Monthly Archives: January 2021

From Abel Tomlinson   Dear Friends, Our Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest of U of A Participation in Building Nuclear Weapons event went great! A huge Thank You goes out to everyone that showed up in the cold weather! And we were not alone, as at least 158 other groups all over the world, on every continent, rose up to celebrate this historic milestone! Nuclear weapons are now officially illegal under international law!   Here is a Facebook livestream video of the speeches and music from the event, and here are 14 photos from our event, and look close […]

Did you know that our county is sitting on CARES Act money intended to help people? Most of the last $4.5 million we received is already sitting there, and another $7.1 is supposed to open up next week.  Our county Judge, J. Woods, is apparently not good at figuring out how to take money and turning it into help…. The situation across the country is into the critical zone, and Washington County is no exception. There’s no time to wait. Here’s something you can do to help. Please read more at the jump. Dear HARK: Don’t sit on the money please

Rally Celebration and ProtestFriday Jan 22 – 11:00 am – UA Student Union MallDick Bennett <j.dick.bennett@gmail.com> To:OMNI Peace & Climate Newsletter Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest of U of A Participation in Building Nuclear Weapons On January 22nd at 11 A.M. at the University of Arkansas Union Mall* (address and parking details below), we’re holding a celebration for the landmark Nuclear Bomb Ban, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, “entering into force” as international law. One hundred and thirty U.N. member nations have voted to make nuclear bombs illegal. To mark this momentous occasion, we’ll be taking part in a Global Day of Action, […]

Friday Jan 22 – 11:00 am – UA Student Union MallSomewhere in the halls of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, there’s a lab designing nuclear weapons. We know it’s true because…. read more.

Arkansas to host a week-long observance of the National Day of Racial HealingMon Jan 18-22American Public Health Association is sponsoring a national day for this important peace health and peace issue. Arkansas participates for the first time!Activities at link belowfile:///C:/Users/glady/Downloads/2021%20NDORH%20Press%20Release.pdf

FREE FILM FROM POPULATION CONNECTION Please forward. Thanks, Dick BennettJoin us for our 2021 kick-off event! We’re excited to announce we will be hosting a virtual film screening of 8 Billion Angels, a story exploring how rapid population growth has pushed the limits of our planet’s resources in different regions of the world. Upon registration, the film will be available to view at your leisure between January 28th and February 2nd. We will wrap up the on-demand screening period with a LIVE panel discussion on February 2nd at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Links to register for these events are provided below, we […]

They’re apparitions from the insurrection last week. They rage and rant. They scream and chant. The scene that keeps coming back is a hoard of ostensible Republicans chanting “hang Mike Pence” like banshees. The white-hot energy of the experience is ricocheting through the stratospheres of the country, whether we attended or not.Progressives really need to talk about this.Read PeaceWeaver post here