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July 8-12 – A Folk School project! Deadline to register is June 10! (if the Q code doesn’t work on this copy, there’s a phone number on the flyer)

Thursday June 6 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Featuring Professor John Gallagher on the NWA PIT Count Remember the PIT Count is the Point In Time Count that HUD sponsors every year. It’s a snapshot count of all the homeless people in our area that can be found at that one point in time. It happens in January, and involves so much data that it takes 5 months of math to sort it all out. Dr. Gallagher has been busy. He’s now ready to make reports to interested people about findings of the count. It will be fascinating. Please […]

July 10-14 – Jonestown PA, University of Pittsburgh No Omni Vegan Potluck over the summer. Instead … Organizer Chip Balew invites you to check out a fantastic opportunity that has inspired him for years. If you’re looking for an educational vegan vacation destination or you’re simply looking for vegan programs that are open to the public, welcome to the North American Vegetarian Society. Vegan Summerfest gathers people of all levels of experience at our leading vegan conference in the United States to learn more about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Take cooking classes, begin a fitness regimen, engage in […]

Help get out the vote for the November election in one of the most effective ways discovered by science…. Send a hand-written postcard.  We all know Arkansas is not a swing state. Yet. Sometimes we feel like a deep backwater. But we can have a real impact in critical swing states across the country with this simple, old-fashioned, but powerful method.  Omni has ordered 1000 postcards to send out to those critical states where the election will be decided, and you and your friends can help make it happen.   Send your request for the number of cards you feel comfortable writing. It […]

Friday May 24 – 5:30 pm – Fayetteville Town Square Friends of Palestine NWA Memorial Day is the day that the United States has set aside to honor and remember those who died while serving in the military. Many of us who have been following and understand what is happening in Palestine think immediately of Aaron Bushnell. Aaron Bushnell died on February 25th of this year, succumbing to the injuries he sustained in an extreme act of protest. In his Air Force uniform, he walked to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire. This statement by the Veteran’s […]