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Homeless Solutions Strategy Meeting

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Thursday Aug 1 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Homeless Solutions is coming up on Thursday August 1.  It’s about time we of the Homeless Solutions Group have a heart-to-heart talk about what’s coming up for housing and homelessness in Fayetteivlle based on what we know right now. The Housing Task Force had it’s first meeting June 26. It was just a first meeting, but some good things came out of it we should talk about. We could have a real impact here. The next meeting is July 24. We may have ideas by then. Another thing is how the Fayetteville Housing Coalition […]

A longing for peace in a culture of war

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Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance Sunday August 4 – 6:00 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave., Fayetteville Hiroshima Nagasaki dinner is one week away! Register for the lovely summer Japanese meal at this Eventbrite link. Inspiring speakers and music too. Dr. Art Hobson will share a report about the nuclear test ban treaty that was adopted last year, Prof. Ted Swedenburg will show the clear link between what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and what’s happening in Gaza right now, and Marshallese activist Marcina Langrine will share experiences of her people during the nuclear testing our own country did on […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #187, July 24, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-187-july-24.html The Nuclear Resister provides an ongoing archive of political prisoner protesters.  For example, the June 26, 2024, number contains data on US [Gaza] Cease Fire! arrests on pp. 1 and 5ff. P. 1 “Ceasefire Now!” “Beginning on page 5, this issue of The Nuclear Resister continues the day-by-day reports of ceasefire arrests in the U.S. and Canada.   From last October through mid-June, The Nuclear Resister has tallied more than 8,800 arrests on over 350 occasions across more than 125 cities and towns in 36 states and 5 provinces. . . .More than 3,400 of the arrests […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #188, JULY 22, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-188-july-22.html  From Jane Fonda Dear Dick, I know you’ve heard that this election is the most important in our lifetime. I hate to pile on, but it’s true. This week, climate deniers in the GOP locked in their commitment to more fossil fuels, less clean energy, and more climate chaos. As fossil fuel giants pour resources into getting their candidates elected, it’s imperative that we harness the people’s power to push for progress and change. That’s why I’m reaching out to extend a special invitation to you to get active, get involved, and most importantly, fight back. Let’s […]

HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2024 AUGUST 6 AND 9 (AUGUST 4 EVENT)

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-186-july-17.html CONTENTS2024 PROGRAM Program for Hiroshima Nagasaki 2024 Theme:   What did we learn? Sunday August 4, 2024, Omni Center for Peace 6:00 pm meal prepared by MayDay Kitchen chefs 6:30 pm Program  Kelly emcee          Opening Song – Kelly and Donna Welcome, Founder Dr. Dick Bennett Speaker – Art Hobson – Topic:  Update on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Poem – Keynote – Marcina Langrine, Marshallese Education Initiative Music – Kelly and Donna Reading the names – Karen Takemoto Close with silence in honor of the dead 8:00 – Closing gratitudes […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #186, July 17, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett ACTIONS AGAINST WAR AND WARMAKERSGaza ProtestsClimate Crisis and Militarism Connections Sinophobia Friends of Palestine Gaza Protests Continue! July Protests (via OMNI Center Newsletter) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555082533749&mibextid=LQQJ4d Friends of Palestine continue their Friday Protests. Friday July 19 in Bentonville – Memorial Park by the Skatepark – 6:30-7:30 Friday July 26 in Fayetteville – Washington County Courthouse – 6:00-7:00 Climate Crisis and Militarism Project meeting.  Veterans for Peace VFP.  WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 5 pm CDT. CCMP focuses on the connections between U.S. militarism and the climate crisis and seeks to mobilize veterans and the general public to push the Pentagon […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #187, JULY 15, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-187-july-15.html Our corporate gov won’t do it, create your own insurgency.Stop methane: check out our landfill. More to be done.Learn about public transportation around the world.  Think big here. CREATING YOUR OWN INSURGENCYWhat’s stopping USA from reversing rising temperature, or at least from slowing it down (the chief subject of CMM)?The US Culture of Doom:US Capitalism, profit, growth, Fossil Fuel Industry, CO2.Politics of War, “Cold” and Hot, the propaganda-system-information control-nuclear-security-military-imperial-corporate-congressional-presidential-judicial/SC-fundamentalist religious-educational-agri-transportation Complex.Overpopulation and still growing. What should each of us do to become an insurgency? (“Insurgency” definition enlarged to encompass not only the government but the […]

The Climate Moment

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Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families  A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization with data from 24 low- and middle-income countries, finds that women-led families suffer more from extreme heat than other families. While heat stress is costly for all rural households, it is significantly more costly for households headed by a woman. Female-headed households lose 8 percent more of their annual income compared to other households. While many women are farmers, fewer women own the land they farm. Women-headed households […]