Current Events

Rally Celebration and ProtestFriday Jan 22 – 11:00 am – UA Student Union MallDick Bennett <j.dick.bennett@gmail.com> To:OMNI Peace & Climate Newsletter Nuclear Bomb Ban Celebration & Protest of U of A Participation in Building Nuclear Weapons On January 22nd at 11 A.M. at the University of Arkansas Union Mall* (address and parking details below), we’re holding a celebration for the landmark Nuclear Bomb Ban, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, “entering into force” as international law. One hundred and thirty U.N. member nations have voted to make nuclear bombs illegal. To mark this momentous occasion, we’ll be taking part in a Global Day of Action, […]

Friday Jan 22 – 11:00 am – UA Student Union MallSomewhere in the halls of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, there’s a lab designing nuclear weapons. We know it’s true because…. read more.

Arkansas to host a week-long observance of the National Day of Racial HealingMon Jan 18-22American Public Health Association is sponsoring a national day for this important peace health and peace issue. Arkansas participates for the first time!Activities at link belowfile:///C:/Users/glady/Downloads/2021%20NDORH%20Press%20Release.pdf

FREE FILM FROM POPULATION CONNECTION Please forward. Thanks, Dick BennettJoin us for our 2021 kick-off event! We’re excited to announce we will be hosting a virtual film screening of 8 Billion Angels, a story exploring how rapid population growth has pushed the limits of our planet’s resources in different regions of the world. Upon registration, the film will be available to view at your leisure between January 28th and February 2nd. We will wrap up the on-demand screening period with a LIVE panel discussion on February 2nd at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Links to register for these events are provided below, we […]

They’re apparitions from the insurrection last week. They rage and rant. They scream and chant. The scene that keeps coming back is a hoard of ostensible Republicans chanting “hang Mike Pence” like banshees. The white-hot energy of the experience is ricocheting through the stratospheres of the country, whether we attended or not.Progressives really need to talk about this.Read PeaceWeaver post here

There are people offering training on this kind of thing now. Maybe some Omni folks would be interested in this one. If you see opportunities that you believe others might appreciate please share them for this newsletter, friends. Compassionate Bridge-Builder training register here

As always, Yes! Magazine produces amazingly insightful thinking on the most compelling issues of the day. Here’s a great example from the managing editor of the magazine, Zenobia Jeffries. Calling on white America to end this joke of a presidency now.

What an amazing sight! Armed Trump supporters in the US Capitol! There were a few outside the Arkansas capitol too, but they were more polite. Are there Trump supporters in your world? How will this change how you talk to them? Even if you don’t know a single one, they’re a major presence in Arkansas. What will peace people do to relate to these folks who see the world so differently than we do? And exactly how do they see the world? Here are some observations about that. Not from me but from a real expert. This blog is about […]