Spring/Fall 2022 - Multicultural Business

Friday, August 26, 2022

Embracing Diversity for Growth and Development

Amidst the challenge of surviving a terrible flood, a global pandemic, and the general i

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

A restaurant is more than just a business

 Starting in her own home, Patricia Givernbarren took her love for cooking and poured it into her restaurant, Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering. Better known as Big Mama, Patricia was born in 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. Being a Nebraska native, she was very adamant about keeping the restaurant in North Omaha.

“My mother wanted to see North Omaha revitalized. She wanted it to be the thriving place it was when she was a kid,” says Big Mama’s daughter, Gladys Harrington.

After serving and catering in their home, they finally opened Big Mama’s Kitchen in 2007.

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Why Yazidis in the US are choosing Nebraska

I will follow anyone and thank everyone who tries to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable civilians. ~ Widad Akrawi, Kurdish health expert and human rights activist, Founder, "Save The Yazidis: The World Has To Act Now"

It was an early May afternoon, Hasan Khalil was busy in his hair salon attending to a client from Nebraska City. He has many people visiting him from nearby towns and cities.

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

A Taste of Home for Lincoln’s APIDA Community

Asian markets in the Midwest provide a safe and welcoming environment for those in the Asian community to feel comfortable and at ease. The Oriental Market, located on 27th street in Lincoln Nebraska has become a cultural hub where community members can not only find familiar foods but a sense of home. 

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Building Omaha’s Transparent, Accessible Construction Company

Blair Freeman Group is a construction and real-estate firm in Omaha, Nebraska. For Ashley Kuhn, being a Black woman in an industry typically dominated by white males is something she doesn’t take lightly.

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Nebraska business is in the hands of those who love Nebraska most

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

A Welcoming Cultural Center for Nebraska's Jewish Community

People always joke about how small Nebraska’s population is, but for Jewish Nebraskans, it's even smaller. Representing less than 1% of all Nebraskans, most of the state’s Jewish population has congregated in one city - Omaha - where over 90% of Nebraskan Jews live.

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