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Helen’s Art Opening & Peace Day Concert

Coming Up SoonTickets are now available!!!!!!! ***LIMITED SEATING!*** Helen Kwiatkowski Friday, September 6:   Art Opening Saturday, September 21:  Peace Day Concert Peace Day Concert  for International Day of Peace Saturday September 21 Sequoyah Hall Mount Sequoyah Center Door: 6:00 pm Show: 7:00 pm Dana Louise Emily Kaitz & Dennis Collins and Reading by Ginny Masullo ************************* Advance Tickets: 20.00 (highly recommended) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator Proceeds to benefit Children’s Safety Center of Washington County https://www.childrenssafetycenter.org


Choose Democracy

Choose Democracy is delighted to let you know our book, “What if Trump Wins,” is now available for order. “What if Trump Wins?” is the first book we know of that lays out different strategies for resisting a Trump autocracy (or a coup, depending on how elections go). The book is a choose-your-own-adventure, to allow your brain to stretch and explore different options and scenarios. Your character helps grow the resistance. Can you guide us towards a better, more humane democracy? We’re delighted to offer the book! It makes a great gift to friends and colleagues. Order your book now! […]


Postcards for Democracy Defending Democracy in This Year’s Election!

All 1000 of our postcards have been adopted Omni folks! THANK YOU to the whole team working to push those votes forward. There are a few packets that haven’t picked up yet. If you requested cards and don’t have them, they’re in the Omni office ready for you. There’s plenty of time to prepare them for mailing in October, but you don’t need to wait. Give Gladys a call (479-283-2167) to pick them up, get them delivered to your door, or mailed if you’re at a distance. There are still more cards that need a loving touch. Email omni@omnicenter.org to […]


YouthWorks Conservation Corps wants you or your kids!

Apply at the link below for more information and an application! Texas Conservation Corps a Program of American YouthWorks is in Fayetteville. Passionate about the environment? Join Arkansas Conservation Corps! Explore the AmeriCorps service term opportunities designed to make a difference while building leadership skills. All backgrounds welcome! Engage with communities, learn through projects, discover environmental career pathways, and inspire change. Benefits include: Crew Member Monthly Living Allowance: $2,400/month Crew Leader Monthly Living Allowance: $2,720/month Segal AmeriCorps Education Award: money for qualified student loans, higher education and training programs Free Health Insurance for AmeriCorps Members Needs-based Support Services Technical and […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #192, AUGUST 28, 2024

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/08/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-192-august-28.html PEACE HEROESKathy KellyDaniel EllsbergVeterans for Peace KATHY KELLYKathy Kelly.  “Museum of Unnatural History.”  The Catholic Worker (August-September 2012).  A distinctive meditation on Kabul, Afghanistan’s Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation Museum (OMAR) and Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book.  The Museum contains ordnance and land mines used in Afghanistan over four decades of warfare and photographs of maimed people.  The Butter Battle Book is a parable of the Cold War and its fragile, dangerous nuclear stalemate, with only MAD “holding off attempts by either side to exterminate the other” in WWIII.   “…in many ways […]


VENEZUELA ANTHOLOGY #5 AUGUST 27, 2024

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/08/omni-venezuela-anthology-5-august-27.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY CONTENTS VENEZUELA #5 US WAR AGAINST VENEZUELADe La Cruz, et al.  Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War.Ensberger and Podur.  Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela.“Biden Extends U.S. Campaign to Crush Venezuela.”(5 articles).Alan MacLeod.  “…US Plans for War and Terror against Venezuela.”Dan Beeton.  “The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later.”Ryan Swan.  “Venezuela Seeks Investigation [of war crimes] by ICC.”“Alex Saab Is Being Tortured….”Ricardo Vaz.  US Meddling in Elections.Jonathan Ng.  “The US Is…Strangling Venezuela.”UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan Reports on US v. […]