May 13, 2007
OMNI
CENTER NEWSLETTER
Editor: Melanie Dietzel, 479-442-8600 Pease send
upcoming events to this email address:
melaniedietzel@cox.net
OMNI CENTER---UPCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS and CALENDAR
Special Upcoming Event
--June 9, Saturday, Annual Peace and Justice Heroes Banquet,
St. Paul ’s Parish Hall.
Social Hour at 6:00p.m. with dinner and program to follow.
This is one of Omni’s brightest annual events. We will award
four Peace and Justice Heroes Awards, and recognize our
fourteen recipients from around the state (Recipients names
will be released this week). We will be served a gourmet
vegetarian meal prepared by Sue Lovett and be entertained by
John Ray and Off the Wall. By paid reservation only. Deadline
for reservations is May 25. The cost is $20.00. To make a
reservation, contact Gladys Tiffany 973-9049 or
gladystiffany@yahoo.com or mail check made out to Omni Center
(please write P & J dinner on memo line) and mail to Omni
Center , 902 W. Maple, Fayetteville , AR 72701 . If you would
like to receive an invitation next year, please notify the
Omni Center with your mailing address.
Omni/Community Access Television (C.A.T.) Connections
Omni C.A.T. Forum Schedule:
Tuesdays, 5/1 and 5/8 6:00p.m.
Thursdays, 5/3 and 5/10 6:00p.m.
Saturday, 5/6 2:00p.m.
Free Speech TV (FSTV) sponsored by Omni - 3:00a.m. –
9:00a.m. – FSTV: the world's largest collection of
alternative TV and numerous ideas for organizing, protesting,
celebrating, researching, investigating, speaking, raising
hell. www.freespeechtv.com (FSTV will be off the air on
C.A.T. until May 20 due to the FSTV Fundraiser).
Democracy NOW with Amy Goodman: Daily 7:00a.m., Sundays
6:00p.m. From Amy Goodman, we hear the news that will never be
reported in the mainstream media. (Democracy NOW will be off
the air on C.A.T. until May 20 due to the FSTV Funraiser).
Omni Book Samplers: Book Samplers give a five minute book
report or read a five minute excerpt from a book. Omni Book
Samplers include Dick Bennett, Jon Zimmer, Mendy Knott, Tom
Kennedy
Short Takes: Taping at C.A.T.
New Taping Schedule:
Every Monday night, from 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m., C.A.T. will be
doing Short Takes live. This will be a great opportunity for
time sensitive material, live entertainment, or anything else
that is expressive.
For the folks who don't want to go on camera live, you can
still record your short take from 6:00p.m.-6:30p.m Mondays,
and on Tuesdays from 12 noon – 1:30p.m. Both the live and
recorded short takes will air the following week as usual. If
anyone has any comments or questions, please feel free to
contact C.A.T.
Viewing Times: 11:00a.m., 5:00p.m., 11:00p.m.
Omni News and Current Events featured on Short Takes:
Presented by Cliff Hughes, Dick Bennett
--May 17, Thursday,5:30p.m., Medea Benjamin at U of A - OMNI
at the University of Arkansas for Peace, Justice and Ecology
is hosting activist Medea Benjamin on Thursday, May 17, 2007.
She had been scheduled to speak two weeks prior, but an
invitation to meet personally with Hugo Chavez delayed her
visit.
Medea Benjamin will speak on “Building a Global Movement for
Peace and Justice” in Giffels Auditorium. A book signing will
follow. She will also teach a workshop on non-violent civil
disobedience at 8pm in the Student Union’s bridge, also known
as the Connections Lounge. Both events are free and open to
the public.
Medea Benjamin was nominated as one of 1,000 exceptional
women from around the world to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
She is the co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a women's
group pushing for a reorientation of budget priorities in the
US to focus on heath care, education, and housing. She is
also Founding Director of Global Exchange, and has written
several books, including most recently “Stop the Next War Now”
which will be available for purchase at the book signing
following the 5:30pm speech. For more information call
479-495-1316.
