pm Life’s Board of Directors – an interactive exploration of values facilitated by Larry Sternberg
Good Health and Well-Being is one of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, and in 2012, the United Nations passed a resolution that every March 20th, the first day of spring, would be an International Day of Happiness. The World Happiness Report is released every year as part of the celebration.
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