Daily Archives: March 1, 2025

Something Beautiful!

 in Current Events

Invitation for Participation & Outreach: Interfaith Climate Retreat Joanna Person-Michener interfaithclimateretreat Dear Omni Friends I am reaching out to invite you to something I am newly a part of, which is a local group of faith and nonprofit leaders organizing the Interfaith Climate Retreat, a community event focused on climate action and hope. We would love to share this opportunity to engage our community on climate justice with the OMNI Center and the Quaker Community. There is also very relevant intersectionality with the rising numbers of people who are unhoused, which is an issue we would appreciate giving voice to […]

Homeless Solutions meeting

 in homeless / housing

Thursday March 6 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave Fayetteville Homeless Solutions is made up of folks who want to see our city and our regional end homelessness. We meet the first Thursday of the month. Join us Thursday March 6 at 6:30 at Omni Center. This month we’ll be talking about a new activity from the Gateway Village Project. We have an invitation to work with them to help 7hills Homeless Shelter feed the people in its Day Center. It would be GREAT to have your help friends! Join us for the meeting and find […]

New Threat to the Buffalo!

 in Buffalo River

Newly filed SB290, like the previous SB84, seeks to allow industrial swine CAFOs in the Buffalo River watershed.  SB290 achieves the same results as SB84, with a meaningless procedural twist.  Why introduce a new bill that does the same thing? They’re counting on one of the following. That… •   We won’t catch it. •   We won’t understand it. •   We will fail to act. •   We won’t respond fast enough.  We need your immediate help. SB290 is on the Senate Agricultural Committee agenda at 10:00 AM Thursday the 27th (this week). We have no time to lose.  Email the AG committee members listed at bottom.  Submit any of the following […]