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A Waging Nonviolence article from writer and nonviolence strategist Daniel Hunter carries powerful encouragement for everyone living through these times. It includes reference to Arkansas protests toward the end. Somebody notices us for something GOOD for a change! Take a look and be encouraged! I’ve noticed more than a few folks feeling especially underwater recently — understandable given the weight of awful policies and cruelties emerging from the White House and its minions. For our own health, we cannot let our yardstick be measured by whether we have stopped the authoritarian from doing anything. The reality is, he has the power to […]

by Abigail Harmon Pride began as a protest because we live in a world that wages significant hierarchical violence against people for factors out of their control. That’s why we have to stand together. We all deserve love, we all deserve healing, we all deserve justice.  Pride parades are a symbol of cultural acceptance, yet there is still much prejudice. How can we dismantle this? The systems of oppression that move us to resist are deeply interconnected. Racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, and misogyny derive from supremacy culture. It is up to each of us to dismantle it from the inside […]

Join Omni friends at the Trans Parade and the amazing Pride Parade Trans March & Rally Friday, June 26 / 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm (Trans March steps off at 7:00 pm) Down Dickson St to the Upper Ramble Fayetteville The NWA Trans March is open to everyone, with no pre-registration required. Participants will gather at 6:00 pm outside Central United Methodist Church, at the corner of Dickson Street and Highland Avenue. There will be a Pre-rally from 6:30 – 6:55 pm. The Trans March steps off down Dickson St. at 7:00 pm. The march ends at the Upper Ramble, […]

Donald Trump and his MAGA acolytes are vividly demonstrating precisely how race is the primary tool entrenching the power of authoritarianism. A tool of fear that endorses violence, race hatred, militarism and war to retain power. It’s a tool instilled in Americans with our mother’s milk. But we don’t have to remain trapped in that frame.

On Sunday, July 19th we are presenting a Healing Song Circle, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, around the Labyrinth in the Parish Hall. Our 1st event in that format since March 2020 ! It’s a time to listen, contemplate, and be soothed by healing music. We’ll be including some new songs!  (There will be no applause until the end). Where: 224 N. East Ave, Fayetteville When: Sunday 7/19 Doors open 6:45, music starts at 7pm. Admission is free, and there will also be a basket for donations to support St. Paul’s assistance to homeless folks in Fayetteville.

New Iteration of No Kings Flag Day Protest Sunday June 14 – 11:00 am-12:30 pm – It’s a birthday party against Donald Trump. Sunday is his 80th birthday, and while he fritters away watching wrestlers as the world burns, people all over the country will be joining Indivisible in the streets celebrating the 250th anniversary of the democratic republic and protesting his brutal and corrupt reign. You’re invited!

11:30-3:00 pm TODAY June 13 – at AJRC Community HUB Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition is hard at work changing a mass incarceration system that destroys lives and fails to keep communities safe. Meet some of these good folks today, rain or shine!

When movements are at their most powerful, they not only withdraw cooperation from unjust systems, but build the capacity to live without them. Barbara Peterson June 1, 2026 This moment demands more than opposition. What is needed is not just resistance against corrupt centralized systems, but to create new, local systems that restructure power so it is dispersed throughout society. Because the problem is not only that those in power abuse it. The problem is that power is concentrated in the first place. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/06/resistance-is-only-half-the-equation