US Senatorial Candidate

Preston Love, Jr., brings the wisdom derived from his life experiences, his crusade and community activism for economic inclusion to his work. Preston, who is the Sunday School teacher in his church, Holy Ghost Temple COGIC, gives all honor to Jesus Christ. Married to Martha, his spiritual leader, best supporter and love.

EDUCATION:
 Bachelor of Science, Economics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
 Master’s Degree from Bellevue University, Omaha, Nebraska, in Professional Studies, M.P.S.

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Former UNL (Husker) Football Player and Detroit Lions Draftee
 IBM pioneer marketing executive (1966-1980)
 Microcomputer historic innovator (opened Atlanta’s first retail computer store—1980)
 Groundbreaking political mogul (incl. organized and ran Jesse Jackson’s presidential candidacy—1984)
 Playwriter (wrote and performs: “Adam Clayton Powell,” a one-man performance)
 Award-winning newspaper columnist (Omaha Star column Black Votes Matter)
 Editorial page Columnist. Omaha World Heald
 Contributor: The Fine Lines Journal. a national, quarterly, non-profit publication, which is devoted to
networking with creative writers from around the world.
 National Lecturer: Incl. the Nashville film festival regarding urban voting and the documentary film,
One Vote; Jefferson Educational Society, Erie, PA), AAACE (American Association for Adult and
Continuing Education) at the Annual Conference in St Louis, Mo., October 9, 2019, Frequent
panelist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, annual Black Leadership Symposium
 UNO Adjunct Professor (Black Studies & Political Science)
 Author: Economic Cataracts, (sold in over 30 states and Thailand.) The Jackson Papers. two children’s
book, Bridge to Your History”. (June 17 th , 2019) Bilingual Edition; Awards (2020 NEX GEN finalist,
2020 Nebraska Book Award), “A Clear Vision (2020)
 Serves as the 1 st Vice President NAACP Omaha
 Board member, Kids Can, Inc
 Created and produces an highly acclaimed, annual trip of 40+ high school students: Black History tour
(BVM Tour) to Tulsa, Memphis, Jackson, MS, Birmingham, Tuskegee, Montgomery, Selma and Atlanta
(all expenses paid). Documentary of the tour released October 2018. 2020 Virtual Tour (released
Sept/2020, watched by over 5000 nationally)
 Creator of the highly acclaimed BVM Virtual Tour (1hour 10 minutes), 2020
 Serves as a consultant with, The Minnesota Humanities Center. (A National Education Organization)
 Founder, Director: Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement (BVM), LLC 501 c (3)
 Founder, Director: Institute for Urban Development (4Urban.org) 2020

NOTABLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
 Nebraska Black Sports Hall of Fame inductee 2016 (University of Nebraska at Lincoln, football player)
 Commendation for Excellence (2017) Nebraska Secretary of State for Omaha Star Newspaper column.
 2008 Douglas County Dem Party Chair Award For leadership (winning the CD2 historic electoral vote)
 NAACP Presidents Award (2018), Vice President Nebraska/Iowa Chapter NAACP
 Preston Love, Jr. was presented the Distinguished Citizen Award by the West Point Society of Nebraska
and Western Iowa on March 30, 2019 during its annual West Point Founders Day in Omaha, Nebraska
 National Assoc. of Social Workers-NE 2020 Public Citizen of the Year award
 Nebraska Democratic Party: recipient of having the annual volunteer awards after his name:
CD1, CD2 & CD3 NDP Volunteer of the year
 Northeast Community College: Alumni Hall of Fame, 2022
 North Omaha Area Health; Community Advocacy Award 2022
 Omaha Public School Athletic Hall of Fame, 2022
 Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame inductee October, 2023
 Featured on Nebraska Education Television: Nebraska Stories 2023
 Special invitee/attendee to White House, 2023: Presidential Policy Briefing
 2024 Douglas County Dem Party Chair Award(Blue Dot Award) For leadership
 Nebraska democrats nominee IUS SENATE- 2024