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Mireya Reith, Arkansas United Dear all: The anti-immigrant bills are now coming fast and furious. And unfortunately, this year, we have NO dedicated advocacy staff. Funding has been tough in the immigrant rights space and continues to be so. I’d like to very respectfully inquire, would any of you have availability or interest in helping us out for a couple weeks? The task would be to investigate bills that have been filed and stay on top of new ones being filed? And when we confirm one, working with the AU to create our communication materials? So essentially this is work […]

Friends of Palestine NWA invites you Reading Palestine Thurs March 13 – 6:30 pm – Pearl’s Books 28 E. Center St. Fayetteville “Men in the Sun” by renowned Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani We’re excited to invite you to the next meeting of Reading Palestine, a book club devoted to fiction written by Palestinian authors. This month, we will be reading and discussing Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani. Location: Pearl’s Books – 28 E Center St., Fayetteville Date: Thursday, March 13 Time: 6:30 PM Originally published in 1962, this powerful novella tells the story of four Palestinian men striving […]

SB 354 to spend $750 billion to build a monster new prison, was supposed to come up for vote on Tuesday but got enough attention that they put it off until next Thursday hoping people will forget about it. Medicaid could be supported instead. Schools, hospitals, mental health centers… lots of things that would really help people… could be built with $750 million dollars instead of this monstrosity of profit-seeking. Now the bill is set to run Thursday March 13. Call, texts and emails to your state Senators and Representatives are MEANINGFUL! Here’s a link to the phone numbers for […]

Postcard Pop-Up Omni Center Library, March 15th!

Invitation for Participation & Outreach: Interfaith Climate Retreat Joanna Person-Michener interfaithclimateretreat Dear Omni Friends I am reaching out to invite you to something I am newly a part of, which is a local group of faith and nonprofit leaders organizing the Interfaith Climate Retreat, a community event focused on climate action and hope. We would love to share this opportunity to engage our community on climate justice with the OMNI Center and the Quaker Community. There is also very relevant intersectionality with the rising numbers of people who are unhoused, which is an issue we would appreciate giving voice to […]