Yearly Archives: 2020

Virtual Town Hall African American Healthcare in the Face of COVID

 in health

Saturday April 18 – 6:00 pm to receive event link contact Lance Reed, nwablackhistory@gmail.com From D’Andre Jones:The Black Cultural Action Committee of Compassion Fayetteville and The OMNI Center are excited about hosting a virtual town hall Saturday April 18th. We have a team of African American healthcare providers of Dr Uche Obi, Shawndra Washington, pharmacist, Dr Kamra Elizabeth Mays Thompson President of the Arkansas Psychologist Association and State Rep Denise Garner!! Lance D Reed a doctoral student at the Chicago Professional School of Psychology will be the facilitator!! Arkansas residents throughout the state are invited to be a part!! A […]

Hi Omni folks. Are you getting settled in to a new COVID19 routine?

 in Current Events

Hi Omni folks. Are you getting settled in to a new COVID19 routine?Are you finding good things to do for your community? Feeling productive and connected? If you’re linked in to good people and places, and have what you need to live ok while we struggle through this, that’s so great. But we know that everybody isn’t in that comfortable place and do need some help right now. A big part of building peace and justice in our community during a crisis means having each other’s backs. The injustice baked into our authoritarian system shows up harshly at times like […]

Fayetteville Celebrates Earth Day with Litter-Grabber Giveaway and Pledge

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Thursday, April 9, 2020  Contact: Heather EllzeyEnvironmental EducatorRecycling and Trash Collections479.601.1930hellzey@fayetteville-ar.gov  Contact: Kristina JonesVolunteer and Community Programs CoordinatorParks and Recreation479.444.3467kjones@fayetteville-ar.gov  Fayetteville Celebrates Earth Day with Litter-Grabber Giveaway and Pledge  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — April 22, 2020 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, and Fayetteville is celebrating by giving out litter-grabbers and t-shirts and inviting citizens to sign an online Earth Day Pledge to participate in clean-up of the City’s parks and trails. The City of Fayetteville and Experience Fayetteville initially teamed up with municipalities along the Razorback Regional Greenway Corridor to plan a region-wide cleanup of the […]

More things to do online in the time of coronavirus

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VIRTUAL OPEN SPACE EXPERIMENT March 23th 2020 from 1:30 pm at this link: Things that are happening that could use support, people, and/or donations: St. Paul’s Episcopal Meals to Go needs volunteers Meeting Basic Needs: Good Shepherd Lutheran donations to desperate people https://www.facebook.com/donate/2754863917901640/ Little Bread Company: Free Lunch for Kids on Reduced Lunch! Take care, Holly Attaway, CNHP Emma’s Revolution Online Concert The Shelter-in Singing Series Saturday March 21st 8pm Eastern & 8pm Pacific Two Concerts via Facebook Livestream at facebook.com/emmasrevolution/ Everyone can watch–no Facebook account needed Last but not least …. Y’allidarity: NWA Mutual Aid on Facebook Go here […]

Goddess Fest Live in spite of it all

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Saturday Mar 21 – 7:00 pmONLINE $10 suggested donation Yes lots of cancellations. Very sad, but it’s good to know that we’re all in this together. In the spirit of the times the musicians of the Goddess Festival will be holding an ONLINE CONCERT tomorrow at 7:00 pm. It features amazing musicians SJ Tucker, Ginger Doss, and Lynda Millard. Three performers you’d have loved to have seen if the Festival had gone forward.

Open Mic for Peace

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Sun Mar 1 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Open Mic Folks, March Open Mic is this coming Sunday, March 1st….FIRST SUNDAY of the MONTH 7:00 pm.  Heads Up it is also the RELEASE of Michael Cockram’s new CD at the Fay library from 2-4….not to be missed, Susan Shore and Trout Fishing in America joining him. We can’t wait, it’s an AMAZING work of art!  (P.S. Michael is one of Omni’s esteemed board members) So since April 22nd is the 50th Anniversary of EARTH DAY and because STILL ON THE HILL is dedicating this year to BIRDS we thought it might be a fun […]

Omni Women’s Community

 in Current Events / OMNI Women's Community

Sun April 19 – 4;00 pm – Omni In March half the group is out traveling. Next meeting will be April 19 at 4:00. We couldn’t finish up everything we needed to do with the enneagram in February, so we’ll do another session in April. If you missed the first session don’t hesitate to come anyway. It was VERY interesting.