Aubrey’s friends and family are invited to share in a Celebration of Life Saturday, December 3, at 2:00 pm Omni Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, 3274 N. Lee Ave., Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703 Please join us to honor Aubrey’s love of life, where all emotions are welcome and encouraged. As Aubrey loved all things sweet, please come with your favorite cookies or such, pictures, or words to share while we toast and roast a true one-of-a-kind guy.
More Important Local Work for Justice A community-driven solution to poverty. Circles NWA is a community-driven program that works to increase upward mobility for individuals and families in poverty in Northwest Arkansas. Based on the national Circles®USA model, the Circles program builds intentional relationships (social capital) across socioeconomic lines that help open up long-term pathways for economic mobility and self sufficiency. Visit their website to see what kind of work is going on in Washington County RIGHT NOW Circles NWA
Review by Gail Bingham, Fayetteville Friends Meeting (Quakers) One Earth is a “first world” foundation acting as an accelerator to get funding to initiatives around the globe to combat the impacts of climate change on those most vulnerable. They are challenging the philanthropic world not to stand on the sidelines and have created what they call the One Earth Project Marketplace to “scale climate philanthropy” by putting descriptions of amazing projects needing funding all in one place. They call their approach Philanthro-activism, and there is much to be inspired by in the description of the on the ground work globally here: https://www.oneearth.org/project-marketplace/ In their words: In […]
In Sharm Al Sheik Egypt A short run-down of the results of COP 27. It was not a raging success, but a few positive things came from it. A note on the role the US plays in these meetings… the primary goal of many protesters was a fund for loss and damage. That was accomplished when Biden withdrew resistance to the fund. It’s never China. What a ruse. Covering Climate Now on COP 27…
Webinar: Monday, November 14th 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT Analysis and reflection from a human needs perspective Register here The Coalition on Human Needs will hold a special post-election webinar to lay out what we believe human needs advocates should know about the next Congress and strategies we need to protect the policies and programs that people with low incomes need. No matter the outcome of the election, there will be a critical role for advocacy at the Federal level. Join us to learn more about the likely Congres-sional lay-of-the-land, get important opportunities for action in […]
A helpful article from Yes! Magazine Nationally the election went reasonably well. In Arkansas and Washington County we’re contending with a different elephant. Our political situation became more complex on several levels. As progressives in a red state we sit in the middle of a target anyway. This election reminded us that we have a lot of conservative neighbors. With opinions. Now we know how far we have to go to say we’re communicating with them. For some of us there may be opportunities to bridge these gaps that need to be addressed. That may seem like less than a […]
Saturday Nov 19 3:30 pm Gulley Park Rain location: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2925 N. Old Missouri Rd. Fayetteville Yes the puppet circus is coming! More details will come. Keep touch though the Facebook event right here Bread and Puppets – Apocalypse Defiance Circus THANK YOU good Omni folks who already volunteered your extra bedrooms for Bread and Puppets! More details below on the plans for the event and the need for hospitality. 1) MAIN NEED 30 beds are needed. Wow. We need more beds! They don’t need to be fancy. Most folks are happy to sleep on a dry […]
