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BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS

 in Black History Month / Current Events

NAACP Founders Day Celebration!Monday Feb 11 – 7:00 pm – ALLPS School of Innovation Workshop: Healing From The Hurts of Racism Sat Feb 9 – 9:00 am – 3061 N. Elizabeth, Fayetteville “Free Men” Movie Screening Fri Feb 15 – 7:00 pm – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Story of Kenneth Reams, a prisoner in Arkansas. Here’s a trailer African American Youth Book Program Sat Feb 16 – 11:00 am – Barnes & Noble in Rogers Gallery Talk of African American Art Sat Feb 23 – 1:00 – Crystal Bridges IncARceraTed: Art Transforming Lives Tues Feb 26 – 7:00 […]

State of Public Education Town Hall Meeting

 in Community / Current Events / Education

State of Public Education Town Hall Meeting Sat Feb 9 – 1-3 pm – Jones Center for Families 9922 E. Emma, Springdale Working to engage all public education stakeholders to improve educational opportunities and outcomes in Arkansas. We are striving for an education system that guarantees each child an equitable and excellent opportunity to learn. Come to this Town Hall meeting and join us in our mission. More information: Carol Widder 479-521-7507 / carolwidder@yahoo.com

Saturday March Women’s March Fayetteville

 in Community / Current Events / OMNI Women's Community / Womens March

Saturday MarchWomen’s March FayettevilleSaturday Feb 2 – 11:00-1: – Fayetteville Town Center Women’s March facebook event Join us at the Fayetteville Town Plaza for the rescheduled Fayetteville Women’s March! This march will serve also serve as a clothing/supplies drive for Peace at Home Shelter. This march will celebrate coming together to fight for justice for all women. Asserting the power we all have when we come together, we will talk about how far we have to go to make changes for the women in this state! This is a march where we can come together unified in our fight for […]

Bring Mama Mayra Back to her 3 Children

 in Current Events / Immigration / Justice

Friday March! Bring Mama Mayra Back to her 3 Children Friday Jan 18 – 1:00-3:00 pm – Federal Courthouse, 35 E. Mountain St. Fayetteville Mayra Machado is a young mom who will be sentenced on Jan 18 for re-entering the U.S. to be with her three U.S. citizen children. Join us in showing support for her and her family at the federal courthouse this Friday! It’s time to reunite this family! Show up early to avoid the line and not take too long to get thru security; and don’t bring lots of stuff to keep the line moving. Everyone will […]

Better World Mural

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Better World Mural Collaboration between Compassion Fayetteville and Terra Studios Grand Unveiling April 13 – 2:00 pm 19 local sponsors and artists will bring this project to life. A few slots for artists are still open. For more information contact terrastudios@terrastudios.com / 479-643-3185. Please join us by becoming a sponsor of this community project. Sponsorships are $250; donations are gratefully accepted in any amount. Call Val Gonzalez or Brenda Carter at 479-643-3185 or send your check to Terra Studios, 12103 Hazel Valley Road, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Please designate “Mural Project” with your gift. Participating artists: Matt Miller, Jaquita Ball, Suzie […]

Valentines and Killer Chili

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Smokehouse Players benefit for Magdalene Serenity HouseFeb 8 and 9, 6:30 – 8:45 at Ozark Smokehouse,MLK and Smokehouse Road Includes a killer chili dinner, live music, and the one-act play, “Valentines and Killer Chili,” by Kent R. Brown. Directed by Jacob Christiansen, this bare-bones production is filled to the brim with humor and a twist of tears as Jason, a chicken hauler, shares his tender memories of Jackie, a waitress with a beehive hairdo, eyebrows like two McDonalds arches, and green-tinted fingernails, who jokes and flirts with the truckers at Big Tom’s Pit Stop while serving up her famous killer […]