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After four years of crazy we finally come back to the moment of reality where we have to think about climate change again. If the Trump years were an attempt to hide from it we’re done with that.  So here we are. At that crossroads again. Where how we live is killing us and our planet home. Where is the spot with the leverage to change this dynamic? Since both political parties and the oligarch collective will be trying to salvage their reputations after the recent fiasco there will be openings where grassroots voices can push for a bit of wisdom where only […]

Community Fundraiser for Yvonne Richardson CenterDrive-In Holiday BingoSat Dec 5 – 11:00 am-1:00 pm Hello!My name is Emilie Stagoski. I am the Program Coordinator at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center in Fayetteville, AR. I am writing you in hopes you will share the following opportunity with those your organization serves. The attached flyer highlights the YRCC’s Drive-In Holiday Bingo Event.   Drive-In Holiday Bingo Honk, Honk! This event is a winner! And benefit the great work of Yvonne Richardson Center from your car! Join us for Drive-In Holiday Bingo on December 5th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Adults 18 […]

Here are two special resources that, if you haven’t found them already, you’ll be delighted to get to know them. The world is desperate for new solutions to the problems we’re creating for ourselves. But there are wise people who are on it. Some are Arkansas folks. Find out more at the PeaceWeaver Blog!

Sunday Dec 6 – 7:00 pm – link belowIt’ll be something warm and lovely for the holiday. Here’s how to find your way to the cozy corner where Open Mic will be happening…REPAIRED INSTRUCTIONS FORGOOD SOUND ON ZOOM BELOWGreeting Open Mic family, What a long strange trip its been. We miss you! Hope everyone is hanging in there. There is little doubt that music is good medicine for these crazy times. Summer is coming to an end and before we know it, it will be time for Omni’s Open Mic to start back up for the first Sunday in September.  That will be Sunday, December […]

The Green New Deal – The Future We ChooseSunday Dec 6 – 1:30 pm – link belowMore details at www.omnicenter.org “Please come visit us for our monthly virtual Climate Change Forum from OMNI Center, Sunday, December 6 at 1:30. We’ll meet virtually with a Go To Meeting link that will come later. But we want you to know the topics so you can read ahead and participate. Our thoughts for the December Forum will primarily be the Green New Deal and what we can do individually and as a community on a hopefully more positive political stage.  Dick Bennett will […]

Holiday break time. Instead of only pondering struggles for peace, justice and environment, this weeks blog includes inspiration that got me through a long lonely Thanksgiving day. The Myth of the First Thanksgiving – history from the indigenous perspective The Thanksgiving Address from the Haudenosaunee tradition. Followed by an intriguing glimpse into indigenous cultural wisdom through discussion about the profound Thanksgiving Address Some Thanksgiving Miracles from Lorien Association, with art by an amazing intuitive artist Deborah Koff Chapin And Music former NWA creative Claire Detels invites you to a concert at 4:00 pm today – Friday Nov 27 . Here’s […]

 Ebook    Audio JANE FONDA, WHAT CAN I DO? (about the climate) (Because we are discussing two books and plan to leave time for discussion, the following discusses the book in general and chapters 1-3 specifically.  For the Virtual talk I will discuss the chapters on the climate problems she chose to discuss.  –Dick) “Please come visit us for our monthly virtual Climate Change Forum from OMNI Center, Sunday, December 6 at 1:30. We’ll meet virtually with the following Go To Meeting link But we want you to know the topics so you can read ahead and participate. Our thoughts for […]

Covid and the as-yet unresolved threat to democracy are still the number one issues on most of our minds. But those other threats have not vanished, and never too far away from our thoughts.  Turning some attention to some of those very important issues like the well-being of immigrants and refugees, and such. Some of which may bring you great joy. This one from Canopy NWA, for instance.https://www.canopynwa.org/blog One of the first acts Biden/Harris will take in January of 2021 is a recommitment to refugee resettlement. Such resettlement is designated each year by the executive branch. For the past few decades, the […]