Current Events

March 1-4 – Virtuallink below   Good morning!   The Spring Arts and Culture Festival — taking place next week March 1-4– offers opportunities to explore many classroom topics beyond the classroom. This year, the festival will take place primarily on Zoom, so people can attend without having to worry about social distancing. Please consider bringing your classes to the many events and learning opportunities. These events offer natural opportunities for post-event discussions in class, short reflection papers, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media assignments, online discussion boards, podcasting, and other pedagogical techniques.   This year’s theme is Reimagining the World, […]

Times are changing – values are changing – needs are changing. We are all in this together but we’re not acting like it if we throw families to the street to struggle.Some reasons why half our Quorum Court may not understand their true role in this local scenario, and vast changes playing out on national and global levels. Read the full post here NOW Rules in Agonizing Ways

CONTACT PERSON: Kwami Abdul-Bey 501-442-7377 APJMM2019@gmail.com   The Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM) has partnered with Just Communities of Arkansas (JCA) and the UCA Center for Community and Economic Development to launch the inaugural Arkansas 28-Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge, beginning February 1st.    The Challenge will provide a virtual platform to engage citizens throughout Arkansas to participate in self-guided daily learning activities that aim to educate and help individuals develop more effective racial equity and social justice habits around issues of power, privilege and leadership. The main website for this FREE Challenge is: https://uca.edu/cced/arkansas-racial-equity-challenge/. Each day will […]

March 7, 2021 – 1:30pmlolly tindol, Coordinator Come join our virtual Climate Change Forum for March 7, 2021. Terry Tremwell, PhD, MBA, will present Michael Mann’s new book, The New Climate Wars. published January 2021. We will meet virtually at 1:30pm. The link will follow. Go to OMNICenter.org for more info on the zoom link. The OMNI Newsletter published closest to the presentation date will also have the link. Presenter Terry Tremwell says:   “In the tradition of his The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars (2012), Dr. Michael Mann published a book in January 2021 called, The New Climate War. In the […]

Feb 23 – 12:30 pm – corner of MLK and Razorback Road Stop the University of Arkansas Nuclear Weapons Program3 Monthly ProtestsAbel Tomlinson <abeltomlinson@gmail.com> Dear friends,   Our local Campaign to Stop the University of Arkansas Nuclear Weapons Program is off to a great start! We had great media coverage of our last event from KNWA News and UATV, as well as in-depth interviews on KPSQ and KUAF/NPR radio (links unavailable right now). Our campaign efforts were also published in great detail in the international journal Covert Action Magazine. Our next plan of action is three monthly Peace Protests Calling for the U of A to […]

For years the Southern Poverty Law Center has been publishing a great magazine – Teach Tolerance. It’s a wonderful resource for classroom and community educators on diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s full of stories, tools and ideas. This year they have a new Executive Director and a new name for the magazine…. “Learning for Justice.”   If the publication is new to you this cool short video will give you some background.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1unWq4QSQ&feature=youtu.be

Black Action Collective Information and Events for 2021 Theme for 2021 Black History Month: Celebrating Humanity Through the Lens of Blackness: I am My Ancestor’s Dream See NWA Calendar for several BHMo community events https://bacnwa.org/events   February 27, 7 pm Leading with Excellence Banquet is virtual. There is no charge to attend. Please save the date and watch for registration details by email.  Please note in the Leading with Excellence awards flyer that BBC is one of two allies being honored. There are two ways to offer financial support: 1. Sponsorship Invitation: We are requesting your Individual and/or Organizational sponsorships to support the events of Black History Month. The contributions are […]

This is where I was last night after the Quorum Court meeting. If you want to know what evil looks like, let comfy people demonstrate how much they’d love to cling to $4.5 million dollars. That’s what our court is doing right now. Read the full post here Distressed Beyond Measure at PeaceWeavers Blog