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New Beginnings is a micro home village in South Fayetteville that houses 20 formerly-homeless people giving them a brand new start in life. If you know New Beginnings you know they’re already accomplishing some powerful changes in their people’s lives. If you’re not familiar, here is their website to get a taste of their work. Right now New Beginnings is fundraising for their Stepping Stone Gardens. You would never believe the impact of 8 tiny garden beds! New Beginnings is doubling our garden beds and hiring a garden coach. We’ve found gardening helps increase self worth! NWA Gives on April 6th […]

Little Rock Central High School students protest LEARNS bill From Senator Greg Leding – greg@gregleding.com SB294 is now law as of last Tuesday, Next up for the controversial legislation: Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva’s gearing up to collect public feedback as part of the process to promulgate rules and regulations to put LEARNS into effect. (It’s also possible the law will face legal challenges.) What you can do this week Whatever your feelings about the LEARNS Act, now that it’s law, the state must put in place rules and regulations to enforce it. In a recent interview, Secretary of Education […]

Logan Hubberd from the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute in Fayetteville, has been developing programs to help foster community within their clinic. It’s to provide more resources to the patients and aid in their treatment. A program he’s working on is adding a community library to the clinic so the patients can have access to literature, and provide some group activities, like book discussions. Logan plans to add bookshelves – or “Little Libraries” around the clinic. But his primary focus right now is to add a bookshelf to the waiting area that gets most traffic. He reached out to Omni asking if our […]

The great local artist, lover of peace, and human, Hank Kaminsky left this Earth March 13th, 2023. Thank you Hank, for your love, your art, and for all you did to make this world a better place. Kelly and Donna Mulhollan musical remembrance

Good Housing is a Human RightUpcoming Freddie Mac CreditSmart® Essential workshops Tenisha Gist Dear Community Partners, Partners for Better Housing is excited to introduce 7 FREE Freddie Mac CreditSmart® Essentials cohort-based workshops designed to equip individuals with the tools to explore homeownership from April – October 2023! Each workshop will offer lessons about money management, homebuyer readiness, credit foundations and so much more. Each lesson is designed to empower and to encourage people to take the reins on their financial future so that they can reach their goals on their terms. Workshops will cover the following topics: Anyone that is interested can apply here: (https://forms.office.com/r/t42hmuVnHW)! Seats are limited! The first cohort, workshop […]

… is featured in an award-winning documentary streaming on several platforms right now. Check out “Boycott” to get the context for repressive state legislation that bans any limitation on Israeli repression of discussion about Palestinian mistreatment.  Wikipedia report

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LEARNS Act has been signed by Gov Sanders. A tragedy for most Arkansas children. What happens next? Below is a run-down by Sen. Greg Leding of where we are right now, and what we might do to have some impact on how the law is implemented. Read Sen. Leding’s insights, and then answer the request from the new Commissioner of Education, Jacob Oliva, for public comment. This is an important opening to politely tell him what his and Gov Sanders’ voucher plans mean to us. Jacob Oliva, Comissioner of Education Phone: 501-682-4203 Email: Jacob.Oliva@ade.arkansas.gov From Senator Greg Leding – greg@gregleding.com LEARNS […]