-- May 17, 1954 - The United States Supreme Court rejected
segregation and the separate but equal doctrine.
--May 20, Sunday 6:30p.m., HOWL (Her Words Out Loud), at
Nightbird Books, 557 S. School, #103, Fayetteville . - HOWL:
Women's Open Mic happens the third Sunday of each month at
Nightbird Bookstore. At HOWL, women are invited to read poems
(their own or another woman writer's), share short prose or
sing at an open mic forum hosted by Mendy Knott. So come read,
sing or play your work to a really receptive audience. It's a
great place to "try out" new work, shares your
masterpieces, or read for the very first time. Men and women
are warmly invited to attend this celebration of women's
words. Nightbird Books is located in the old mill buildings at
the corner of School and 6th ST . Their phone number is
443-2080. Reading starts at 6:30 but come early to sign up to
read, browse the books and enjoy the good company. For HOWL
questions or to join our mailing list, email
howl@herwords.org. HOWL is a collaboration between Herwords
and Omni, supported Nightbird Books in Fayetteville , AR.
--May 24, Thursday, 5:30p.m. Potluck, 6:00p.m. Business
Meeting – Omni Center Steering Committee Meeting
--May 27, Sunday, 7:30p.m.(Note the Summer time change) THE
GROUND TRUTH:
After the Killing Ends – Video Underground’s Memorial Day
Special is Patricia Foulkrod's documentary takes an
unflinching look at the training and dehumanization of US
soldiers, from Marine Corps boot camp to combat in Iraq .
After their combat ends, these soldiers discover
they are left with few resources and families that cannot
understand what they have seen or done. The film follows these
individuals as they return home and struggle to adapt to
their new lives.
Video Underground shows FREE political, social, and current
event videos every second and fourth Sunday of the month at
7:30 pm. These movies are shown at the OMNI CENTER FOR PEACE,
JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY located at 902 W. Maple in Fayetteville ,
on the main floor of the Presbyterian and Disciples United
Campus Ministry.
Visit us: http://www.northwest-ark.com/vu/
--May 28, Monday – Amnesty International Day
--May 28, Monday – Memorial Day
--June 3, Sunday, 11:00a.m.-3:00p.m. Fayetteville Peace
Gardens Tour – The Fayetteville Peace Gardens Tour was created
to promote spaces dedicated to deepening reflection about
peace and justice, and to environmental stewardship--secure
places for species habitat--, and to promote connecting
communities and species into a world peace network. As the
development of public, community peace gardens is a sign of
civic maturity, the development of private peace gardens
signifies the coming of age for an individual, reflecting the
longing for world peace, social justice, and environmental
stewardship.
This self-guided tour will showcase private gardens dedicated
to peace. They are part of OMNI's Peace Gardens Network of
twenty gardens in Fayetteville , and others in northwest
Arkansas . Tickets for the tour can be purchased in advance by
sending your check for $10 to OMNI, 2103 Loren Circle ,
Fayetteville , AR 72701 , or at any of the gardens on the day
of the event. Visitors to the gardens will spend the day
enjoying beautiful private gardens featuring diverse
landscapes and design ideas for sun and shade. Each of the
gardens has a unique personality.
(See Dick Bennett’s “A Philosophy of Peace Places” below)
--June 9, Saturday, 6:00p.m., Omni Center ’s Peace and Justice
Heroes Awards Dinner. (see details above)
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS---UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS
--May 16-17 Transgender Week in Washington D.C. - Transgender
activists will again converge on Capitol Hill in May for
another attempt at passing federal transgender-inclusive
legislation. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition
(NTAC) has announced its Washington DC dates for direct
advocacy with Congress on what’s turning out to be Transgender
Lobby Week.
