“On the evening of September 29, 2022, a protest took place at Dewey Park to oppose the removal of the Harney Street bike lane. Stretching a mile and a half, this was Omaha’s first protected bike lane, connecting Midtown to the Old Market.” 

“Refuse the narrow definitions of value and use that are assigned to objects by capitalism.

Refuse what relies on waste for profit.

Refuse what is rejected as trash, what is seen as useless and de-nied the chance to be useful.”

On  December 11th, artists and organizers Amanada Huckins, Alex Jochim, Joseph Orzal, Bilgesu Sisman, Marcey Yates, and Rachel Ziegler discussed navigating alternative models of economic organization and building resilience in the face of precarity and the uncertain future of arts funding.