Monthly Archives: March 2018

Drawdown Conference Earth Care Gathering

 in Community / Current Events / Ecology

Drawdown Conference Earth Care Gathering Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Second Presbyterian Church 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock $15 Registration Register Online Here: www.arkansasipl.com Or send a check to Ark. IPL at PO Box 2441, Little Rock, AR 72203 Scholarships for College Students. Contact us at arkansasipl@gmail.com Lunch, Gifts, Door Prizes KEYNOTE SPEKEAR: Katharine Wilkinson, D.Phil., is Senior Writer at Project Drawdown, working to bring Drawdown to life and to the world and translating research into message. She brings with her an interdisciplinary background that cuts across sustainability, strategy, and thought leadership. Previously, Katharine was Director of […]

People Power Meeting

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People Power Meeting Monday April 2 – 6:30 pm – OMNI We all want a welcoming, safe, and prosperous community. And when some of us aren’t safe, none of us are safe. That’s more true now than its ever been. You can help protect people’s rights in Washington County by understanding what the 4th Amendment really means for your family and your neighbors. People Power of Washington County will unveil this Know Your Rights Campaign in the coming weeks. We’ll work with other groups to support the rights and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and all Arkansans from unconstitutional search, seizure, detentions and deportations. […]

The Living Wage Campaign Rally

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The Living Wage Campaign Rally Saturday April 7 – 1:00 pm Town Center  Local 965 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is holding a rally noon-1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, on the plaza outside Fayetteville Town Center for the U of A Living Wage Campaign. It will feature several top speakers. A significant segment of university employees are paid less than commonly accepted living wages. Also, graduate teaching and research assistants though generally part time rely heavily on their pay, which is substandard. One proof is how heavily the campus’s 7-year-old Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food […]

What’s Next for Our Buffalo River?

 in Community / Current Events / Ecology

“Now- More Than Ever, We Need To Network!” Lin Wellford with the Ozark Resource Watchdogs What’s Next for Our Buffalo River? Saturday April 7 – Mount Sequoyah – 6:00-8:00 pm Hello Everyone- The past year seems like one continuous wake-up call, with threats to our planet, our health, our institutions, our resources, our very quality of life. Well-funded special interest groups flex their influence and power everywhere we look. Never before have grassroots groups been so vital. On April 7th, Terry Spence with Socially Responsible Agriculture Project will be in Fayetteville to speak, along with other presenters, at an evening […]

NWA’s Homeless Population

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NWA’s Homeless Population: Understanding and Addressing Their Complicated Needs Thurs March 15 – 5:00-7:30 – Genesis Church, 205 MLK Blvd. Featured Panelists: Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, UA Jones Chair in Community, Capt. Josh Robinett, CEO Salvation Army, Solomon Burchfield, Ops Director 7 Hills Day Center and Housing, Joy Shirley, Director of Student Services Fayetteville High School. Moderated by Kyle Kellams, photos on display by Andrew Kilgore Light refreshments at 5:00, program begins at 6:00. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

Prizewinning Author to Read from The Moor’s Account

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Prizewinning Author to Read from The Moor’s Account Her Pulitzer Prize Longlisted Novel Weds March 14 – Giffels Auditorium, UA – 6:00 pm Laila Lalami, novelist, essayist and professor of creative writing at University of California at Riverside, will read from her novel The Moor’s Account on Wednesday, March 14 at 6:00 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium (MAIN 201) on the University of Arkansas Campus. Refreshments will be served, and copies of The Moor’s Account will be available for signing and purchase after the reading. The Moor’s Account was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It imagines the […]

Stand With Dreamers

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Mon March 6 – 4:00-5:00 pm Springdale #DreamActNow Action at Sen. Cotton’s Office 1108 S Old Missouri Rd Hosted by Arkansas United Community Coalition Sen. Cotton has been on the frontlines of anti-immigrant negotiations and needs to continue to hear from us. March 5th is a crucial day for the immigrant community across the country because that’s the arbitrary deadline given by Trump to Congress to pass a permanent solution that will benefit millions of undocumented youth the day he killed DACA. Since September 5th, immigrant youth have taken action in DC and across the country to demand passage of […]