Anti-Trans bills spew out of Little Rock
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New Beginnings Needs Some Help
New Beginnings is a micro home village in South Fayetteville that houses 20 formerly-homeless people giving them a brand new start in life. If you know New Beginnings you know they’re already accomplishing some powerful changes in their people’s lives. If you’re not familiar, here is their website to get a taste of their work. Right now New Beginnings is fundraising for their Stepping Stone Gardens. You would never believe the impact of 8 tiny garden beds! New Beginnings is doubling our garden beds and hiring a garden coach. We’ve found gardening helps increase self worth! NWA Gives on April 6th […]
How to Host a Climate Potluck for Earth Day
April 22-29 Omni Center and the NWA Time Exchange want to encourage members and friends to honor Earth Day. We support all groups who hold events and great outdoor activities that help us remember. Something else that needs to be done is for families and friends to begin connecting around this big issue. A way to do that might be for us to invite each other over for potluck, and just talk about what we’re already doing to help the Earth (lots of Omni folks are doing things) and what our growing edge about climate change might be. The potluck […]
Earth Day Activities at Hobbs State Park
Saturday, April 15th: Activities from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day and the 100th anniversary of Arkansas State Parks! Food trucks will be selling food and drinks. A percentage of sales benefits the park. 9:00-11:00 a.m.: Birds and Breakfast: See live songbirds captured in the park by ornithologists and then help release the birds after learning more about them. Breakfast snacks and beverages will be provided. Event sponsors: Bluebird Shed, 3-D Pet Products, and Friends of Hobbs. 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.: Educational booths and kids crafts. Come and go as you please. Booths will be on the Ozark Plateau Trail next to […]
WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #119, MARCH 29, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/war-watch-wednesdays-119-march-29-2023.html COST OF US WARSTom Dispatch. Intro. to Astore’s “America Hangs from a Cross of Iron.”20TH ANNIVERSARY OF US INVASION OF IRAQJUAN COLE. “The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later:How Washington Lost Its Moral Compass in Iraq.”US INVASION OF IRAQ AND US MAINSTREAM MEDIA Norman Solomon. “The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion.”TEXTSTom Dispatch. “William Astore, [$Costs of War$] ‘America Hangs from a Cross of Iron.’” March 21, 2023.Just in case you were wondering where your tax dollars went in this century, consider the American war, now 20 years old, in Iraq (and after 2014 in Syria as […]
OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #120, MARCH 27, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/omni-climate-memo-mondays-120-march-27.html SOLUTIONS TO THE EMERGENCY.UN’S GUTERRES, IPCC Truths. Climate Action NowADG Reports UN Reality Reports.Expanding Public AwarenessNew Weeklies on Climate from The New Republic and Citizens’ Climate Lobby CCLBuilding Coalitions ALEC CONNON. “Peoples’ Earth Week.”International StrategiesChristina Ergas. “Surviving Collapse Through Social Transformation and Regeneration.” John Bellamy Foster. “Ecology and the Future of History.” UNITED NATIONS GUTERRES, CLIMATE ACTION NOW Demanding Swift Action, UN Chief Calls IPCC Report a ‘Survival Guide for Humanity’ Common Dreams (3-20-23). “We must move into warp-speed climate action now. We don’t have a moment to lose,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. [For the complete message click on […]
Comments needed on LEARNS law, before it takes effect
Little Rock Central High School students protest LEARNS bill From Senator Greg Leding – greg@gregleding.com SB294 is now law as of last Tuesday, Next up for the controversial legislation: Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva’s gearing up to collect public feedback as part of the process to promulgate rules and regulations to put LEARNS into effect. (It’s also possible the law will face legal challenges.) What you can do this week Whatever your feelings about the LEARNS Act, now that it’s law, the state must put in place rules and regulations to enforce it. In a recent interview, Secretary of Education […]
April Open Mic for Peace
Sunday April 2 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Spring Open Mic may be on the patio this month…. if weather permits. It’s just so pleasant when it’s pleasant out there. The birds can sing along with the musicians and it’ll be lovely!