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In this post-pandemic day and age, people and employers have been tossed in to a wild and unpredictable job market. Unemployment, high demand for workers, were at an all time high and is still a huge issue in North Omaha. Those in need such as college students, single mothers and the average joe who my have lost their jobs during the pandemic, need a place that will give them a helping hand in this crazy job market.

By: R. Nelson, A student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, as part of Heather Nelson’s Service Learning Academy class.  What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on June 1, 1863. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on June 1st, Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19th because it was on that very day Texas, the last state agreed to end slavery.  History of Slavery in Nebraska Nebraska became a territory in 1854, and during that year, the “Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the Nebraska Territorial Legislature to decide whether slavery should be legal...