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Dr. Joanie Connors Tea & Conversation — Buddhist Conceptions of Love Weds Oct 15 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Buddhist Concepts for Love by Joanie Connors, Ph.D. This presentation will cover the 4 Buddhist concepts for love – lovingkindness (metta), compassion (karuna), appreciative joy (mudita), and equanimity (upeksha), We will also discuss nonviolence and how love of others (and self) provide a path for spiritual liberation. We will end with a discussion of how nonviolence compares to these teachings. Joanie Connors PhD is a local psychologist, therapist and writer who explores trauma, love and relationships from an eco-systems point […]

2 Years of Genocide Vigil on Oct 11 + Ride for Gaza Oct 12 at 3PM friendsofpalestinenwa Community Vigil Join us for a community vigil marking two years of genocide. The memory of beautiful Palestinian lives that were cut short by Israel with little regard from international powers will not be forgotten. For the first time, some celebration may be in order too.  Date: Saturday, October 11th  Time: 8 AM – 5 PM  Location: Fayetteville Square (facing the Town Center) Throughout the day, community members will read the names and ages of nearly 20,000 Palestinian children killed since the start of the genocide. Come […]

Saturday Oct 18 – Two local options details below Indivisible protest in Rogers Separate protest in Fayetteville (sorry I don’t know the organizers but they must be great people) National Indivisible and partners are reporting that the number of No Kings protests has increased dramatically on a national scale. It must be true too. There are two local protests, one in Rogers and the other in Fayetteville. Hope that both have really good turnout. It’s encouraging that there’ll be exposure in Rogers. Those of us who’d like to spread the love further than the Fayetteville bubble might want to go […]

Oct 26-28 Hammond Mill Camp West Plains MO Here’s an interesting FYI: The Ozark Area Community Congress is an ecological network and a forum for idea exchange; individual participants work in their own fascinating respective fields, but meet annually to share about their work. It’s been meeting annually for 46 years. A number of Omni folks have talked about how much they’ve enjoyed the camp, the people, and the topics that’ve been presented. Many people feel it’s bioregionalism at its best. For a glimpse at the kinds of projects people are working on check out the webpage. You’ll likely recognize […]

Save Our Heartland Forest Still waiting on the bore tests to show how unsuitable this ridge is for building a huge middle school with sports fields and traffic. There are better places for a new Ramey. Here’s info from Andrea Fournet about opportunities to join the Save our Heartland Forest effort. Thanks for your interest.  Here is the link to the petition for people to sign! And here’s the facebook page where you can follow what’s happening

A cool local company – Natural State Treehouse Builders – is partnering with Gateway Project and hopefully lots of others on an amazing idea. The community houses its homeless neighbors! OMNI Pod Cottages materials needs What we’re up to and how you can help:Natural State Treehouses and OMNI/Gateway Project are partnering to build a prototype of an 8’x12′ small one person house. Our hope is that this prototype will demonstrate how affordable a comfortable, well-built but small home can be. We believe that the simplicity, durability and low cost of this model will open up new options for providing shelter […]

friendsofpalestinenwa invites you to this important gathering Thursday Sept 4 – 6:00 pm Good Shepherd Lutheran Church We’re coming together again to build community power in Northwest Arkansas. Join us for the WARkansas People’s Assembly on Thursday, September 4th. This assembly is a next in mobilizing against Arkansas becoming a war dependent economy, following our successful disruption of the Mid-America Aerospace and Defense Summit. Where we made it clear, the people of Arkansas do not welcome corporations that profit from war and genocide. Now, it’s time to turn that energy into long-term organizing. What to expect: Learn about Arkansas’s growing investments in the […]