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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #207, DECEMBER 2, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-207-december.html Efforts to Save Our PlanetUN-USA, COP 29UUA Green SanctuaryBook, Beautiful SolutionsMore Books from Ecosocialist Bookshelf COP 29, UNA-USA, UNA TODAY, NOVEMBER 2024 The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan. Global leaders, ministers, and representatives from over 30 countries have come together to build on the momentum of last year’s historic Global Cooling Pledge. With climate change fueling extreme heat waves, the demand for sustainable cooling solutions has reached a critical point.  The United Nations Environment Programme’s article delves into the significant progress made at COP29, highlighting key takeaways from […]

Homeless Solutions meets Dec 5

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Thursday Dec 5 – 6:30 pm at Omni Center Let’s discuss the list of suggestions made by the Housing Task Force to the City Council at their last meeting. Could be some inspiration here. A subcommittee that just formed itself may have an invitation to share with you too. Please come and hang out with some good like-minded folk. You’ll feel so much the better for it!

The Tiffany Property – What’s going on over there?

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Gladys Tiffany, Director Omni Center for Peace Justice & Ecology Many of you have seen stories out about the property by the National Cemetery that Richard and Gladys Tiffany own. After a year of wrangling about a camp of homeless people there, and another year of cleaning up, now the city has decided to declare it a nuisance and condemn it. AND the apartment complex across the street is suing us for multiple problems. We know you’re wondering what’s going on. I haven’t wanted to take space in this newsletter meant to focus on community activities that encourage peace, justice and environmental sustainability, […]

Gratitude for Omni People

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It’s the season of gratitude, and with all the things eroding into crazy across the globe we can send out thoughts of peace and comfort to all those suffering ones, and hold the gifts of good lives we’re so fortunate to be enjoying right now.  Special gratitude to all the Omni folks who have supported Omni over the years. Sending out some extra blessings aimed at you.  Here’s a gift of gratitude. A short video on gratitude that features the voice of Brother David Stiendl-Rast speaking quiet words of his own sense of this season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLkmw7RBqYg

RUN-OFF ELECTIONS!

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Remember Tuesday Dec 3 is the date for RUN-OFF ELECTIONS! If you live in Fayetteville or Prairie Grove, the election isn’t over yet! Early Voting starts Tuesday Nov 28 (next Tuesday) Here are the candidates waiting with baited breath to see who takes their office: Fayetteville Mayor – Molly Rawn or Mayor Lioneld Jordan Fay City Council Ward 4 – Monique Jones or Todd Hertzberg Prairie Grove Ward 2 City Council Brian Hawkins or Audrey Wetzel For complete information on the run off election go to the Washington County Election Commission. Washington County Election Commission – run off election site

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #205, NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-205-november.html Thomas Ricento.   Can the US Survive White Christian Nationalism?Robert F. Keeler.   Can the US Survive Militarism?Raymond Barglow.  Can the US Survive Authoritarianism?  US White Christian Nationalism Thomas Ricento.   “Can America Survive as a Secular Democracy? Free Inquiry (Dec. 2024 – Jan. 2025).  The question can be understood only via a truthful history of the US that recognizes the secondary role of immigrants seeking religious freedom and the primacy of colonialism and imperialism.  Ricento recommends Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s excellent book: Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion (2021).  […]