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ACLU Voter Rights Program Live from the source!

 in Community / Justice

Sunday, Oct 1 at 6 pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran  On October 1st, People Power – the ACLU’s grassroots mobilization program – will launch a new campaign focused on organizing local communities to protect and expand our fundamental right to vote. The plan is simple: organize THOUSANDS of grassroots events in communities all across the U.S. We’ll be ready to fight back against attacks on our voting rights and put pressure on our lawmakers to expand this fundamental pillar of our free society.

Rapid Responders 2

 in Community

Rapid Responders 2 – Letter Writers for the Public Good Wednesday Sept 27 – 5:00 pm – OMNI Library Support group for people writing letters to the editor. Aspiring writers also invited — including you!

A Soldier In Our Midst: Pride for Some, Pain for Others

 in Current Events / Peace

Saturday Sept 9 – 12:00 noon-2:00 pm Walmart Auditorium in the Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies, NWACC Campus, One College Drive, Bentonville WHAT DO YOU THINK? You and I have an opportunity to demonstrate to each other that we have the courage and fortitude to listen to each other – even when we have different opinions on the subject. The Confederate Soldier on the Bentonville Square is worth a healthy conversation – don’t you think? Is it really only all about “move it” or “keep it”? Can we not expand the discussion to how to best to assure respect and […]

Open Mic for Peace – Sept Kickoff Night!

 in Community / Current Events

Sun Sept 3 – 7:00 pm – OMNI Greetings Omni Open Mic folks, We are back in business! Sunday, September 3rd, 7:00 will be our first open mic of the season and we hope you will come and share a song or words of Peace and Justice. We will start the evening with a tribute to one of the long time friends of the Omni Open Mic. Bill Justice was included in our community CD/Songbook compilation from way back when we were just getting started. You might remember his dog song. A wonderful songwriter and a friend to many of […]