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Harmonia Concert Series “Songs of Healing and Courage”

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DON’T MISS THIS!Harmonia Concert Series“Songs of Healing and Courage”Oct 7 & 13 – 6:30 pm – Omni Patio3274 No. Lee Ave, FayettevilleFirst public performance for Harmonia since covid!Greetings to you! Harmonia (7 of us) is happily inviting you to join us for an outdoor concert — Songs of Healing and Courage –at the Omni Center!    It’s been joyful to be able to sing (outdoors) together again and we are eager to share that with you.   Because we are limiting the numbers, in order to be safe and socially distanced, attendance is by reservation only.   Via — email: reply back […]

March for Reproductive Justice Fayetteville

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TomorrowSat Oct 2 — 3-5pmTown Square – FayettevilleThis is a call to all in NWA. From coast to coast people will participate in the Rally for Abortion Justice events led by a coalition of 100+ organizations to speak out to protect abortion access. This is an important fight that affects every single person here in NWA no matter your race, pronouns, and sexual orientation. We need YOUR VOICE!  Join our Facebook Event Site: https://fb.me/e/1ylurKGQw   RSVP to attend:  https://womensmarch.com (Select the button: “Find or host a march” and search for “Fayetteville, AR” or the “March for Reproductive Freedom” and RSVP!) Go here to register to […]

Climate Change Forum
Sunday Oct 3 – 1:30 pm – on zoom (link below)

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‘Solar Under the Sun’ trains installers around the world!Awesome demonstration that church people are taking climate change seriously and taking beautiful pragmatic action to help address the problemsSolar Under the Sun MinistriesPresenter Chris McRae, founder of Solar Under the Sun Almost one third of the world’s population (1.6 billion people) endure the hardship of energy poverty. This means that they have no power at all, or it is too expensive, and unreliable. To bring this many people online with fossil fuels would be a death knell to our planet. Solar under the Sun (solarunderthesun.org) has trained missioners that have installed stand alone solar […]

41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021

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41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-september-29.html US WAR OF TERROR.AFGHANISTAN: WAR IS A RACKET.AFSC: CONVERT WAR PROFITEERING MONEY.TO HUMAN NEEDS. Over two decades, U.S.’s global war on terror has taken nearly 1 million lives and cost $8 trillion.Editor. Mronline.org (9-4-21) Originally published: The Intercept by Murtaza Hussain (August 31, 2021.A new report from the Costs of War Project makes staggering estimates for the human and financial costs of the global forever wars.     The U.S Racketeering [WAR] Enterprise by Steve Fournier (August 16, 2021).  https://m.facebook.com/pg/forpinoys/posts/ The war in Afghanistan was a racketeering enterprise from top to bottom. A responsible judge (if […]

42. Climate Memo Mondays, September 27, 2021

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42.   Climate Memo Mondays, September 27, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-september-27.html Books by MARK LYNAS[High Tide: The Truth About Our Climate Crisis (2004). Picador.  (384 pages).Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2007; 2008 in USA).  (358 pages).Carbon Counter (2010). Collins.  (192 pages).The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans (2011). National       Geographic.  (288 pages).Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power (2013).  (112 pages).Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency (2020).. Fourth      Estate (2020. Mark Lynas’ “Six Degrees” books on climate catastropheSix Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet.  2008.Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency.  2020. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter […]

OMNI PENTAGON WATCH NEWSLETTER #12, September 25, 2021

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OMNI PENTAGON WATCH NEWSLETTER #12, September 25, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-pentagon-watch-newsletter-12-sept.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. (#1 June 21, 2011; #2 October 29, 2011; #3 March 15, 2012; #4 May 17, 2012; #5 June 23, 2012; #6 August 1, 2012; #7 Oct. 5, 2012; #8 Feb. 13, 2013; #9 March 17, 2013; #10 June 3, 2013; #11 Jan. 14, 2014). https://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:  PERMANENT WAR “When the plans for a new office building for the military, which came to be known as The Pentagon, were brought before the Senate on august 14, 1941, Senator […]

Climate Change Forum Sunday Oct 3

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Climate Change ForumSunday Oct 3 – 1:30 pm – on zoom (link below)’Solar Under the Sun’ trains installers around the world! Awesome demonstration that church people are taking climate change seriously and taking beautiful pragmatic action to help address the problems Solar Under the Sun Ministries Presenter Chris McRae, founder of Solar Under the SunAlmost one third of the world’s population (1.6 billion people) endure the hardship of energy poverty. This means that they have no power at all, or it is too expensive, and unreliable. To bring this many people online with fossil fuels would be a death knell to […]

Free Community Cookout Weds Sept 29

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout Weds Sept 29, 6:00-8:00 pm, Elkins at Bunchs Park!The conversations at the first 2 cookouts have been OUTSTANDING. Elkins folks are invited to make their voices heard next Wednesday.Washington County Quorum Court is making questionable decisions about how to spend the American Rescue Act money.This money is intended for direct housing assistance, small business assistance, job creation, infrastructure and education. Do you want this covid relief fund spent on a jail? Is that the most helpful way they can conceive of spending this resource? Apparently so.The Quorum Court needs to […]