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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 […]

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/

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!