Omaha’s 2025 International Day of Happiness Celebration!

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Omaha’s celebration for the International Day of Happiness will take place on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at UNO.

8:30am – 8:00pm

UNO Thompson Alumni Center

6705 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182

Parking: UNO is on spring break so many parking lots are available without being ticketed (more details tba)

Seeds of Kindness – Seeds of Happiness began at Omaha’s MLK Day events and the premier performance of Secret Kindness Agents at the Rose Theater on Friday, January 17, 2025. Do five acts of kindness between MLK, Jr. Day and the International Day of Happiness, reflect on each act of kindness to generate future pathways of kindness, write about each act of kindness on a card, and bring your reflection cards to the happiness celebration on March 20th for a kindness idea exchange.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Agenda:

8:30am Doors open

9:00am Mentoring and Leadership

10:00am Hope

11:00am Challenge and Change

12:00pm TBA

1:00pm The Flourishing Community

2:00pm Kindness

3:00 Positive Social Interaction

4:00pm Building a Culture of Wellness

5:00pm The Story of a Friendship – Chris McCroy and Markee Ballard

5:30pm Showing of the documentary Join or Die – a film about social capital, the foundational element of a thriving community.

7:30pm Live video conversation with Rebecca Davis, a co-director of Join or Die

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