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UN org UN Human Rights Counci / Sérine Meradji Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, makes remarks at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. 26 March 2024 Human Rights There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.  Francesca Albanese was speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where she presented her latest report, entitled ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’, during an […]

Thursday August 7 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave. Here’s a really awesome place to learn what’s happening about homelessness and low income housing in Fayetteville, and other stuff related. This is a critical time to fix this huge problem because there are forces above our pay grade who want to “solve” homelessness by cruelty. Fayetteville needs to do something NOW!

Tuesday July 29 – noon to 1:30 – Center for Nonprofits, McCauley Hall 1200 W. Walnut, Rogers Common Good is the new name for the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation), that has finally taken hold of its own future and it wants to include you in the Common Good. Great group of diverse people trying to make this region what it really wants to be. Come check them out!

Climate Moment Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million for costal damages A jury in Louisiana, in the U.S., has ruled that Chevron, a major oil and gas company, must pay a local government about $745 million to help restore wetlands that the jury said the energy company had harmed for decades. The verdict is likely to influence similar lawsuits filed by other parishes, or counties, in the state against other energy giants and their possible settlement negotiations. A contribution from the Reevaluation Counseling Community

by Louise Mann If collected recyclables are not sold and made into new product, your recycling program is a sham. Tossing collected recycling into the landfill IS legal in Arkansas, if only one fee is charged for both recycling and garbage collection. Might want to check your garbage/recycling bill. Don’t you want your recycling collected in a way that keeps the recyclables marketable? Dirty MRF is a system whereby garbage and recycling are placed in the same can that you set out. And then tossed into the same compartment on the truck. Supposedly the recyclables are separated at a Materials […]

THURSDAY JULY 24TH 7PM TO 8PM EVERY 4TH THURSDAY OF THE MONTHTopics to be covered:1-what’s happening locally with jail beds that washington county is proposing to expand2 “zine” (small magazine) making COLLABORATIVE project building on know your rights & policing brainstorms from previous sessions- come and continue this effort or join us for the first time! Location: st pauls located at the corner of college and dickson, fayetteville, arDinner provided