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Does Arkansas need more prison beds?Join us in demanding NO NEW PRISONSPlease sign this petition to Governor Hutchinson!https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=15723   Governor Hutchinson announced an expansion of 498 beds to the Calico Rock North Central unit as a response to the backup of state sentenced Arkansans being housed in county jails across the state. The project is slated to cost between $60 and $100 million and is made possible by the state’s billion-dollar surplus pending approval from the legislature   There’s more at the link. Here’s a hint of what could happen instead of more prisoners: Arkansas’ punitive approach ignores data-backed solutions that […]

this photo is from some other war on Ukraine. Not this one. It illustrates something that world leaders forget. And we all forget in the safety of our relatively calm neighborhoods. Look at the young boy’s face as he watches the digging. This was a father an uncle a brother a friend that has gone from his life now but who was part of him. Who has now returned to the Earth in some very sad way. I wonder if the boy watched them die? Every death is very personal. Every death means something terrible for a family someplace.Light a […]

Tuesday Mar 1 – 6:30-8:00 pm on Zoom This is an invitation to The Resilient Activist’s Inaugural Climate Café  Register at the link to receive access to the Cafe’. This is your best opportunity to connect with a community that gets you, with folks who are experiencing many of the emotions that climate change has brought out in your heart and mind.   There is nothing for you to commit to except to gather your favorite beverage, a journal, find a comfortable spot with your Zoom window open, and just be you.   Each session will include facilitators from The Resilient Activist as well as […]

Sunday Mar 6 – 1:30 pm on zoom In partnership with an international coalition, Earth Quaker Action Team is taking on one of the largest investors in climate destruction. Come hear why they think this is an effective strategy for change, why nonviolent direct action is part of their approach, and what they are asking Vanguard customers to do. (It may not be what you expect.) Eileen Flanagan is the Interim Campaign Director and former board clerk of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT, pronounced “equate”). Ahead of the 2020 election, she served as Trainings Coordinator of Choose Democracy, which trained nearly 10,000 people in nonviolent strategies […]

Sunday Mar 6 2022 – 7:00 pm(emergency-only Zoom link below) Open Mic returns in-person Hoping March will smile on us! Here’s a link to the emergency-only Zoom Open mic session on Mar. 6. But it’ll be better to come to Omni and enjoy the company of your people! It’ll be wonderful to see your faces and hear your voices, good friends! 7:00 pm at Omni https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88258123344?pwd=Yk5makZubTFDcUtqQnRnQ3VSd3RTZz09 Meeting ID: 882 5812 3344 Passcode: 703547

Food and Water Watch letter to Biden   Are you in a group or organization who cares about climate and water protection? Food and Water Watch is looking for groups just like you to sign an important letter to the Biden administration. 80+ climate and environmental justice organizations – including Omni Center — sent a sign-on letter to President Biden and Interior Secretary Haaland to ban offshore drilling by creating a new Five-Year Offshore Lease Program with no new lease sales beginning in 2022. The letter also calls for Secretary Haaland to follow the law and reject controversial Lease Sale 257, […]

On Feb, 6th, at 1:30 on zoom, The Climate Change Forum is hosting Teresa Turk, Ward 4 Fayetteville City Councilor, to speak about her proposal “A Climate of Change: Steps to creating a more resilient NW Arkansas.” She’ll give a 20 minute powerpoint presentation leaving plenty of time for discussion and idea generation. Plus join to share your ideas for a resilient NW Arkansas. Zoom link also available at omnicenter.org Climate Change Forum zoom link, Feb 6, 1:30 pm  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83523521484?pwd=OWVmcHVwdlhzR3RuM3dzVk5WUG8rdz09