Current Events

’ve got some exciting news for you. In fact, this is the most exciting thing that’s happened since we started Powered by People. But first, let me give you an idea of how far we’ve come and what we have left to do.Over the last 7 months, Powered by People volunteers have registered over 100,000 voters and made over 40 million voter contact attempts. These new voters and these newly engaged voters could make the difference in critical elections up and down the ballot.Now, with early voting about to start, and Election Day so close we can see it, we […]

Monday Oct 12votefwd.org!! Writing letters to infrequent voters is one of the most effective ways to help increase election turnout in 2020. And you can do it right from home!It takes two minutes and one stamp, and meaningfully increases the odds* that the recipient will vote. It’s a concrete action you can take, no matter where you live, to get unlikely-to-vote fellow citizens to the polls. They have various campaigns you can sign up for, that focus on registered Democrats in swing states who often don’t vote.*randomized studies showed an increase of 2-3% — enough to make a big difference in a swing state.

Tues Oct 20 – times and links when you registerHow is climate change impacting Arkansans and how can we respond effectively and with compassion to this local and global threat?Join our four speakers for a live interactive discussion addressing these questions. After you register, you will receive a verification email with both the Zoom link and call in phone number.Our individual supporters make programming like this event possible! You can help empower other climate advocates by simply adding a donation when you register.https://arkccl.networkforgood.com/events/23835-climate-justice-local-stories-community-solutions

Choose Democracy: the case for a Nonviolent Version of the Story Our scale for rating scary keeps adding more numbers to the top of the graph as we come to terms with the idea that this is what social breakdown looks like. Scary. And the desperate need to do something about it is on everyone’s mind. As Omni folks I expect you’re searching for a nonviolent solution that works for everyone. As time goes on those solutions seem harder and harder to find through the forest of guns and rhetoric that seems to be boiling up around us. What we’ve always said is […]

A piece of our hearts Someday you’ll get to meet Helen Kwiatkowski, an artist and teacher new to town, who has a life-long passion for peace. While she was teaching art in Texas she started organizing Pinwheels for Peace with her own art students and from schools all around the area. When she moved here last year she started looking for people and places to replicate this project in peace-loving Fayetteville. The Pinwheels for Peace Project is installed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on East Street. Stroll through the grounds and listen to the gentle whirl like they’re prayer wheels […]

Right here. In the United States. We never thought we’d need to do this, but here we are.Ok, democracy is not a perfect system, but it’s acknowledged to be the best system we have so far, and most of us want to keep it. Those who don’t are not choosing the side of humanity in this struggle for a future with hope, so they aren’t the audience for this discussion.It’s less than 40 days until this wildly crazy election, and the tensions – the fear even – on all sides is nationally palpable. Arkansas no less than anyplace in the country. A poll […]

Mighty Earth is calling out Tyson’s new Exec Weds Oct 7 – 8:30 am – Tyson’s International HeadquartersDon Tyson Blvd., Springdale This October Dean Banks will arrive at Tyson Foods to start work as the company’s new CEO. We’re showing up, too. In 2018 Tyson made a pledge to fundamentally change the company’s business model and implement practices that restore the land and bring us closer to a livable climate. As Dean Banks starts as CEO, we in Northwest Arkansas will be there to say that … more here

October 4, Humor for HumanityOctober 6, Defending DemocracyThese events are informational and fundraising activities for his peace work. Dr. Joseph Gerson is Executive Director of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. He also serves as the American Friend’s Service Committee’s disarmament coordinator, as director of programs in New England, and as director of the Peace and Economic Security Program.  His most recent book is Empire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World.