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Earth Day Activities at Hobbs State Park

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

Good Books for Good Mental Health

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Logan Hubberd from the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute in Fayetteville, has been developing programs to help foster community within their clinic. It’s to provide more resources to the patients and aid in their treatment. A program he’s working on is adding a community library to the clinic so the patients can have access to literature, and provide some group activities, like book discussions. Logan plans to add bookshelves – or “Little Libraries” around the clinic. But his primary focus right now is to add a bookshelf to the waiting area that gets most traffic. He reached out to Omni asking if our […]

Citizens Climate Lobby meeting after all this time!

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Signs of spring and covid lifting Sunday April 2 – 2:00 pm – Jason’s Deli We’re so excited to meet you in person and talk together about next steps!  Please let us know if there is anything in particular you would like to get out of the gathering/anything that would be most helpful to you. You’re most welcome to bring a friend or two.  Jan Shaper, Joanna Michener for Citizens Climate Lobby 7 More Years To Do This!