Current Events
Indivisible Empty Chair Town Hall
Saturday March 22- 1:30 – Good Shepherd Lutheran, 2925 Old Missouri Road. Where are they? Cotton – Boozman – Womack? Senators Tom Cotton, John Boozman, and Representative Steve Womack are supposed to hold town hall meetings with their constituents. They’ve also been invited to attend and speak to the concerns of their constituents on March 22. They have not replied, so Indivisibles will have empty chairs for them to show the world their true colors on everything we care about. There will also be local experts present to talk about REAL issues, like climate change, education, immigration, homelessness and other […]
Omni holds First Annual Gathering since covid!
Saturday April 19 – 7:00 pm – Miller Hall, Mt. Sequoyah We’re so excited! Long time member Susan Idlet found us a site to hold an annual meeting at last! In partnership with Fenix Arts we are holding this year’s gathering at Mt. Sequoyah and welcoming you to this wonderful community building space. Since Miller doesn’t have a big kitchen it just won’t be possible to do lasagna dinners as we did for so many years. We’re planning a fancy dessert feast with music of Scott Cook and conversation about surviving these times among friends. Would you like to be […]
Indivisible Monthly Meeting
Saturday March 15 – 1:30 – Good Shepherd Lutheran, 2925 Old Missouri Road. Here’s Donna Mulhollan lost in a crowd of people attending her postcard writing party at Omni Thursday night. They did 200 cards to make changes in Washington DC. If you need action, come to the Indivisible meeting Saturday and find your place. Come to Indivisible and bring a friend, to take your place in changing what’s happening right now!
nwaTogether and Omni sponsor potluck
New Chapter Begins Tomorrow nwaTogether and Omni sponsor potluck dialogues for hard times Saturday March 15, 5:30 pm Omni Center Saturday the first of a series of dialogue potluck dinners will begin that let people warmly enjoy food, conversation and care in these complicated times. nwaTogether is a new project to encourage connection and care that builds strong community when things are tough. RSVP to omni@omnicenter.org right now!
Hog Farms Still Try to Take Over the Buffalo
The sponsor of hog farm bill SB 290 did it again. For the third time, the bill to allow CAFOs in the Buffalo River watershed was on the Senate Agriculture Committee agenda and not called up for a vote. Many of our friends traveled hundreds of miles to oppose this bill and were left sitting in the committee room. It will likely be back on the agenda on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. This game playing needs to stop. Write the Senators on the Agriculture Committee and tell the you oppose SB 290 and that they need to vote no.If the […]
Even in an economic blackout Here’s one small, local business you can support!
Hi Friends, Two Friends Bookstore is having a grand opening of their nonprofit bookstore at Casa Magnolia: Feb 28 : 10 am – 8 pm, 414 Holcomb Street, Springdale, AR 72764 Casa Magnolia is a new community creativity space in downtown Springdale, and Two Friends Books is a pay-what-you-can bookstore located in its building that’s a really fun part of its community building strategy. Website: https://www.casamagnolianwa.com/
Volunteer Need with Arkansas United this week
Mireya Reith, Arkansas United Dear all: The anti-immigrant bills are now coming fast and furious. And unfortunately, this year, we have NO dedicated advocacy staff. Funding has been tough in the immigrant rights space and continues to be so. I’d like to very respectfully inquire, would any of you have availability or interest in helping us out for a couple weeks? The task would be to investigate bills that have been filed and stay on top of new ones being filed? And when we confirm one, working with the AU to create our communication materials? So essentially this is work […]