Nearly 150 joined in on the first Black Political Summit hosted by Preston Love, Jr.
The room at the Highlander was buzzing with energy and dialogue for nearly four hours as leaders and residents worked together to identify barriers to voting and solutions to register 15,000 new voters in North Omaha and increase voter participation to 60% in the primary and 70% in the general election.
Participants were divided into groups to brainstorm solutions to increase voter mobilization and turnout with churches, young professionals, Latinos, South Sudanese, grassroots and community agencies.