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The Arkansas Advisory Committee will issue findings and recommendations in a report to the US Commission after all testimony has been received.   Release: https://www.usccr.gov/files/2021/06-22-IDEA-Press-Release-Public-Comment.pdf Do you know of children with disabilities in the Arkansas education system? Are they receiving the free and appropriate public education they have a right to expect? The US Commission on Civil Rights wants to hear about their experiences from people who care. Find more information at the link.   #####   The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, is the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the […]

Sun Aug 8 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Outdoors, In-person as of nowLivestream and recorded on Facebook the Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology page here There are critical nuclear issues going on right now, at the same time critical covid issues are also on the table. If possible, Omni will hold the annual commemoration in person on the lawn at Omni. Many wise people will be uncertain about meeting in-person, so the event will also be live-streamed and recorded. If you aren’t vaccinated, please don’t endanger yourself by attending. But some will be present, including Mayor Lioneld […]

This is important to us all!Reapportionment Hearings Coming Up Thursday August 5More info: Loriee Evans <loriee.indivisiblelrca@gmail.com> Hi everyone,   I wanted to share this Indivisible toolkit of resources on the upcoming Board of Apportionment public hearings that begins on July 29th. Please feel free to share, copy, grab, use the information however is most useful to your organization. It would just be great to spread the word wide about the meetings widely. https://www.indivisiblelrca.org/calltoactionblog/your-community-fair-maps   Please help to spread the word in communities and get representation at all the public hearings. Attendees will all have a chance to pass the mic, and all […]

Sunday Aug 1 – 1:30 pm – zoom below   “May 26th, 2021 will go down in the annals of climate change and environmental justice activism as the day a global energy giant, Royal Dutch Shell was left undone at the Dutch Hague District Court by the indefatigable litigation efforts of climate change/Environmental Activists.”   Attorney Teraine Okpoko is an energy law attorney with a broad breadth of experience spanning over 25 years of cross-border and multijurisdictional energy casework.   Zoom link  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88399823627   Link also available on the Omni Website omnicenter.org      More details Teraine Okpoko and the Royal Dutch […]

The most effective method for lowering emissions is a well-crafted carbon price, and Citizens Climate Lobby has been crafting their bill for a decade to achieve the best possible results. They have a bill in Congress now that has good chances of passing this session, with help from friends like us. Right now forces are coalescing to encourage this. The EU has adopted a “border tariff” which will protect their own carbon fees, but will raise costs for those outside the EU. That means that American energy companies will be charged for selling energy there, which is an excellent incentive […]

From: Caleb Alexander-McKinzie <cralexander@ualr.edu> Date: Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Renters Assistance and the ARPA To: Lynn Foster <lfoster5211@gmail.com>   The eviction moratoriums are scheduled to end August 31. As soon as that happens families all over the country will move into crisis territory. The Justice in Government Project has put together an incredibly useful guide to the American Rescue Plan Act’s funding matrix. You can find it here. This guide has links to both functional and educational materials that is useful not only to tenants, but to landlords who want to help tenants with assistance and to local […]

Great video synopsis of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Summit “Fix the Economy Fix the Climate” Invest an hour into watching this well-done video of the summit and learn how the circular economy may be a major tool to make us and the beautiful planet real partners in rebalancing the problems we’ve created. See how much incredible work is happening in a wide range of economic and agricultural areas to rebalance the out-of-what systems driving climate change. You won’t agree with all this stuff. But it’s happening and representsWatch at your own schedule https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vykZzfogwe5G003ryqwMwT3L4LdpOaCZ/view

Twenty years ago, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (OH) introduced into Congress a bill to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace (DoP). This was exactly two months before 9-11-2001.  PEACE IS A PART OF AMERICA’S DNA from the days of George Washington, but how do we transition to a culture of peace? That is the question.  A DoP is part of the answer. Going forward, we continue to build support for the Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2021 (DoP 2021) which is sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA).  We need your help.On this 20th anniversary of DoP legislation, we commemorate those who have remained steadfast in the goal of making peace and violence […]