Justice

The Living Wage Campaign Rally Saturday April 7 – 1:00 pm Town Center  Local 965 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is holding a rally noon-1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, on the plaza outside Fayetteville Town Center for the U of A Living Wage Campaign. It will feature several top speakers. A significant segment of university employees are paid less than commonly accepted living wages. Also, graduate teaching and research assistants though generally part time rely heavily on their pay, which is substandard. One proof is how heavily the campus’s 7-year-old Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food […]

Mon March 6 – 4:00-5:00 pm Springdale #DreamActNow Action at Sen. Cotton’s Office 1108 S Old Missouri Rd Hosted by Arkansas United Community Coalition Sen. Cotton has been on the frontlines of anti-immigrant negotiations and needs to continue to hear from us. March 5th is a crucial day for the immigrant community across the country because that’s the arbitrary deadline given by Trump to Congress to pass a permanent solution that will benefit millions of undocumented youth the day he killed DACA. Since September 5th, immigrant youth have taken action in DC and across the country to demand passage of […]

Invitation to Peace People Special People Power Meeting Monday March 5 – 6:30 pm – OMNI We all want a welcoming, safe, and prosperous community. And when some of us aren’t safe, none of us are safe. That’s more true now than its ever been. You can help protect people’s rights in Washington County by understanding what the 4th Amendment really means for your family and your neighbors. People Power of Washington County will unveil this Know Your Rights Campaign in the coming weeks. We’ll work with other groups to support the rights and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and all […]

March for Our Lives Bentonville Saturday March 24 – Bentonville Square Has the Tide Turned? Support youth resistance to gun violence and NRA domination of our political system. March for Our Lives

New Outreach OMNI Prison Reform Initiative now meeting Sunday Feb 18 – 1:30 pm – OMNI Center A new initiative to connect advocates of a more fair system of corrections, that considers the needs and welfare of people affected by the corrections system. Lots of movement is happening around bail bond changes, jail and prison reform, mass incarceration, and other parts of the corrections system. If you’re concerned about these issues, please join us.

The Future of Human Trafficking: Contemporary Approaches to Combatting Labor Trafficking Saturday, February 10, 2018 The University of Arkansas School of Law E.J. Ball Courtroom – 1045 W. Maple Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas Human trafficking has gained widespread notoriety in recent years. Much of the attention and resources are focused on sex trafficking, often leaving the problem of labor trafficking underdiscussed. Labor trafficking continues largely unabated, unnoticed, and misunderstood. This symposium will introduce attendees to the nature and scale of human trafficking in the U.S. and then focus on labor trafficking by exploring its impact and offering legal and other strategies to […]

Racial Equity Training – Northwest Arkansas Saturday, January 27, 2018 10:00 AM 2:00 PM The Jones Center Register Here for free lunch and materials! Still time to register, but it’s THIS SATURDAY. Learn how to dismantle the many structural inequities that plague our society. Race Forward and the Center for Social Inclusion are some of the best in the business at this kind of work and we are lucky to have them in Arkansas. Things you will learn from this workshop at this link!