The Community Academic Achievement Awards Committee (CAAAC), in partnership with Omaha Public Schools, will honor 278 African-American high school seniors during the 2026 5A Awards (African-American Academic Achievement Awards), recognizing scholars who have earned a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Inclusive Communities is now welcoming volunteers and sponsors for the 2026 Youth Impact Summit, a powerful youth-centered leadership event designed to bring together high school students from across Omaha and Lincoln for a day of connection, courage, and growth.

The Great Plains Black History Museum invites the community to experience a landmark year in 2026, featuring two compelling exhibitions and a signature 50th Anniversary Luncheon Celebration honoring five decades of preserving Black history across the region.

Lozafina will once again assist in the organization and promotion of the Hispanic Academic Challengers of Excellence (HACE) Award Ceremony, part of the 2026 Community Academic Achievement Awards Committee (CAAAC) honors scheduled for later this month in Omaha.

Inclusive Communities is accepting applications through April 30 for its Youth Summit Advisory Committee, inviting students in grades 8 through 12 from the Omaha and Lincoln metro areas to take part in planning this year’s Youth Impact Summit.

Great Plains Black History Museum has always carried a powerful responsibility, telling American history through the lens of African American experiences across the Great Plains.

So it brought us great delight when the Museum came to Lozafina to request a capital campaign bifold brochure that could communicate decades of legacy, a multi-million dollar vision, and the urgency of now… all in just a few panels.

There’s a difference between being prepared and being ready.

Aimee S. Gibson, MBA, PCC, founder of BraveJoy Leadership, has built her work around that distinction. And now, she’s expanding it.

The Great Plains Black History Museum will host its 50th Anniversary Luncheon Celebration and Hall of Fame Recognition, marking five decades of preserving, elevating, and sharing Black history across the region.

A small group of women gathered last Monday morning at The Winery & Deli for a conversation centered on leadership, community, and personal growth as part of the Women With Voices Coffee Connections.

Most organizations think they’re asking for media coverage.

What they’re actually asking — whether they realize it or not — is what kind of coverage will move their work forward.

Because “local media” and “earned media” are often used interchangeably, and they shouldn’t be.

Lozafina has officially entered into a working relationship with New Plains Media, a move that expands the firm’s public relations work across multiple regional markets. The partnership brings together two teams focused on helping clients show up with clarity, intention, and credibility in the spaces that matter most.

At its core, the work is about earned media.

As large-scale development continues to reshape Omaha’s skyline and infrastructure, our client RTG Building Services is emerging as a growing presence within some of the region’s most visible construction projects. They are currently supporting operations inside the new Mutual of Omaha tower, a 44-story development in downtown Omaha that is expected to become the tallest building in the state upon completion.

Josefina Loza, founder of Lozafina, shares her journey of stepping into spaces that weren’t built for her and using storytelling to shape her career in journalism, public relations, and business. Speaking at Metropolitan Community College for Women’s History Month, she encourages others to take risks, own their narrative, and pursue their purpose.

There’s a moment every nonprofit leader knows well: you have the mission, the impact, the work already happening, but funding it sustainably? That’s the challenge.

That’s why the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands is bringing back Fundraising Palooza.

A lot of people think pricing is just numbers. It’s not. It’s positioning. It’s confidence. It’s understanding the value of what you’ve built and knowing how to communicate it clearly enough that someone else believes in it, too.

That’s exactly what this upcoming workshop is getting right.

In Hooper, Nebraska, volleyball isn’t played in front of thousands.

It’s played in small gyms, where the bleachers fill with familiar faces and the game is part of the rhythm of the community. It’s where Jordan Larson first learned the sport, close to home, in a place where expectations are built on work more than attention.

I’ve been so busy building that I almost forgot to pause and say…

I was interviewed by Business.com for a piece on how to actually engage your audience on social media. Now, what I appreciated about this article is that it didn’t romanticize social. It broke it down into what works.

A crisis response from Air Canada and CEO Michael Rousseau after a fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport quickly escalated into a full-scale PR case study, showing how one message and one viral post can expose gaps in strategy, cultural awareness, and leadership communication in real time.

On a ranch in Nebraska’s Sandhills, decisions are practical and immediate, land, water, livestock, weather. It is a place where policy is not abstract. It shows up in daily operations, in what can be sustained and what cannot.

Deb Fischer’s political career began in that environment.

I saw Lozafina listed among the Top 10 PR agencies in Nebraska by Bluelinks… and I’ll be honest, I paused.

Bluelinks reviewed over 40 agencies and didn’t just look at who’s loud, they looked at who’s clear, consistent, strategic, and actually delivering results over time. And when I dug into what they said about Lozafina specifically, it clicked.