BACKTOSCHOOL EVENT!
UNITY-COMMUNITY BASH 240 E Rock St, Fayetteville, AR 72701 Yvonne Richardson Community Center SATURDAY AUGUST 03, 2024 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FOOD FREE BACKPACKS WITH SUPPLIES COMMUNITY VENDORS
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Homeless Solutions Strategy Meeting
Thursday Aug 1 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Homeless Solutions is coming up on Thursday August 1. It’s about time we of the Homeless Solutions Group have a heart-to-heart talk about what’s coming up for housing and homelessness in Fayetteivlle based on what we know right now. The Housing Task Force had it’s first meeting June 26. It was just a first meeting, but some good things came out of it we should talk about. We could have a real impact here. The next meeting is July 24. We may have ideas by then. Another thing is how the Fayetteville Housing Coalition […]
A longing for peace in a culture of war
Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance Sunday August 4 – 6:00 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave., Fayetteville Hiroshima Nagasaki dinner is one week away! Register for the lovely summer Japanese meal at this Eventbrite link. Inspiring speakers and music too. Dr. Art Hobson will share a report about the nuclear test ban treaty that was adopted last year, Prof. Ted Swedenburg will show the clear link between what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and what’s happening in Gaza right now, and Marshallese activist Marcina Langrine will share experiences of her people during the nuclear testing our own country did on […]
The Climate Moment
Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization with data from 24 low- and middle-income countries, finds that women-led families suffer more from extreme heat than other families. While heat stress is costly for all rural households, it is significantly more costly for households headed by a woman. Female-headed households lose 8 percent more of their annual income compared to other households. While many women are farmers, fewer women own the land they farm. Women-headed households […]
Grant’s Pass CaseSupreme Court decides to criminalize homelessness
Where will unhoused people go now? We’ll see how much cruelty there may be in this nation. This article has excellent an backgrounder on the case, and homelessness in America. We can’t allow Northwest Arkansas to follow this trend, wherever it might lead. “Designed to be Cruel”: How Grants Pass Will Ramp Up the Policing of Homelessness The Supreme Court blessed bans on sleeping outdoors. In a Bolts roundtable, three experts explain that this may encourage aggressive policing over long-term housing solutions.
Peace Day Concert
Tickets are now available!!!!!!! ***LIMITED SEATING!*** Peace Day Concert for International Day of Peace Music by Emily Kaitz & Dennis Collins Dana Louise * Reading by Ginny Masullo Saturday September 21 Sequoyah Hall Mount Sequoyah Center 150 N Skyline Drive * Door: 6:00 pm (eating drinking, visiting) Show: 7:00 pm Light hors d’oeuvres provided Donation bar for adult beverages $20.00 Proceeds to benefit Children’s Safety Center of Washington County ****************************************************** For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator For more information Contact Helen: hk123@sbcglobal.net *************************************** PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD TO LIKE-MINDED FOLKS!
Friends of Palestine Gaza Protests Continue!
July Protests https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555082533749&mibextid=LQQJ4d Friends of Palestine continue their Friday Protests. Friday July 19 in Bentonville – Memorial Park by the Skatepark – 6:30-7:30 Friday July 26 in Fayetteville – Washington County Courthouse – 6:00-7:00
Omni Center Climate Change Endowment AwardPeter S. Ungar, PhD
Distinguished Professor of AnthropologyDirector of Environmental Dynamics, University of Arkansas UAF, FULBRIGHT COLLEGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTICJune 27, 2024. CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Ungar! From Omni Founder Dick Bennett:UAF’s Dr. Peter S. Ungar, recently awarded Omni Center’s climate change fellowship, sent me an illustrated comic strip narrative of his and related research for K-12 kids. Here is the link, you’ll enjoy it. Among the hundred facts of the research I learned the word “ Fennoscandia” and gained a stronger identification with fellow herbivores– reindeer and lemmings et al.! Penny’s Adventures in the New Arctic