--May 16 - 17, 2007 Building a Culture of Peace Conference,
Santa Fe , New Mexico - Please join The Peace Company at this
exciting conference. Louise Diamond, author of The Peace Book:
108 Simple Ways to Make a More Peaceful World is the design
coordinator for this conference. Join plenary speakers, Arun
Gandhi, and Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Jody
Williams, and H.H. the Dalai Lama (by video) in a 2 day
inquiry on How we can build a culture of peace in our society.
For more information go to www.santafepeace.org.
--May 19, Saturday, and every third Saturday of the month for
Summer 2007, Gay CampOut at The Blue Heron Ranch in Patrick,
AR (about 28 miles from Fayetteville) - Men, women, and
children are welcome. We will fire up the grill at 6pm. Bring
what you want to grill and to drink. Cost is free if you don't
plan to camp. Campsites are $10 and reservations are needed.
In addition to the monthly CampOut, horseback riding is always
available on Saturdays from 9am - 12noon and from 2pm - 5pm
and on Sundays from 2pm - 5pm. Reservations to ride need to be
made at least 24 hours in advance. Cost for horseback riding
is $40 per rider for the three hour time period reserved.
Riders under age 18 are fully adult supervised by an
experienced rider on staff.
The Blue Heron Ranch is on the Upper White River for cold and
refreshing swimming and tubing so bring your suits. Day use
fee is $5 per person on all Saturdays and Sundays except the
CampOut Saturday when day use is free for the folks coming to
CampOut. For reservations, directions or more
information, please call 479-677-3158 or email
lidasimpson@hotmail.com. Hosted by Kat and Lida
.--June 3, Sunday. Little Rock Capital Pride Event – Little
Rock Capital Pride is holding their third annual Capital Pride
event at the River Market Pavilions. LRCP would like to draw
from the ENTIRE state and as such is looking for groups,
entertainers, vendors, advertisers and sponsors that would
like to participate. For more information, please contact Joe
LaFountaine joe@lrcpride.org or visit http://lrcpride.org “
--June 8th, Friday, 7pm to Midnight, Annual Linking Together
As One Gala, An Affair to Remember - Dine and Dance the
Evening Away to Celebrate our New Community Center - that is
celebrate a "virtual" community center and raise
funds for a "physical" community center - at the
Clarion Inn, Fayetteville, AR. Buffet Dinner, Cocktails,
Entertainment, Dancing, Silent Auction, Speakers , Room at
the Clarion for 2 Raffle $1 per Ticket , Tickets on Sale Now
for only $30
Call Toll Free 1-888-391-9222
--June 14, Thursday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, "Free Consumer
Conservation Class: "More in the Bank, Less From the
Environment" - This mini-workshop to be held at the
Washington County Cooperative Extension
2536 North McConnell Ave (east of the county fair grounds)
will explore how to reduce your personal environmental impact,
save money and increase personal satisfaction. Participants
of Nurtured World’s innovative workshops report an average
cost savings of $1,600 per year and an average carbon dioxide
footprint reduction of 1.6 tons, as well as other
environmental and personal benefits.
The interactive workshop will include a discussion
of the relative impacts of consumer versus industrial
activities, the types of consumer activities that have the
largest impact on the environment, and personal action case
studies. Approaches for effectively addressing personal
environmental impacts will be explored, including how personal
satisfaction, environmental impact, and finances are related.
Attendees will have an opportunity to explore how daily
activities and our relationship with money affect the
environment and how our personal goals can be met more
effectively with lower negative environmental impacts.
Case studies
of successful personal environmental behavior change,
including sustainable food choices, green building, and a
multitude of additional personal choices will be presented
along with results from Nurtured World’s workshops conducted
at venues such as Heifer International, The Arkansas
Department of Environmental Quality, Intel, the National
Guard, The City of Dallas, and numerous other organizations.
Registration is free, but required for material preparation.
Please send your name and number of attendees to
touei@bmswd.com or call 479-846-4601 to register by Friday
June 8th.
