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The Climate Moment

 in Climate

What’s happening around the world about climate? Selected moments from the collection of Reevaluation Counseling leader Russ Vernon-Jones and shared by local Omni member Dorothy Marcy #221 Chinese courts backed to help with emissions reduction One of China’s top courts has encouraged judges to hear climate-related cases and weigh up carbon impacts to help the country achieve its emission reduction goals. Climate litigation has been difficult in China because, unlike many other countries, it does not have specific legislation to combat climate change. But the judiciary has signaled a willingness to engage with the issue. This new document gives courts across […]

Juneteenth, A Community Conversation

 in Juneteenth

Please join us for an engaging discussion on the historical significance of Juneteenth. A multiracial panel will address the past, present and future. We welcome special guest speaker Dr. Charles Robinson, the first African American Chancellor of the University of Arkansas.  Panelists include Pastor Steve Dixon, Christian Life Cathedral; Kabir Kumar, Walmart; and Megan Tullock, NWA Equality.  The discussion will highlight how we can further build equity in our region and together honor and celebrate a significant movement in our history by taking action now and into the future. Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 2 to 4 p.m. Springdale Public Library 405 South Pleasant Street Springdale, AR 72764

Congratulations Keaton

 in Current Events

Keaton Smith won the School Board open seat hands down thanks to you, friends. Next we need to stay tuned to what’s going on at school board meetings, when controversy may begin to rear its ugly head. Well-know community leader and community servant, environmentalist, founder of mixed-income neighborhood communities, father and husband. Keaton has served one powerful term on the school board and proven himself to be a firm advocate for education and children.

Types of Love

 in Current Events

Joanie is a founding member of Omni Center’s first steering committee. She’s still thinking and writing about peace and love after all these years. Come by for some deep discussion of this topic, that becomes ever more important as tensions and polarization increase in the world.

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #126, MAY 17,  2023

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-126-may-17.html Abel Tomlinson.  No War, Abolish Nuclear Weapons Demonstration May 27.3 Films about Nuclear World War III.Joshua Frank’s new book Atomic Days about Hanford nuclear waste storage.Schools of Mass Destruction include UAF. No War with Russia and China, Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Free AssangeDear Friends,Our next Monthly Antiwar Protest will be May 27th at 11 A.M. at Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville.  We are holding monthly protests calling for No War with Russia and China, which pose a threat of nuclear war and human extinction.  We are calling for No Nuclear War.  Most of our signs will always keep this message front and center, and that will be […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #127, MAY 15, 2023

 in Climate Memo Mondays

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-127-may-15.html Pope Francis.  Laudato Si’, Praise Be To You FCNL.  Solving Complex Converging Problems. Art Hobson.  The Car Culture Is One of Those Problems. 17,000 Aukland Youth Strike.  “High Tide. Don’t Hide.” RESISTANCE TO CLIMATE CHANGEThe Letter: A Message for our Earth The Letter: A Message for our Earth is a 2022 documentary film presented by YouTube Originals, telling the story of the Laudato Si’ encyclical by Pope Francis. The film was produced by Oscar-winning Off the Fence Productions and directed by Nicolas Brown, in partnership with the Laudato Si’ Movement. Wikipedia.   Initial release: October 4, 2022 Laudato Si’ = Praise Be […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #125, MAY 10, 2023

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-125-may-10.html CONTENTSGerry Sloan.  “Priorities.”Sara Flounders.  China Encircled, Taiwan a Pawn.George Paulson.  RFK Jr.’s Presidential Run, The MICC, and the    Democratic PartyRFK Jr., Candidate for President, and Col. Macgregor on Ukraine War PRIORITIES by Gerry SloanWe must stoke the flames of fearso that our war profiteerscan be multi-orgasmic.Otherwise perhapsour economy would collapse.   CHINA ENCIRCLED BY ASIAN VERSION OF US/NATOSara Flounders.   “Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China.”  April 27, 2023  (more by CovertAction Magazine).    (Posted Apr 29, 2023).  U.S. threats and escalating demands to sanction China will severely damage the economies of Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. To force high-tech companies […]

-OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #126, MAY 8, 2023

 in Climate Memo Mondays

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-126-may-8-2023.html Scott Scheffer.   Coverage of extremely destructive weather in the Global South  is slanted, biased, and Eurocentric.Álvaro J. de Regil.   “The Unbearable Unawareness of Our Ecological Existential Crisis.”  Scott Scheffer.    “While Biden unleashes climate bomb in Alaska, Cyclone Freddy ravages eastern Africa.”  Editor.  Mronline.org (4-22-23).  Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha  on April 13, 2023 by (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  |  (Posted Apr 21, 2023).  Climate Change, Environment, Imperialism, MediaAfrica, Americas, United StatesNewswireCyclone Freddy, President Joe Biden The U.S. corporate-controlled media are concealing the climate crisis’s severity and breadth. Coverage of extremely destructive weather is so slanted, biased, and Eurocentric that people in the United States and Europe may not […]