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More Threat from our Quorum Court. New zoning laws hustled through

 in Current Events

Tonight Monday Sept 30 – 6:00 pm – Washington County Courthouse Washington County Judge Patrick Deakin has decided to push through zoning ordinances that allow him to decide the fate of thousands of parcels of land with less oversight or input from either property owners or Quorum Court Justices. Read this concerned and passionate analysis from Cecilliee Duncan, an affected Washington County citizen, to see what that means, and what it may mean for you. Tonight the County Services Committee could be pressured to adopt his scheme unless there’s a public presence watching him. If you are available please come […]

Peace Day Concert for International Day of Peace!

 in Benefit

Celebrate Arkansas Peace Week all month with Helen Kwiatkowsky Saturday September 21 Reading by Ginny Masullo  Sequoyah Hall Gallery Mount Sequoyah Center Door: 6:00 pm Show: 7:00 pm Advanced Tickets: $20.00  Tickets available on Mount Sequoyah Event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator Proceeds to benefit  Children’s Safety Center of Washington County During the month of September all sales of hand-made cranes will benefit The Children’s Safety Center. ************************* Advance Tickets: 20.00 (highly recommended) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator Proceeds to benefit Children’s Safety Center of Washington County https://www.childrenssafetycenter.org

Canada passes its FIRST climate justice

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The Climate Moment Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! Canada passes its FIRST climate justice law In June, Canada passed its first climate justice law. It was reported that “This new law requires the federal government to develop and regularly report on a strategy to prevent environmental racism and advance environmental justice. It promises a measure of accountability to communities that have long been on the front lines of climate disaster, pollution and environmental risks.” Activists submitted more than 10,000 petition signatures in a “groundswell of support” for the legislation. This year had the hottest […]

The Climate Moment

 in Climate

Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! Wealth Tax on the Wealthiest Half of 1%Could Raise $2.1 trillion Annually The Tax Justice Network recently reported that if all countries enacted a wealth tax on the wealthiest 0.5% of their populations, as Spain did recently, countries would raise $2.1 trillion per year. They noted that this sum is almost twice the entire cost of the external financing that developing nations will need annually to combat climate change. This year had the hottest January worldwide since C3S records began in 1950,

Fight For Our Future

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People’s Action – You can take political action to change our country’s direction Fight For Our Future Omni folks stepped in and mailed 1000 post cards to swing states this year. If you need more to do before November rolls around, there are several awesome groups organizing phone banks, text banks and educational efforts of different kinds in an effort to defend our democracy from authoritarian takeover. Things you can do from your home.