Sponsored by the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District.
Snacks will be provided.
--July 5-8, Thursday – Sunday, 3rd ANNUAL AFRICA IN THE OZARKS
FESTIVAL, Eureka Springs , AR
- Drum and Dance Classes each day by Master Teachers
- Performances by Master Drummers and Dancers on Fri and Sat
nights
- African Dinner on Thur evening
- Dancing to West African pop band AKWAABA
- African Market vendors
Advanced tickets on sale soon. More information coming soon at
the Afrique Aya website
http://afriqueaya.org
WHAT’S GOING
ON?---CURRENT EVENTS
LOCALLY:
OMNI NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF TABLE AT FARMER’S MARKET
Want to volunteer to help Omni, but you’re limited on time. If
you have an hour or two to donate on a Saturday morning, Omni
needs you. We have an information table set up at Farmer’s
Market every Saturday morning throughout the summer and fall.
People stop by to sign petitions, pick up free information
sheets, buy buttons or bumper stickers, or, sometimes, just to
visit. This is a great way to offer some time to Omni’s
mission for a culture of peace in an earth restored. It’s also
fun to be in the social hub of Fayetteville on a Saturday
morning. If you’d like to spend an hour or two staffing the
Omni Table, please contact Melanie Dietzel 442-8600 or
melaniedietzel@cox.net
A PHILOSOPHY OF PEACE PLACES
by Dick Bennett
Unity of Land, Species,
Gardens, and Politics
Belief in both personal and social restoration from
association with naturalness is hundreds of years old.
William Wordsworth, for example, found in his English Lake
District, its flowers and paths, its mountains and vistas,
resources for reconstituting spiritual and political life.
Perhaps the need for relationship with the
natural outdoors, is even stronger today, as we experience not
only the pressures of urban living and the increasing
elimination of plants and animals through the destruction of
their habitats, but also as we contemplate the destruction of
life itself. I am reminded of something Robert Jay Lifton
wrote in an essay entitled "A Nuclear Age Ethos."
"We face a new dimension of destruction," he wrote,
"of an end." In response, Lifton commits himself
and invites us to the "collective human power on
behalf.of human survival."
We would today enlarge that commitment to include
the survival of all species, and to human, humane relationship
with other species. We would not numb ourselves either to the
dangers of our world or to its destruction, we would not use
gardens to escape, but we would turn for peace to beauty and
love in response to this destruction, by engaging and
appreciating and defending the lives--the life--of the earth
in our own yards.
In 2006 and 2007 our awareness of the dangers
and the need for our commitment have increased with our
knowledge of the rapid onslaught of global warming. With
these gardens we provide our own personal shield against
warming, which connects us with gardeners throughout the
world, who are calling upon the leaders of the world to
provide wise leadership. Let us hope they have experienced a
Peace Garden , and have a Peace Garden , where that wisdom can
grow.
OFF the Wall to Play at the Fayetteville public
library’s Thursday happy hour
The eclectic local band, Off-the-Wall, will be
making music at the Fayetteville Public Library on Thursday
May 17, from 4-6p.m. by the Arsaga's coffeehouse, exchanging
lots of tasty tunes for some scrumptious scones and
capuccinos.
The Off the Wall Band are Johnny Ray, Carolyn
Swaney, Jeremy Hess, David Schoen, and Marc Quigley
They will share some original songs, some cover songs, and
some surprises!
INVITATION FROM THE ARKANSAS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Join us for the Grand Opening of the US Third
Congressional District Arkansas Democratic Party Headquarters
When: Tuesday, May 15th, 5:30 PM
Where: 1806 East Robinson Rd. /highway 412E, Springdale (
East Plaza Shopping Center
Special Guest: Bill Gwatney, AR DPA Chairman
For more information or to arrange for carpools, call
479-750-7700 (office) or 479-631-1500 (Lu Burgner)
sbrown@arkdems.org
May at Wattle Hollow
--May 19 & 20,Saturday & Sunday: Ayurveda and Asana
Two highly skilled and delightful yogis from Barefoot
Studio in Little Rock will guide us towards body/mind
rejuvenation, via yoga asanas, pranayama, meditation, and food
consciousness.
