Monthly Archives: September 2021

Free Community Cookout

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout Monday Sept 20, 6:00-8:00 pm, Shiloh Square, Emma Ave in Springdale!Sorry, not Wednesday…. MONDAY   Washington County Quorum Court is making questionable decisions about how to spend the American Rescue Act money.This money is intended for direct housing assistance, small business assistance, job creation, infrastructure and education. Do you want this covid relief fund spent on a jail? Is that the most helpful way they can conceive of spending this resource? Apparently so.The Quorum Court needs to hear from the people!The Arkansas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition wants people to have […]

39. Climate Memo Mondays, September 6, 2021

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39.  Climate Memo Mondays, September 6, 2021 The IPCC/Greta Test  Kate Aronoff.  Overheated      Several decades ago the IPCC scientists began to warn us of the extraordinary changes that were already happening in our climate and therefore weather, as the temperature rose worldwide.    At first populations and governments responded with knowledge and vigor.  But unregulated, subsidized fossil fuels companies’ denial and disinformation succeeded in putting that knowledge in doubt and few governments did anything meaningful.          Then on June 1, 2017 Pres. Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Accords.   Temperature was rising, weather was becoming more extreme, and catastrophe was palpable […]

38. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 8, 2021

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38.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 8, 2021https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-september-6.html September 21, Film All Quiet on the Western FrontArkansas Peace Week, September 19-26Petition v. U.S. Military Air Base Construction in Henoko, Okinawa Faulkner Center August 2021 Newsletter Edition 1 of 2 UN International Day of Peace In observance of The International Day of Peace on September 21, a rare screening of the Academy Award winning 1930 classic All Quiet on the Western Front will be shown at the Faulkner Center, with live musical accompaniment by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. This is a free event and the film will begin at 7 pm. It […]

COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference

 in Dick's Newsletters 2021

GLASGOW November 2021 OMNI Glasgow Countdown, 9-4-21 OMNI COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, GLASGOW November 2021 OMNI Glasgow Countdown, 9-4-21 Omnicenter.org/donate/ http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/united-nations-climate-change-summit.html This November’s UN climate summit — known as COP26 (Conference of the Parties), will take place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12.  –Dick CONTENTS COP 26 COUNTDOWN 9-4-21 UN Wire, Guterres:  Code Red Alert Covering Climate Now, What’s at Stake? Climate Hawks, Sign the Glasgow Petition Covering Climate Now, Preparing for COP26, Three   Themes Public Citizen [Popular Resistance], Nicaragua   Proclaims Code Red for COP 26 Rainforest Action Network, Road to COP 26 Buckley and Friedman, […]

Open Mic is back – This Sunday!

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Sunday Sept 5 – 7:00 pmIn Person at Omni! Greeting Open Mic friends, September is already upon us and we would love to host the September open mic on the new Omni patio again. It was delightful and there is only 16% chance of rain this SUNDAY. We were planning on a BIRD theme but we have not put energy into that theme so far so it will be a grab bag of anything goes…Peace, Justice or Ecology…song, poem, performance, dance…whatever you desire. Starting at 7:00. It gets dark at 7:45 so we will bring our photo light box and a light […]

Free Community Cookout

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Weds Sept 8, 6:00-8:00 pm, Gary Hampton Softball Complex Pavailion, Salem Road   Washington County Quorum Court is making questionable decisions about how to spend the American Rescue Act money.This money is intended for direct housing assistance, small business assistance, job creation, infrastructure and education. Do you want this covid relief fund spent on a jail? Is that the most helpful way they can conceive of spending this resource? Apparently so.The Quorum Court needs to hear from the people!The Arkansas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition wants people to have a chance to talk to their JPs (Justices of the Peace) in […]

Arkansas Peace Week!

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September 19-25Many events scheduled online or planned with safety in mindFayetteville Sept 21 – 7:00 pm – Faulkner Performing Arts Center UAShowing of the classic filmAll Quiet on the Western Front Scheduled in person with safety measures at this time with Live Accompaniment from the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra More details below Full schedule for Arkansas and more information at the Peace Week website Arkansas Peace Week webpage

All Quiet on the Western Front

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Sept 21 – International Day of Peace! 7:00 pm – Faulkner Performing Arts Center, UA ADMISSION FREEA Peace Week Event Co-Sponsored by the UA Dept of Communications Film Appreciation Society and Omni Center Live Accompaniment byThe Mont Alto Motion Picture OrchestraFaulkner Performing Arts Center                                                  All Quiet on the Western Front opened to wide acclaim in the United States 1930. Considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in World War I, it made the American Film Institute‘s first 100 Years…100 Movies list in 1997. A decade later, after the same organization polled over 1,501 workers in the creative community, All Quiet on the Western Front was ranked […]