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7:00 pm Central8 BILLION ANGELS premiere event on Earth Day on April 20th with moderator Chris Packham hosting a conversation with special guests Stuart Pimm, Latanya Mapp Fre, Amita N. Vyas and producer Terry Spahr.   HERE is a look at the trailer.   We are asking for your support and to help us spread the word and raise awareness about 8 BILLION ANGELS national releases on 4/23 .8 BILLION ANGELS, tells the truth about the conflict between the size of our global population and the sustainability of our planet. With many theaters closed because of the pandemic, Abramorama will […]

Sat April 17 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center groundsONLY ONE SLOT STILL OPEN!Led by popular local experts! The workshop will be co- led by UA Entomology Professor Don Steinkraus and native plant specialist Jane Steinkraus.    The event will cover the importance of native plants in fostering healthy butterfly and other insect populations. We will discuss how to select and nurture native plants. The workshop will conclude with volunteers planting the butterfly garden.    The event will be outside on the Omni grounds and limited to 15 socially distanced participants. It will be streamed on Facebook live and recorded for the Omni Center’s Youtube channel.  […]

We have a world to rebuild; So we need to find ways to look at evil geniuses creating power for themselves and then turn back to our real work undeterred.   What I turned to is this interview from my ol’ favorite, Yes! Magazine.  Zenobia Jeffries, the editor, is interviewing adrienne marie brown about the immense healing our nation and our culture need to engage in to move into this big transition we look for.   Looking for the ways to start healing all the deep hurts of the authoritarian system is a first step in learning how to move forward together. Here […]

Endorsement from Dr. Sam Totten: “A real page-turner in genocide studies” From: Israel Charny <Israel@genocidepreventionnow.org> Subject: PREORDER my new book, a ‘political whodunit,’ in honor of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day and Yom HaShoah   Dear Colleagues and Friends, I want to invite you to place a “PREORDER” for my forthcoming new book,    ISRAEL’S FAILED RESPONSE TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDEDenial, State Deception, Truth Versus Politicization of History  paperback $26.95 Israel W. Charny Series: The Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy ISBN: 9781644695234 (hardback), 9781644696026 (paperback) Pages: approx. 270 pp.; 14 illus. Academic Studies Press Publication Date: April 2021 in honor of […]

April 11 – 1:30pmDATE CHANGE FOR EASTER — Second Sunday rather than first Sunday.lolly tindol, Coordinator Book this session is a return to “Pluriverse Part 2”, edited by Kashish Kothari and others. Pluriverse contains over 100 essays on alternatives to currently dominant processes of development. We covered the first part of this book in February, but the wealth of information is too much for one session. We’ll cover final sections of the book on April 11. “Pluriverse challenges the belief held by many in the West that all the nations of the world can benefit by “catching up” to the […]

Reply-To: Sophia Stephenson <sophia351@GMAIL.COM> Sponsored by Wild Ones, Ozark Chapter   Hey Everyone,   The Wild Ones, Ozark Chapter is hosting a free monthly webinar series. Our April webinar will be presented by our very own Lissa Morrison, who serves as Vice President of Wild Ones, Ozark Chapter. Please see the details below:   Hosting Pollinators Throughout the Year with Lissa Morrison Wednesday, April 7, 11-12pm Click here to join: https://craftontull.zoom.us/j/95891852067   For more information, contact WildOnesOzarkChapter@gmail.com.   Thanks, Eric Fuselier, President Wild Ones, Ozark Chapter

March 26 – 12:30 pm – corner of MLK and Razorback RoadStop the University of Arkansas Nuclear Weapons Program3 Monthly ProtestsAbel Tomlinson <abeltomlinson@gmail.com> Dear friends,   Our local Campaign to Stop the University of Arkansas Nuclear Weapons Program is off to a great start!   We had great media coverage of our last event from KNWA News and UATV, as well as in-depth interviews on KPSQ and KUAF/NPR radio (links unavailable right now). Our campaign efforts were also published in great detail in the international journal Covert Action Magazine.   Our next plan of action is three monthly Peace Protests Calling for the U of A […]

Arkansas Cinema Society Film Screenings first showing “The Story of Plastic”Sunday March 21 – 6:00 pm link below The Arkansas Cinema Society is teaming up with Just Communities of Arkansas, the Arkansas Peace and Justice Memorial Movement, and Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts & Literacy Collective for a virtual screening of The Story of Plastic, a comprehensive look at the world’s plastic crisis. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Emmy Award winning director Deia Schlosberg and Dr. Marty Matlock, Executive Director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center and professor of Ecological Engineering at UA. ….”The Story of […]