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Omni holds First Annual Gathering since covid!

 in Annual Gathering / Current Events

Saturday April 19 – 7:00 pm – Miller Hall, Mt. Sequoyah We’re so excited! Long time member Susan Idlet found us a site to hold an annual meeting at last! In partnership with Fenix Arts we are holding this year’s gathering at Mt. Sequoyah and welcoming you to this wonderful community building space. Since Miller doesn’t have a big kitchen it just won’t be possible to do lasagna dinners as we did for so many years. We’re planning a fancy dessert feast with music of Scott Cook and conversation about surviving these times among friends. Would you like to be […]

Indivisible Monthly Meeting

 in Current Events

Saturday March 15 – 1:30 – Good Shepherd Lutheran, 2925 Old Missouri Road. Here’s Donna Mulhollan lost in a crowd of people attending her postcard writing party at Omni Thursday night. They did 200 cards to make changes in Washington DC. If you need action, come to the Indivisible meeting Saturday and find your place. Come to Indivisible and bring a friend, to take your place in changing what’s happening right now!

nwaTogether and Omni sponsor potluck

 in Current Events

New Chapter Begins Tomorrow nwaTogether and Omni sponsor potluck dialogues for hard times Saturday March 15, 5:30 pm Omni Center Saturday the first of a series of dialogue potluck dinners will begin that let people warmly enjoy food, conversation and care in these complicated times. nwaTogether is a new project to encourage connection and care that builds strong community when things are tough. RSVP to omni@omnicenter.org right now!

RUSSIA NEWSLETTER #1 (RUSSIA AND UKRAINE). March 23, 2014

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

(Reprinted). http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2014/03/russia-ukraine-newsletter-1.html https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/03/omni-russia-newsletter-1-russia-and.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. [Note: in a few years I changed my title from Newsletter to the more accurate Anthologies.   I am reprinting Anthology #1 because a decade later some part of the anti-war position seems to have reached the new War Lord, and President Trump seems about to end the US-NATO-Ukraine-Russia War!  It’s good time to review the struggle of truth-tellers and peace-makers to prevent then to stop the Ukraine War.] What’s at Stake:    The US superpower, imperial propaganda system is inciting fear and hatred of Russia, as […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #221, March 10, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/03/omni-climate-memo-mondays-221-march-10.html [The arc of environmental sanity and justice is dipping, but the resistance is planetary, diverse, and indefatigable.  A toast to them!  –D] LOCAL ACTIONS People of all faiths and backgrounds are invited to take part in the Interfaith Climate Retreat, a powerful three-part event designed to inspire, educate, and mobilize our community in response to the climate crisis.  Dates & Times: •       Monday, March 31 6:30-8:30 pm •       Thursday, April 3, 6:30-8:30 pm •       Monday, April 7, 6:30-8:30 pm Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 224 N East Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72701 The Interfaith Climate Retreat is a call […]

Meals Project for homeless people through the Gateway Project

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You Can Help Big Time! Meals Project for homeless people through the Gateway Project The crazy situation from Washington DC has us all unsettled. It’s not going to get better for awhile. Omni Center’s Gateway Village Project is starting a new project to help 7hill Shelter provide meals to their homeless population in emergency situations where other meals fall through. You’ll be hearing more about this project soon. It’s called Gateway EMT – Emergency Meals Teams. You might want to join in.

Hog Farms Still Try to Take Over the Buffalo

 in Current Events

The sponsor of hog farm bill SB 290 did it again. For the third time, the bill to allow CAFOs in the Buffalo River watershed was on the Senate Agriculture Committee agenda and not called up for a vote. Many of our friends traveled hundreds of miles to oppose this bill and were left sitting in the committee room. It will likely be back on the agenda on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. This game playing needs to stop. Write the Senators on the Agriculture Committee and tell the you oppose SB 290 and that they need to vote no.If the […]

Even in an economic blackout Here’s one small, local business you can support!

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Hi Friends, Two Friends Bookstore is having a grand opening of their nonprofit bookstore at Casa Magnolia: Feb 28 : 10 am – 8 pm, 414 Holcomb Street, Springdale, AR 72764 Casa Magnolia is a new community creativity space in downtown Springdale, and Two Friends Books is a pay-what-you-can bookstore located in its building that’s a really fun part of its community building strategy. Website: https://www.casamagnolianwa.com/