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BUFFALO RIVER EMERGENCY PLEASE ACT NOW!

 in Buffalo River

They keep putting off the committee presentation. That means they are getting your messages. Please send a message again! Bill filed to derail state’s efforts to protect Buffalo River from hog farming We know you have received several messages from BRWA recently asking for your help in securing a permanent moratorium prohibiting any future swine CAFO permits in the Buffalo National River watershed. Now the legislature is considering a bill which would prohibit moratoriums statewide, including specifically the Buffalo River watershed. Senate Bill 84 is an obvious attempt at an end-run around current rule makings which would establish a permanent […]

Homeless Solutions Meet-Up

 in homeless / housing

Thursday Feb 6 – 6:30 – Omni Center Thank you Homeless Solutions Folk for your faithful attendance at the Housing Crisis Task Force meetings over these several months! We know we’re making a dif! At the next meeting let’s discuss the last TF to update each other on what we’re seeing emerge. Where do we want to put our energy now? Who else do we need to connect with? Are there things we still need to learn? (very likely) If you’ve never been to a Homeless Solutions meeting before don’t let that stop you from joining us!

What the Mayor said to the Task Force

 in homeless / housing

Public meeting Jan 22 was enlightening! It’s been fascinating watching the Housing Crisis Task Force move from baffled citizens asking themselves (just like all of us are)  “what the heck’s going on with housing?” Slowly, as they interview area experts and talk to people all over town, what they’re revealing is a whole lot of different people in city government, the development community and a lot of related industries and agencies all doing their jobs to the very best of their ability, as they are safely tucked into their own narrow silo, with no effective way to know how their work is impacting […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #214, JANUARY 29, 2025

 in Current Events

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-214-january.html Doomsday Clock 89 Seconds to Midnight.NUKEWATCH QUARTERLY (Winter 2024-25). New Corporate-Military-Congressional Warmaking Paradigm.UN-USA, UN Today (Nov. 2024): what we can expect for UN from Trump II.  WHO’S WARNING US?     The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has made its annual Doomsday Clock announcement. It’s now set at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest its ever been to catastrophe. Read the 2025 statement >     For those who want to raise awareness around the announcement and help decrease existential threats, the Bulletin has also created a social media toolkit. Access the toolkit > NUKEWATCH QUARTERLY (Winter 2024-25)     This number contains 20 articles, eleven […]

ANTICIPATING ISRAELI BDS DAY (BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS) AND PALESTINIAN LAND DAY, MARCH 30, 2025, Today January 30, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/anticipating-israeli-bds-day-boycott.html Also see:   International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Nov. 29.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/un-international-day-in-solidarity-with.html Local Actions Tonight JANUARY 30, 2025 6:30 AT OMNI Boycott Documentary Screening and Discussion FAYETTEVILLE Friendsofpalestinenwa          Here is a reminder to come join us to watch Boycott and explore the intersection of civil rights, activism, and the legal system tonight.  Date: January 30th  Time: 6:30pm  Location: OMNI Center, 3274 N Lee Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703 Did you know that Arkansas became a battleground over the right to boycott? “Boycott” delves into the stories of individuals, including […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #215, JANUARY 27, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-215-january.html MAQ  Review of On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change by Jade E. Sasser, New York: NYU Press, 2018, 189 pp.       Jade Sasser medanthroquarterly.org A critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st centurySince the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”―and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back―and […]

BUFFALO RIVER EMERGENCY PLEASE ACT NOW!

 in Buffalo River

Another Call To Action For The Buffalo River! Stay tune here. Bill filed to derail state’s efforts to protect Buffalo River from hog farming We know you have received several messages from BRWA recently asking for your help in securing a permanent moratorium prohibiting any future swine CAFO permits in the Buffalo National River watershed. Now the legislature is considering a bill which would prohibit moratoriums statewide, including specifically the Buffalo River watershed. Senate Bill 84 is an obvious attempt at an end-run around current rule makings which would establish a permanent moratorium in the BNR watershed. Vote will likely […]

January 23 update on the Tiffany property

 in Current Events

Gladys Tiffany, Director Omni Center for Peace Justice & Ecology It’s been quieter lately. The renters are scattered and still struggling to find their place out there in the monitized world. The couple with health problems has found a permanent apartment in Elkins and needed another $100 to cover it. Thanks to you Omni folks and friends it was available. The veteran is more or less settled in an apartment, and the two who are still staying with him are negotiating with his landlord to get another apartment that’s supposed to come open in February. That should be permanent. The […]