The Blue Chair Project
Come and help make chains for the Blue Chair Project.Nov 1st, 7pm at OMNI Center. Email for direction or more info: still@stillonthehill.com
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Shelter for homeless folks in Fayetteville
A cool local company – Natural State Treehouse Builders – is partnering with Gateway Project and hopefully lots of others on an amazing idea. The community houses its homeless neighbors! OMNI Pod Cottages materials needs What we’re up to and how you can help:Natural State Treehouses and OMNI/Gateway Project are partnering to build a prototype of an 8’x12′ small one person house. Our hope is that this prototype will demonstrate how affordable a comfortable, well-built but small home can be. We believe that the simplicity, durability and low cost of this model will open up new options for providing shelter […]
A Conversation on Race
Friday Sept 4 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave. Just who is James Baldwin? What exactly did he do to transform this sadly racist nation? Whew. SO MUCH! If you’re one of us who’s grappling with how to extract our country and our people from MAGA and authoritarian domination, don’t miss this conversation. It’s critical to having a future worth living.
August 25th Protest:Swarm AERO and “Aerospace and Defense Summit”
WARkansas asking for our help WARkansas is an effort by some peace people of NWA to monitor and resist the militarization of our state. That includes Swarm AERO and other projects pushed by the military industrial complex. Hi Friends! We’d like everyone to come to our protest against Swarm Aero and the “Aerospace and Defense Summit” on August 25th from 5-7PM at the Thaden Field Air Center in Bentonville! We are not putting this event on social media yet, in order to minimize potential for dangerous counter protesters, but please pass this information to your trusted circles! Representatives from the […]
ICE Bounties on the agenda in Benton County
FRIDAY AUGUST 27TH, 6:00 PMBenton County Courthouse, 106 SE “A” Street, Bentonville on the town square Friday, Benton County Quorum Court will vote on a budget for the Sheriff’s Department that will include generous bounties fo ICE agends for each person they snatch. It always seemed like Walmart likes immigrants, and hires a lot of them. It’s corporate workforce pretty much depends on hiring THE BEST in the world. It’s hard to believe their county government would do this without their blessing. What’s going on with this? Please attend this meeting to show the good people in Northwest Arkansas will […]
Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds
The fight for democracyUS voting rightsThe GuardianAdria R Walker Thu 30 Jul 2026 06.00 EDT A new analysis of Black voters in the south indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left. Learn more about this here. But don’t let these tantalizing glimpses of hope make you too confident. Keep reminding your friends to VOTE!
Vegan Potluck Dinner
Sunday August 23, 5:30pm Omni Center For Peace, Justice & Ecology 3274 N Lee Ave Fayetteville, AR 72703 Come join us for a fun, friendly and delicious dinner! Bring a vegan dish to share, enough for 8 servings. Simple and easy, or gourmet. All are welcome! Short on time/energy? Salads, fruit and veggie trays, deli foods, etc. are fine. Desserts and beverages (alcohol free) are welcome additions. The recipe, or list of ingredients can be helpful for those with food allergies and any who may want to recreate your dish. If your dish is gluten free, please label it so and […]
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE AND MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS 2026, August 5, 2026 for August 6 and 9, 81st Anniversary
(articles and reviews that reached OMNI after August 2025, and others published in 2026) Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/08/omni-hiroshima-nagasaki-remembrance-and.html
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI BOMBINGS, CONTINUED WARS, AND PREPARATION FOR NUCLEAR WAR v. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION MOVEMENT, August 1, 2026 #2
http://omnicenter.org/donate/ 2026 #1: March 3, 2026. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-hiroshima-nagasaki-anthology-2026.html OMNI’s War and Warming Anthologies: What’s at Stake: The elimination of nuclear weapons. None of these anthologies promote war, destruction, plunder, killing, mass murder, genocide. To the contrary, all embrace peace, justice, ecology, and democracy. Make distinctions and join with us. PREPARING FOR HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATING THE TREATY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: AUGUST 9 AT OMNI, Lee Ave., 7PM. CONTENTS“Remembering Trinity.” ICAN Nobel Peace Prize Winner.TPNW the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons.Conference of the Parties. Back from the Brink. “Honoring the Hibakusha.”New 7-episode podcast on Bomb Abolition.Contact BftB. Journal […]
A progressive you can trust is ready to step up for Ward 1
Support for local progressives A progressive you can trust is ready to step up for Ward 1 Coleman Warren is running for our Ward 1 City Council seat. He doesn’t have an opponent, so he’s the one, but he REALLY wants to get to know you. And your friends. Do you have a nice front porch, or a patio where you’d like to invite some neighbors over for ice tea and have conversations with him? Contact him at coleman@colemanforfay.com, or 479-387-6418 to offer your porch. His website is colemanforfay.com