Nebraska for Ukraine is hoping for another large crowd on Saturday, March 5th when the hold a prayer vigil at the State Capitol.
Organizer Mykhailo Smyshliaiev says this follows last week’s rally that was a big success. He told KLIN News, “Taking into consideration that the rally was organized in a short time. We started thinking about this around 2 p.m. on Friday. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, we had about 200 people gather for the prayer and showed their support for the Ukrainian people.”
Smyshliaiev says since then, they have established a Facebook page, Nebraska for Ukraine and have set up a Go-Fund-Me page with funds going to assist those fleeing that war torn country. We also want to ask our government for help to make the process for people now in Poland to receive refugee status faster and make the process easier. We want to assure our Nebraska government that the Ukrainians of Nebraska community will take care of any refugee coming from Ukraine with little help from the state.”
Nebraska for Ukraine’s prayer vigil will be held at the State Capitol will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 5th.
Nebraskans for Peace and other organizations are asking the public to join them for a Global Day of Action to Stop the War in Ukraine Rally for Peace on Sunday, March 6th on the Nebraska State Capitol steps at 1 p.m.