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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
- Servant Leadership – Stephen Linenberger
- From Mentoring to Community Building – Lindsay Hastings
10:00am Hope
- ACTions for Hope – Megan Pendley
- Hope Champions Network – Suzi Yokley-Busby
- Jeff Slater – Hope Sharing
11:00am Challenge and Change
- Building Toughness Through Challenge and Affection – Richard Dienstbier
- Alternatives to Violence Project – Suzanne King
12:00pm TBA
1:00pm The Flourishing Community
- Agrihoods & Gross National Happiness – Sabastian Hunt
- TBA
- TBA
2:00pm Kindness
- Secret Kindness Agents – Ferial Pearson
- Positive Psychology in the Community – Lisa Scherer
- Kind Heroes – Ari Kohen
3:00 Positive Social Interaction
- Virtue, Friendship, and the Good Life – Richard White
- Pairr – Ayan Hussein
4:00pm Building a Culture of Wellness
- Wellness Teams – TBA
- The Seasonal Movement – Ruben Gomez
- Appreciating Teachers – Kimberly Bailey
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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