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Tawwaba Bloch  From:tawwaba@gmail.com At this very moment, the earth is above you, below you, all around you, and even inside you. The earth is everywhere. You may be used to thinking of the earth as only the ground beneath your feet. But the water, the sea, the sky, and everything around us comes from the earth. Everything outside us and everything inside us come from the earth. We often forget that the planet we are living on has given us all the elements that make up our bodies. The water in our flesh, our bones, and all the microscopic cells […]

July 8-12 – A Folk School project! Deadline to register is June 10! (if the Q code doesn’t work on this copy, there’s a phone number on the flyer)

Thursday June 6 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Featuring Professor John Gallagher on the NWA PIT Count Remember the PIT Count is the Point In Time Count that HUD sponsors every year. It’s a snapshot count of all the homeless people in our area that can be found at that one point in time. It happens in January, and involves so much data that it takes 5 months of math to sort it all out. Dr. Gallagher has been busy. He’s now ready to make reports to interested people about findings of the count. It will be fascinating. Please […]

July 10-14 – Jonestown PA, University of Pittsburgh No Omni Vegan Potluck over the summer. Instead … Organizer Chip Balew invites you to check out a fantastic opportunity that has inspired him for years. If you’re looking for an educational vegan vacation destination or you’re simply looking for vegan programs that are open to the public, welcome to the North American Vegetarian Society. Vegan Summerfest gathers people of all levels of experience at our leading vegan conference in the United States to learn more about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Take cooking classes, begin a fitness regimen, engage in […]

Help get out the vote for the November election in one of the most effective ways discovered by science…. Send a hand-written postcard.  We all know Arkansas is not a swing state. Yet. Sometimes we feel like a deep backwater. But we can have a real impact in critical swing states across the country with this simple, old-fashioned, but powerful method.  Omni has ordered 1000 postcards to send out to those critical states where the election will be decided, and you and your friends can help make it happen.   Send your request for the number of cards you feel comfortable writing. It […]

Friday May 24 – 5:30 pm – Fayetteville Town Square Friends of Palestine NWA Memorial Day is the day that the United States has set aside to honor and remember those who died while serving in the military. Many of us who have been following and understand what is happening in Palestine think immediately of Aaron Bushnell. Aaron Bushnell died on February 25th of this year, succumbing to the injuries he sustained in an extreme act of protest. In his Air Force uniform, he walked to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire. This statement by the Veteran’s […]

Friend of peace Marie Riley passed very suddenly last week. Please sign up to  help for her husband Art and son Justin while they’re getting re-oriented to life without her. Provide a meal through Meal Train. Meal Train is a wonderful service that helps people provide food for the hard times. It’s been set up by JoAnn Kaminsky, who always steps in to help wherever she can. “Some of you knew Marie Riley and especially Art Hobson. I put together two meal trains. One for now until Sunday while family is intown for the funeral and another for a couple of weeks […]

Thank you Omni folks …. … who went out this morning to stand with students supporting ceasefire in Gaza. You are so awesome! Fayetteville High students asked for the support of our community for their Walk Out for Palestine. And Omni people and others stepped up.