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Release the Peace Concert !

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IPYG Atlanta – The Charter for Compassion’s International Peace Youth GroupSaturday Aug 28 – 4:00-6:00 CSTregister at link belowzoom link upon registrationIPYG Atlanta is hosting our first ever virtual peace concert: RELEASE THE PEACE Concert!! On Saturday, August 28th 2021 – join us from 5-7pm EST (4-6 Central) for great performances, activities and presentations geared towards spreading a culture of peace around the US!We would love it if members of the OMNI Center could attend and enjoy this event together! Feel free to share the flier and the RSVP link with anyone you think would be interested in attending!Peace by Peace Let’s […]

36.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, August 25, 2021

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36.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, August 25, 2021https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2151229136087998997/5877489834829129710 Antiwar Film: All Quiet on the Western FrontAntiwar Peacemakers:  Mohammad Ali  Angie Zelter ANTIWAR FILM All Quiet on the Western Front Sept 21 – A UN Intl Day of Peace and AR Peace Week Event 7:00 pm – Faulkner Performing Arts Center, UA ADMISSION FREE Co-Sponsored by the UA Dept of Communications Film Appreciation Society and Omni Center Live Accompaniment by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra All Quiet on the Western Front opened to wide acclaim in the United States 1930. Considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in World War I, it made […]

37.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 23, 2021

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37.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 23, 2021 ContentsCoveringclimatenow.orgAvaaz,  UN Biodiversity Summit in October on the extinction crisis, and just a few weeks later, the UN Climate Summit to secure new national commitments.UN Biodiversity Summit, Oct. 11UN Climate Summit, Nov. 1 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-23-2021.html Coveringclimatenow.org An excellent source of current events and ideas on climate:801 PULITZER HALL2950 BROADWAYNEW YORK, NY HEAT The last generation Huiting Hsu – Avaaz via uark.onmicrosoft.com  Jul 20, 2021, 11:05 PM (10 hours ago) Dear friends, This isn’t global warming anymore. It’s global scorching. Our world is hotter now than any time in recorded history, unleashing a firestorm of heatwaves, megadroughts, […]

5.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 9, 2021

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35.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 9, 2021(War: August 9 Nagasaki Remembrance Day) https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-9-2021.html EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY, JULY 29, 2021 (Google search) Earth Overshoot Day marks date planet has used up resources for the year August 22, 2020 In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 22. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2021 Earth Overshoot Day moves forward by nearly a month July 29, 2021 Earth […]

Covid Safety at Omni for Hiroshima and Beyond

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Ok, we get the point, Mother Nature. You’re not done with us yet. There are still lessons to be learned from coronavirus, and we need to take this seriously until everyone has this well in mind. For some reason, that could take awhile. Omni was just getting excited about the potential to begin doing things together again and have been caught up short. Hiroshima Nagasaki Day this Sunday is a case in point. When the current spike started we realized it would affect our plans, and decided to livestream to our Facebook page to let more Omni folks share in […]

Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration

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Sun Aug 8 – 7:00 pm – at Omni Center Outdoors, In-person as of nowLivestream and recorded on Facebook the Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology pageVideo page: https://www.facebook.com/omnicenter/videos/?ref=page_internal)There are critical nuclear issues going on right now, at the same time critical covid issues are also on the table. Omni will hold the annual commemoration in person on the lawn at Omni on Sunday August 8. Many wise people will be uncertain about meeting in-person, so the event will also be live-streamed and recorded. If you aren’t vaccinated, please don’t endanger yourself by attending. But some will be present, […]

33. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, August 4, 2021

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33.   WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, August 4, 2021  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/war-watch-wednesdays-august-4-2021.html OMNI’S ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI      OMNI will resume its annual Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and this year Celebrate the new UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons, on Sunday evening of August 8, at OMNI, 7p.m.  Join with us in sorrow and yearning for the abolition of weapons of mass destruction capable of omnicide.  Please contact OMNI Director Gladys Tiffany or OMNI President Kelly Mulhollan either to offer your help or to express your support by attending.        Despite the dispiriting Covid 19 and dangerous variants and continued failure […]

34. Climate Memo Mondays, August 2, 2021

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34.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 2, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-2-2021.html I hope this excellent film receives widespread viewing!   And I hope my registration will lead you to the link for you.  A main path to stopping temperature from rising further is stopping population growth.   D Registration Confirmation POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS View Recording Hi there, You have successfully registered for POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS by Terry Spahr. Webinar details: Linkhttps://www.bigmarker.com/8-Billion-Angels/POPULATION-CONNECTION-PRESENTS-8-BILLION-ANGELS-169c3840ccd5e9f15c16c4fb?bmid=d4b6901517e4 Webinar ID2e523ffdad63 AboutPOPULATION CONNECTION Presents:8 BILLION ANGELS (54 Minutes) Exclusive On-Demand Access for this documentary is available from:JULY 29 through AUGUST 3. When your viewing period begins, the […]