Portals for Peace Film Series Films that portray the folly of war Casualties of War Tuesday March 12 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT. This month’s film: Casualties of War is a 1989 American war drama film directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. The gripping picture stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn.
FREE PSA’s RIGHT HERE! KPSQ is our community radio station – 97.3 on the dial and www.kpsq.org to anywhere on the planet. That’s a potential market of 7 billion people. All these brilliant events and activities that OMNI folks and friends do should have a FREE Public Service Announcements on KPSQ telling when, where and just how great they’re gonna be. To get your FREEE PSA go to KPSQ.ORG and click on YOUR PSA in the bottom yellow box on the left. Fill out the easy form and wonderful volunteers at the station will put you on the air. FOR […]
Facing Bias Workshop Thurs March 7 – 1:00-4:00 pm – NWA Board of Realtors, 313 Goad Springs Rd, Lowell If you missed the session on Feb 16 this is your last chance. The content is informative, moving, and well organized, You’re walk away feeling that it was time well spent. Register here:
IncARceraTed Artist, Activism and Systemic Injustice Tues Feb 26 – 6:30 pm – Reynolds Center Auditorium, UA Campus Panel and live-stream conversation with death row prisoner and artist Kenneth Reams. This series of events is focused on the arts, criminal justice, and life transformation, will engage the Northwest Arkansas community on issues of mass incarceration and criminal justice reform, capital punishment, entrepreneurship, and hope. Free and open to the public.
March 15-20At several venues around the city Annual Goddess Festival is a lovely and energetic event whose ongoing theme is rebalance between people and the earth. Events will include concerts, performances, workshops and rituals that honor the divine feminine. Check the Festival facebook page for information and schedule as it evolves. Right now you can still see some of the events from last years Festival. Goddess Festival 2019 check it out!
Sat Feb 16 – 9:00 am and 1:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church The University of Arkansas Office for Diversity and Inclusion in conjunction with many NWA community partners is sponsoring a session of implicit bias training titled “Community Facing Bias Workshop.” This session will take place on Saturday, February 16 at St Paul’s Episcopal Church. The workshop is free and open to the public. Please register for the workshop here, and share it with interested friends: Facing Bias Workshop We are working on arrangements for advanced workshops with Glenn Harris from Race Forward probably in April. Let me know […]
NAACP Founders Day Celebration!Monday Feb 11 – 7:00 pm – ALLPS School of Innovation Workshop: Healing From The Hurts of Racism Sat Feb 9 – 9:00 am – 3061 N. Elizabeth, Fayetteville “Free Men” Movie Screening Fri Feb 15 – 7:00 pm – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Story of Kenneth Reams, a prisoner in Arkansas. Here’s a trailer African American Youth Book Program Sat Feb 16 – 11:00 am – Barnes & Noble in Rogers Gallery Talk of African American Art Sat Feb 23 – 1:00 – Crystal Bridges IncARceraTed: Art Transforming Lives Tues Feb 26 – 7:00 […]
BIG OPPORTUNITY! Racial Equity Workshop Coming Sat Feb 16 – 9:00 am and 1:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church A powerful Racial Equity workshop is scheduled for Saturday February 16, 2019. This is a three hour workshop that will be held at 9am and repeated at 1:30. Come to either the morning OR the afternoon. Detailed description is below and attached. Please distribute to everyone in your group. Sponsored by a collaboration with UA Office of Diversity and Inclusion, OMNI Center, and a wide array of local groups determined to see fairness and care in our communities. It will be […]
