Intentional community. Equitable space.
Omaha ForUs is a nonprofit community center providing enriching programming, essential services, and opportunities for community-building for LGBTQ+ individuals & families of eastern Nebraska, western Iowa.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLANNED CLOSURES
Omaha ForUs’ Clothing Closet and Food/Hygiene Pantry will be CLOSED the following dates.
No donations will be accepted on these days. These services will re-open on the next business day according to our posted hours of operation.December 18th, 4-8pm (Will re-open December 19th at 10am)
Omaha ForUs Community Center will be CLOSED the following dates.
No donations will be accepted these days. Omaha ForUs re-opens the following next business day according to posted hours of operation.December 21st - January 1st (Will re-open January 2nd at 10am)
EMERGENCY UPDATES
Omaha ForUs’ weather-related delays and closures will mirror Heartland Family Service. Should Heartland Family Service delay operations or close due to weather, Omaha ForUs will also close. No donations will be accepted on the days we are closed.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Omaha ForUs is not a crisis center and is not equipped to provide emergency mental health services nor on location counseling.
If you are experiencing mental health crisis dial 988. If it’s an emergency, dial 911. Visit our Mental Health page to learn more.
Community
BUILDING intentional human connection which fosters safe and supportive LGBTQ+ peer networks. YOU belong here!
Equity
DEVELOPING culturally responsive services and enriching programming which honors intersectional, experience.
Space
CREATING dedicated, physical space for study, celebration, care, and community. LGBTQ+ serving organizations under one roof.
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Kris, 72
“I worry about what will happen to me as I get older. When I lost my partner of 31 years to cancer I had no one I could talk to. Everyone at the grief groups I found were straight … I was so uncomfortable, I went once and never went back.”
Jerran, 19
“If you want kids to stay here in Nebraska, we need somewhere to go that’s not a bar. And something to do that’s not thinking about going to a bar. Gay bars can’t be our only source of community, or we’ll leave the first chance we get.”
Sammy, 39
“It’s just not the same if a program or service is built to serve someone else then suddenly opened to LGBTQ+ people. We deserve people trained, places built, and things designed for us - just like anyone else.”
“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.”
