Yearly Archives: 2024

Tibetan LOSAR at Omni this year

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Sat Feb 17 – 10:00 am-1:00 pm – Omni Center For the first time Omni is pleased to be the site for Geshee Dorjee and the Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas to hold the annual Tibetan New Years Celebration Losar. Losar or Tibetan New Year is a widely celebrated holiday among Tibetans that lasts for 15 days. 2024 is the year of the Wood Dragon, and Losar starts on February 10, so this is mid-celebration. If you’re curious about Tibetan culture, religion or the Tibetan Cultural Institute you will enjoy this new experience. For more information contact Geshee at TCIA@artibet.com. […]

GAZA ANTHOLOGY #15 GENOCIDE February 9, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-gaza-anthology-15-genocide.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology What’s at Stake:  Among several, the US is giving $4 billion a year for arms to a country guilty of genocide. CONTENTS Miko Peled.  Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Since 1948.Chris Hedges.  The Brief Submitted by South Africa to the ICJ.Middle East Monitor.  The Indonesian Brief.Craig Murray.  Genocide in Gaza: Why It had Not Been Referred to the ICJ by Dec. 2023.  Richard Falk.   “In Gaza, the West is enabling the most transparent genocide in human history. “Margaret Kimberley.  “South Africa’s Case At World Court Also Exposes […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #163, FEBRUARY, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-163-february.html NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN.  I Accuse!  HEREWITH A PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR FATOU BENSOUDA WHITEWASHED ISRAEL.  OR Books, 2019.  Publisher’s description: “Mr. Finkelstein[‘s]… research is certainly thorough. His characterizations, too, can be brilliant, and he spares nobody…” —The Economist “A compelling examination of a decision that unsettled many international lawyers and a reminder of the extent to which Palestinians have been let down by international institutions.”—Morning Star “One of the world’s most effective critics of Israel… Intense and eloquent.” —Mondoweiss.  This finely-honed indictment by a writer widely acknowledged for his forensic skills […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #164, FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-climate-memo-mondays-164-february.html John J. Berger.  Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth.  2023.      From my New Deal perspective (I was born in 1932), one of Berger’s most important chapters is #14, pp. 283ff., “New Laws and Politics,” where he discusses “current barriers to the kind of fair and comprehensive policies that would speed us toward a safe, stable earth and a more just society.”  They especially include the flood of secret money into “super PACs” used to influence elections and legislation permitted by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, and […]

YEMEN WATCH #3, FEBRUARY 3, 2024

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-yemen-watch-3-february-3-2024.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake: The most heinous crime is by those who perpetrate a war followed closely by those who do not try to stop it.  This Anthology of essays opposes the US/Saudi invasion of Yemen and any historical model that sustains and deepens US warmaking sciolism. (What’s at stake in regard to technology:  Smart phone reading requires brief texts and prioritizes snippets, when the subject of this anthology requires analysis.  Substantial texts make it impossible to employ small, hand-held screens.). CONTENTS Code Pink.  “Yemen Explained.” Johnstone.  […]

Blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7 on Downtown Square

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City of Fayetteville  Contact: Bonnie Pay Bolinger Senior Administrative Assistant II Office of the Mayor bbolinger@fayetteville-ar.gov Blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, on Downtown Square FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville will host a blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Downtown Square. The blood drive is being held in partnership with Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), which will have its “Bloodmobile” on hand to collect donations. CBCO is the sole provider of blood and plasma to the 44 area healthcare facilities. Local donors are needed to continue to provide for local […]

Geoffrey Oelsner writes with this invitation:

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Thurs March 14 – The Folk School – 6:00-8:00 pm I’m offering a workshop for poets and song lyric writers on March 14 at the Folk School of Fayetteville. Here’s the description from the folkschooloffayetteville.org website, where you can go to sign up if you’d like to take part:  WORKSHOP FEE: $25 March 14, 6PM – 8PM Attunements for the Earth (Writing Workshop) Hosted by Geoff Oelsner A contemplative writing workshop for poets and song lyricists In this workshop, I’ll share how I learned attunement, a practice that incorporates both receptive, meditative silence and free writing, 55 years ago at the phenomenal Findhorn Community […]

Help Us Build the Showers

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Request from Good Shepherd Shelter Project I’m super pleased to report that our shower project is moving forward quickly. We have a bid under review from a contractor and may begin work as soon as February.  As a reminder, our church is converting an under-utilized space attached to our community center into (an ADA accessible) three showers and a bathroom. It will be a facility available for use by all and perhaps especially for those who shelter at our church. A generous donor has designated a matching grant toward the completion of the showers. All donations between now and March […]