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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 […]

April L. Brown, Marshallese Education Initiativealbrown@mei.ngo for more informationJune 29-July 1 – zoom Dear Friends, The Marshallese Educational Initiative welcomes you to attend (virtually) a series of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear test in the Marshall Islands: Our Shared Nuclear Legacy: Assessing Health Impacts and Inequality on the 75th Anniversary of the First Nuclear Test The coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact upon Marshallese in diaspora due, in part, to the ongoing consequences of US nuclear testing. To mark the 75th anniversary (July 1, 1946 Pacific) of the first nuclear test on Bikini Atoll, […]

Get the whole story at this link to the Fullbright News from UA: click here. Lindsey Aloia, associate professor in the Department of Communication, who received the John E. King Award for Outstanding Service Jingyi Chen, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who received the Nolan Faculty Award Kusum Naithani, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, who received the OMNI Keeling/Hansen Climate Science Award Lisa Corrigan, professor in the Department of Communication, who received the OMNI Center for World Peace and Justice Faculty Award

Arkansas for a Unified Natural State AFUNS Campaign Many bad bills were passed during the last legislative session. Instead of fuming at the injustices, would you like to try and change some of those?Kwame Abdul-Bey, a Little Rock lawyer working with Citizens First Congress, has discovered a clause in the Arkansas Constitution that allows citizens to petition to block and force bad bills onto a future ballot with the potential to be changed.NWA activists are gearing up to help collect signatures in support of changes to three of many bad bills: 1) Voter Restrictions, 2) Stand Your Ground, and 3) […]

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Revision to the revision: Revolutionary PowerSunday June 6 – 1:30 pm – zoom link belowShelley Buonaiuto will present on Revolutionary Power by Shalanda Baker, the new Deputy Director of Energy Justice at the DOE.    Revolutionary Power is a playbook for energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. Baker tells the stories of those who have been left behind in our current system and those who are working to be architects of a more just system.      Zoom link: Climate Change Forum Time: Jun 6, 2021 01:30 PM Central […]

Sunday June 6 – 7:00 pm – at Omni Center FINAL SET FOR THIS SEASON! Special outdoor June event (weather permitting)on the new outdoor patio! Bring your lawn chairs for comfort! Assuming that the weather is good, we are going to have open mic in person! This Sunday, June 6 at 7:00 pm. We want to celebrate our new brick patio and patio door at Omni. I believe most all of us are vaxed now but even so, we will have plenty of room to be at a safe distance. We so appreciate everyone sticking with us as we hobbled along on zoom for the […]

Climate Change Forum revised programLast minute change. Revolutionary Power coming later Sunday June 6 – 1:30 pm – zoom link below   Doughnut Economics: How To Think Like a 21st Century Economist By Kate Raworth   There’s no doubt anymore that our economic system is a major driver of our environmental catastrophes. But if we toss capitalism, what’s the alternative? Economist Kate Raworth started asking herself that question in economics school, and as the 2008 crash was roliing across the globe she put the pieces together in the shape of a doughnut. Where is the safe and just space for humanity, between spiraling environmental troubles […]