Nov 28, 2015. Here to save the places we love…. A pretty wonderful rally sponsored by OMNI 350 – Citizens Climate Lobby and Climate Change Book Forum – in support of the Paris Climate Summit that begins this Monday. Big joy that many Marshall Islanders came down from Springdale in the cold rain to join us for it. About 40 brave people all together.
The Faucet’s On Fire! Saturday Oct 24, 7:00 pm at OMNI Center $15 — appearing with Emily Kaitz! Roy Zimmerman brings the sting of satire to the struggle for Peace and Social Justice. His funny songs about fracking, torture, creationism, same-sex marriage, guns, marijuana, abstinence, ignorance, war and greed have been heard on Showtime, HBO, and NPR, and he’s shared stages with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres, John Oliver, Kate Clinton, and George Carlin. “… a latter-day Tom Lehrer.” (LA Times) OMNI Center at 3274 No Lee Ave, Fayetteville. 935-4422 for more info
Monday Sept 21, 7:00 pm at OMNI Center Transition Towns is a movement for a future for life on planet earth. This is a vision beyond fossil fuels. Sound far-fetched? Join us Monday night to talk about it if you’re curious. This is an informal initial meeting. (Transitions US) “Our vision is that every community in the United States has engaged its collective creativity to unleash an extraordinary and historic transition to a future beyond fossil fuels; a future that is more vibrant, abundant and resilient; one that is ultimately preferable to the present.” We’re all in this together: “There […]
The OMNI Center’s Remembrance “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt: From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Nuclear Zero” Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance Sunday, August 9, 2015 ~ 7:00 p.m. ~ Fulbright Peace Fountain, University of Arkansas Each year since the 1960s, The OMNI Center (originally the Peace Organizing Committee, Vietnam era) presented a respectful ceremony of remembrance marking the tragedy of the historic nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago: August 6 and August 9, 1945. The annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance is OMNI’s oldest Peace action (2001). This year’s program will focus on national and international progress and momentum toward […]
World Peace Wetland Prairie World Peace Wetland Prairie is a city-owned neighborhood developed and maintained park open FREE throughout the year during normal city park hours The butterfly and peace circle gardens feature stonework by stonemason Curt Richardson assisted by volunteers of all ages
The seed to Tri Cycle Farms was planted when two food insecure and underemployed friends decided to grow a garden. After speaking to 100 people to better understand their personal experience with food insecurity, they began to uncover some startling statistics of a city and county with the third highest rates of food insecurity in the state of Arkansas. In 2011, Don Bennett, founder of TCF, purchased two acres behind his house and with a coalition of community volunteers, a farm-raising movement began. In October of 2011, the field was cleared by a volunteer force of a 119. The next day […]
