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Build Justice Not Jails

 in Current Events

JaiI Expansion Comes Back to Haunt Build Justice Not Jails Thursday Oct 26 – 4:00-6:00 pm – 914 N. College The Quorum Court is determined to build that jail we’ve voted down twice. Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition (AJRC) is holding an action to educate people and remind that court that they need to listen to the people. The Court is pushing hard to move forward, even though two cycles of bidding for the building have not been successful and they have not been able to get bids for all the work. Now Nabholz has signed on to act as the […]

GAZA ANTHOLOGIES # 10 October 23, 2023

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/10/omni-gaza-anthologies-10-october-23-2023.html (#1: 3-3-08; #2 Nov. 16, 2012; #3 Nov. 17, 2013; #4 May 31, 2014; #5 July 28, 2014; #6 August 30, 2014; #7 April 8, 2015; #8 May 13, 2021; #9, October 15, 2023). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS GAZA #10 Rabbi Arthur Waskow.  “Solidarity with Israel / Palestine.” AFSC and other Quaker organizations call for end to the violence.  To end violence in Palestine and Israel we must address root causes.  Abel Tomlinson. “Palestine Peace Protests: Stop the War, Stop the Genocide.” Raz Segal.  “A textbook case of genocide.” Jewish […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #150, OCTOBER 23, 2023

 in Climate Memo Mondays

OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #150, OCTOBER 23, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Tom Engelhardt.  Warming and Wars Converging.Gerardo Ceballos and Paul Ehrlich.  Extinguishing Not Only Species but Genera.Dick Bennett.  What Did We Know and What Did We Do by 2010?Erica Jung and Güney Işıkara .  “Degrowth and Ecosocialist Revolution.”  “Are We the Dinosaurs of the 21st Century?   And How Our Wars Distract Us.”  By Tom Engelhardt,  October 19, 2023.[This is one of the best summaries I have read of our predicament, as warming and wars converge upon us.  Here is Engelhardt’s conclusion.  –D]. . .…. . ..Or rather, […]

Autumn Vegan Potluck

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TOMORROW! Saturday Oct 21 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Happy Fall, Y’all! Come out and help us celebrate the season with a delicious meal and your own good company / food.  Bring a vegan dish with enough to share for 8 servings. Please check ingredients to ensure there are no animal products (or honey) . Feel free to invite family and friends you think may be interested. Checkout this meetup with Northwest Arknsas Vegans Group   http/:meetu.ps/e/MznKy/dVNYn/i

Build community power in Northwest Arkansas

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Fri-Sat Oct 27-28 starts at 5:30 Friday St. Paul’s Episcopal, Fayetteville NO CHARGE. Meals provided. In a deep-red state, communities with a vision like Omni Centers’ need strong, cohesive bonds of trust across a lot of barriers. How can we build that kind of collaboration? NWA Community Builders has the plan. Oct 27-28 NWA Community Builders will hold trainings that can tell you the WHOLE story of how this works. It’s FREE and inspiring. You can join the diverse team willing to put this into motion. NWA Community Builders is working with IAF, who has a tested plan for uniting […]

Emerging Homeless Solutions

 in Emerging Homeless Solutions

Thrive In Place… Yes, gentrification in Salt Lake City sounds like Fayetteville How do other cities manage their homeless crises? Lots of problems, seems like not many solutions. Here’s a news report from Washington D.C. that could be the story of cities all over the country. Washington DC saw a 40% spike in homeless encampments starting with covid. That’s huge! Their story has points that sound eerily familiar for Fayatteville. There are a LOT of homeless people, they just kind of appeared during covid, and they seem too have, and are causing, a lot of similar problems. The neighborhoods where encampments […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #148, OCTOBER 18, 2023

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-148-october.html US MilitarismNukewatch QuarterlyUS Peace Prize to NNOMY US Militarism        US militarism is pervasive, but often so small and unobtrusive that it seems natural.  “Were you in the Service?  Thank you for your service” said the clerk at my hardware store, and he wasn’t referring to nurses or teachers. The military-corporate complex foregrounding jobs isspread throughout the congressional districts.  This system for war is so pervasively routine that it seems natural when Congress every year heaps more money on the amount the militarist President already requested, and the public makes no outcry!  In contrast, countless urgent needs are underfunded.  […]