Promote cultural empowerment through collaboration
education and advocacy
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About Cultural Centers of Lincoln
The Cultural Centers of Lincoln is not organized for profit but is organized for charitable, educational, and cultural purposes. The Cultural Centers of Lincoln serves as
a model of multicultural collaboration to develop a public dialogue that will increase understanding of the value of diversity for Lincoln/Lancaster County and all
Nebraska communities.
While each community cultural center represents a distinct constituency, they share many characteristics, values, and goals. The Cultural Centers of Lincoln operates
to support the individual centers, while building upon their strengths in a collaborative manner to produce community outcomes centered on diversity, social justice,
and cultural competency. The centers began meeting on a regular basis in 1999 where Asian Community and Cultural Center, El Centro De Las Americas, Malone
Community Center and Indian Center as Cultural Centers Coalition.
The Good Neighbor Community Center and Ponca Tribe of Nebraska joined the Cultural Centers Coalition a little after 2010 and in 2020 the Cultural Centers
Coalition became Cultural Centers of Lincoln.
Asian Community and
Cultural Center
Founded in 1992, the Asian Community &
Cultural Center supports and empowers all
refugees and immigrants through programs
and services and advances the sharing of
Asian culture and other cultural heritages of
our clients with the community at large.
El Centro De Las
Americas
Originally known as the Hispanic
Community Center, was founded in 1982.
We have provided services in area of
education, family support, youth
empowerment, health, and resource
navigation. Visit our site for more.
Good Neighbor
Community Center
Founded in 1973, our mission is
‘Welcoming Neighbors, Supporting
Stability.’ GNCC provides basic and
emergency needs to those in need in
Lincoln and Lancster County. Visit our
site for more.
Indian Center
Founded in 1969, our mission is to
provide value in the Native American
community by creating and obtaining
programs that empower self-sufficiency
and positive quality of life standards in
individuals and families. Visit our site for
more.
Malone Center
Founded in 1955, our mission is to
create unity and prosperity throughout
Lincoln while honoring our African
American heritage. Visit our site for
more.
Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska operates
within a designated service area
covering fifteen counties in Nebraska,
South Dakota, and Iowa. With a history
that goes way before 1200, Ponca tribe
provides services in areas of health,
social services, domestic violence,
education, and many more. Visit our site
fore more.
PRINCIPLES
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As Lincoln is a culturally diverse city, cultural awareness, inclusivity, and celebration are key to maintaining a vibrant and healthy community.
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Lincoln’s cultural centers have diverse and passionate staff and effective programming.
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Lincoln’s cultural centers are uniquely positioned to address issues faced by culturally diverse individuals at high risk for poor outcomes, including
shorter life expectancy.
VISION
Asian Community and Cultural Center - Immigrants in Lincoln and surrounding areas will have access to resources and support they need to lead better lives.
Good Neighbor Community Center - Empower individuals and families with positive, life-changing skills while meeting basic, social, educational and physical
needs and providing culturally sensitive services.
The El Centro de las Américas will enhance its local, regional, and state reputation through planning, promoting, marketing, and conducting services and
activities that will give Latinos an equal opportunity in being successful and productive individuals in this society.
Malone - To create unity and prosperity throughout Lincoln, while honoring our African American Heritage.
CORE VALUES
Accountability
Called to serve our neighbors together and have diversity in faith and nationality
Collaboration
Commitment to effective, efficient, and achievable outcomes
Cultural sensitivity - promoting/ensuring (promote awareness, openness to cultural issues avoid cultural
elitism)
Diversity and inclusion
Equity
Excellence
Inclusiveness
Integrity
Make sure no group is left behind - new culturally distinctive groups are emerging into our society
Notion of privilege - be aware of privilege and how it impacts policies and decisions
Practical versus theoretical
Prioritizing product over process - focus on outcomes
Quality of care
Reciprocal respect for all members working with the cultural centers
Responsive to emerging issues
OUR MISSION STATEMENTS
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska - in order to restore, preserve and protect all rights aboriginally held by our people and their descendants, promote peace,
prosperity, happiness, and the general welfare of the members of our Tribe and our posterity, to exercise home rule, to assert our inherent sovereignty, to
protect our right of self-government, to conserve custom, to improve our social order, to protect our rights as individuals, to promote our economic welfare,
to promote domestic tranquility, to promote business enterprises both cooperative and individual, to promote educational opportunities for all Ponca people,
to consolidate our land holdings by purchase, exchange, transfer, gift, or otherwise, do ordain and establish this Constitution in accordance with our
inherent sovereignty, and all previous aboriginal rights of our members and Treaties previously entered into with the United States of America.
Asian Community and Cultural Center
Serving All Refugees & Immigrants, Celebrating Cultural Heritage
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Support and empower all refugees and immigrants through programs and services and advance sharing of the Asian Culture and other cultural
heritages in our community.
Good Neighbor Community Center
Welcoming Neighbors, Supporting Stability.
The El Centro De Las América's
To promote the self-sufficiency and self-determination of Latino families and community by providing bilingual,
high quality social, educational, economic, public health and advocacy services.
Indian Center
To provide value to the Native American community by creating and obtaining programs that empower self-
sufficiency and positive quality of life standards in individuals and families.
Malone
To eliminate multigenerational poverty in Lincoln.