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Vegan Summerfest July 2024

July 10-14 – Jonestown PA, University of Pittsburgh No Omni Vegan Potluck over the summer. Instead … Organizer Chip Balew invites you to check out a fantastic opportunity that has inspired him for years. If you’re looking for an educational vegan vacation destination or you’re simply looking for vegan programs that are open to the public, welcome to the North American Vegetarian Society. Vegan Summerfest gathers people of all levels of experience at our leading vegan conference in the United States to learn more about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Take cooking classes, begin a fitness regimen, engage in […]


Postcards for Democracy Defending Democracy in This Year’s Election!

The cards have arrived and if you requested some yours have been neatly counted out and packaged, ready for you. We’ll be in contact this week about how to get them to you. There are more to share. Please order yours now! Help get out the vote for the November election in one of the most effective ways discovered by science…. Send a hand-written postcard.  We all know Arkansas is not a swing state. Sometimes we feel like a deep backwater. Until we’re ready for the big leagues, we can still have a real impact in critical swing states across the […]


More joy in Fayetteville

Hello and Happy Summer-time! If you’d like to hear Harmonia,  catch us at the Fayetteville Farmers Market at the corner of Center St. and Block St. — next Saturday, June 22, between 9 and 11 a.m. We’ll also be there, same time and place,  on July 20th.


Citizens First Congress needs another Delegate!

June 21-22 – Four Points Sheraton, Little Rock Bi-Annual Convention Want a glimpse of some dedicated progressives slogging through the murk of Arkansas state politics? Such groups do exist, and Omni is a member. If you’d like to know more, become one of the four delegates representing Omni. You’ll be part of the team working to adopt a people’s platform for the next legislative session while you learn more about Citizens First / Arkansas Public Policy Panel and politics in Arkansas. All expenses are paid for official delegates, and there’s one slot still open. If you’d like to know more, email omni@omnicenter.org ASAP […]


Thich Nhat HahnLove Letter to the Earth

Tawwaba Bloch  From:tawwaba@gmail.com At this very moment, the earth is above you, below you, all around you, and even inside you. The earth is everywhere. You may be used to thinking of the earth as only the ground beneath your feet. But the water, the sea, the sky, and everything around us comes from the earth. Everything outside us and everything inside us come from the earth. We often forget that the planet we are living on has given us all the elements that make up our bodies. The water in our flesh, our bones, and all the microscopic cells […]


Homeless Solutions June meeting

Thursday June 6 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Featuring Professor John Gallagher on the NWA PIT Count Remember the PIT Count is the Point In Time Count that HUD sponsors every year. It’s a snapshot count of all the homeless people in our area that can be found at that one point in time. It happens in January, and involves so much data that it takes 5 months of math to sort it all out. Dr. Gallagher has been busy. He’s now ready to make reports to interested people about findings of the count. It will be fascinating. Please […]


Vegan Summerfest July 2024

July 10-14 – Jonestown PA, University of Pittsburgh No Omni Vegan Potluck over the summer. Instead … Organizer Chip Balew invites you to check out a fantastic opportunity that has inspired him for years. If you’re looking for an educational vegan vacation destination or you’re simply looking for vegan programs that are open to the public, welcome to the North American Vegetarian Society. Vegan Summerfest gathers people of all levels of experience at our leading vegan conference in the United States to learn more about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Take cooking classes, begin a fitness regimen, engage in […]