Current Events

Tuesday Dec 6, 5:30 pm City Council Chambers Fayetteville City Hall Many many Fayetteville residents are not even aware that the city has been discussing changing our current residential recycling collection system. The consultants will be at City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 6th to discuss their recommendation to switch to single stream. Some alderman are in a hurry to push through single stream. Others would like to be sure residents are informed. Ward 4 aldermen fall in the latter category. Waste Reduction Resources will be hosting a trash class on Monday. I’ll skype in two colleagues, one from each coast. […]

Monday Dec 5 – 6:30 pm – OMNI Center Time to talk justice for all the people. Here’s the place for the conversation Civil Rights Roundtable

Saturday May 28, 10 am to 3 pm. The Gardens Map is in the slide show above. You’ll receive a copy of it when you buy your ticket at the first garden you visit. Would you like a teaser of the luscious gardens looking forward to greeting you? Here’s a brief list: 1.OMNI Peace Garden Tour tickets available at each garden — May 28, 2016, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 2.A Little Peace of Our Hearts Garden 1007 S. Morningside Drive, Fayetteville 72701 Peace Gardeners: Ralph Nesson & Kate Conway 3.Bamboo Peace Garden 1039 E. Overcrest Street, Fayetteville 72703 Peace […]

So many things being born in the spring… This week is rich with meaningful activities. Choose as many as you wish and enjoy!

The Faucet’s On Fire! Saturday Oct 24, 7:00 pm at OMNI Center $15 — appearing with Emily Kaitz! Roy Zimmerman brings the sting of satire to the struggle for Peace and Social Justice. His funny songs about fracking, torture, creationism, same-sex marriage, guns, marijuana, abstinence, ignorance, war and greed have been heard on Showtime, HBO, and NPR, and he’s shared stages with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres, John Oliver, Kate Clinton, and George Carlin. “… a latter-day Tom Lehrer.” (LA Times) OMNI Center at 3274 No Lee Ave, Fayetteville.  935-4422 for more info  

Monday Sept 21, 7:00 pm at OMNI Center Transition Towns is a movement for a future for life on planet earth.  This is a vision beyond fossil fuels. Sound far-fetched? Join us Monday night to talk about it if you’re curious. This is an informal initial meeting. (Transitions US) “Our vision is that every community in the United States has engaged its collective creativity to unleash an extraordinary and historic transition to a future beyond fossil fuels; a future that is more vibrant, abundant and resilient; one that is ultimately preferable to the present.” We’re all in this together: “There […]

The OMNI Center’s Remembrance “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt: From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Nuclear Zero” Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance Sunday, August 9, 2015 ~ 7:00 p.m. ~ Fulbright Peace Fountain, University of Arkansas Each year since the 1960s, The OMNI Center (originally the Peace Organizing Committee, Vietnam era)  presented a respectful ceremony of remembrance marking the tragedy of the historic nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago: August 6 and August 9, 1945. The annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance is OMNI’s oldest Peace action (2001). This year’s program will focus on national and international progress and momentum toward […]