OMNI Blog

Black Lives Matter In Northwest Arkansas

 in BLM

Join Bridge The Gap in Harrison, Omni folks Sunday Sept 6 – 1:00 pm – Harrison Town Square!Local Black Lives Matter protesters have been holding actions all across Arkansas strategically and with care. They want to connect even in the most rural parts of the state where Southern culture might struggle to understand that Black Lives Matter.Join us for a community cookout with Bridge the Gap NWA and the residents of Harrison and greater Boone County on Sunday, September 6th at the Square. Family-friendly, Covid-cautious, gun-free, and open to the public with FREE food courtesy of Fayetteville’s MayDay Community Kitchen. […]

Weaving a Community to Endure It All

 in Community

The times they keep achanging, and covid and climate change and who knows what else ensure they’re gonna keep achanging. It’s increasing the pressure on all our networks and making things more uncomfortable all the time. Progressives need to start honing-in on ways to build real bonds of care and understanding among each other that get our herds of cats moving in the same powerful direction in confidence and mutual trust. It’s a tall order but we need it now more than ever.Here’s why I think we can do it: (read more here)

Postcards to Swing States

 in Current Events

A really effective way to shift the balance in NovemberThere’s still time to get yours!Handwritten postcards got tested during the mid-term elections in several swing states, and the results were that progressive candidates who were featured with handwritten cards like this had a much higher win rate than could be expected from other promotions they received.Arkansas is not a swing state, unfortunately. But we can do this! If you’d be willing to write and mail a stack of postcards, email your contact info to omni@omnicenter.org, and we’ll get some cards to you. Request any number, but many folks are doing […]

OPEN MIC CANNOT BE STOPPED

 in Open Mic

Sunday Sept 6 – 7:00 pm — onlineThe music will not die just because of covid! Link to the Zoom event will be coming soon. Thank you to Walter Schmidt and Kelly & Donna Mulhollan for their perseverance in keeping this event – one that”s continued since 2001 – alive.A venue to present lively and inspiring Ozark culture that keeps the foundation of our lives certain and fun. Put Open Mic on your calendar.If you want help accessing a zoom event for the first time, just email to omni@omnicenter.org to ask for it. There’s help out there!

Enviro-Justice Primer: A Conversation about Building Community

 in Current Events

Arkansas Citizens’ Climate LeagueMonday Sept 14 – 7:00-8:00 pm on ZoomSign Up Now Open for Enviro-Justice Virtual Event!Registration is now open for our online event “Enviro-Justice Primer: A Conversation About Building Community” from 7-8 p.m. Sept. 14 via Zoom!   This online workshop will give an overview of the history of the environmental justice movement, and a look at practical tools and techniques that we can use to help us better engage environmental justice issues.    The event is free and open to anyone who registers! Donations can also easily be made while signing up and help to make educational programming like […]

Fayetteville does another amazing thing

 in Current Events

The Safe Camping Project opens in South FayettevilleSolomon Burchfield   8-13-20. The Safe Camp is quietly opening on the South end of Fayetteville. After years of uncertainty about how to help the population of homeless folks camping in local woods, the city has worked out a plan using covid relief money to establish a 12-acre plot where campers will be protected from many of the long list of threats they face on a daily basis and have access to vital services they previously had to travel a wide area to receive.New Beginnings Coordinator Solomon Burchfield has been talking to local campers (homeless folks […]

Postcards to Swing States

 in Current Events

A really effective way to shift the balance in NovemberHandwritten postcards got tested during the mid-term elections in several swing states, and the results were that progressive candidates who were featured with handwritten cards like this had a much higher win rate than could be expected from other promotions they received.Arkansas is not a swing state, unfortunately. But we can do this! If you’d be willing to write and mail a stack of postcards, email your contact info to omni@omnicenter.org, and we’ll get some cards to you. Request any number, but many folks are doing 50-60. We have until mid-October […]