Cost: $165. includes lodging, meals and instruction
Contact Matt and Holly Krepps at 501-661-8005,
mkrepps@sbcglobal.net or barefootstudio.com
-- May 27th, Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Dharma Day
A day of silent Buddhist retreat, in the Vipassana
tradition of sitting, walking and metta meditations.
Instruction will be offered in these techniques. Everyone is
welcome, please reserve ahead. No charge for this day.
Potluck lunch.
Go to wattlehollow.com for more information or call Joy Fox at
479-225-2381.
GLOBAL WARMING PRESENTATION OFFERED BY DR. ART HOBSON
Retired physics professor Dr. Art Hobson has worked up
a 60-minute PowerPoint presentation on
global warming that he recently presented to the League of
Women Voters, followed by questions and discussion. He'd be
happy to give this presentation/discussion to other groups.
Phone him at 479-575-5918 (days), or email ahobson@uark.edu,
if you know of a group that would like to invite him to speak.
OMNI SEEKS STORIES ABOUT PEACEMAKERS
Do you have a story about a peacemaker in Northwest
Arkansas that you’d like to share? OMNI Center wants to
publish your story. For more information visit
www.omnicenter.org
OMNI's 24th Bibliography of books and films
Omni Center’s 24th Bibliography of Books and Films may be
found in OMNI's Web Site. Go to www.omnicenter.org and click
on the Biblio icon. These bibliographies together assure us a
knowledge base for our nonviolent peace, justice, and ecology
work. We have given thought to our actions. Go there for
books on such subjects as activism, African women, Al Jazeera,
animal protection. Entries are cross-referenced: Abu-Ghraib
(Bush, Civil Liberties, Imperialism, Torture, War),
Advertising (Information Control, Commercialism, Media),
Afghanistan (Bush, Empire, Iraq , Terrorism), Affirmative
Action (Civil Rights, Equity, Women).
OMNI MULLINS LIBRARY PEACE BOOK AND
FILM COLLECTION
The endowed collection is composed of four subject areas:
VICTIMS, NONVIOLENCE, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, WHISTLEBLOWING.
Rationale: In a world in which the value of victory over
others too often predominates--militarists, imperialists,
dominionists, bigots-- these books and films foreground the
value of caring for the victims of economic, military, and
religious depredations.
Nonviolence is a chief value underlying the protection and
rescue of the victims of the world. In the word
"Satyagraha," the name Gandhi gave to a way of
overcoming injustice, "satya" means the search for
truth and "agraha" means persistence. Inseparable
from Satyagraha is "Ahimsa"; that is,
"a-himsa" (hims: desiring to kill): the effort to
avoid killing until the desire to kill has been replaced by
love for others and justice.
The "search for" and the "effort to"
remind us of Gandhi's lifelong "experiments with
truth." Investigative journalists and whistleblowers are
two kinds of people who assist us in our search for truth.
Working outside centers of power, these journalists are
dedicated to the persistent exposure of corruption and
discovery of truth, always the essential initial step toward
justice.
Working inside governments and corporations, whistleblowers
take great economic and even life-threatening risks to expose
wrongdoing and return truth and honesty to ruling enterprises.
Thanks to Molly Boyd, Mullins has a news rotator item about
the "Peace" collection. You can see it at
http://libinfo.uark.edu/. You may have to click the reload
button on your browser several times to get it to come up.
Or, you can view it directly through the feeds at
http://libinfo.uark.edu/info/whatsnew.asp. Notice on that
"What's New?" page, we have added a new link to
"Collection News," which features the Omni Center
Collection. You can access it directly on
http://libinfo.uark.edu/info/collectionnews/collectionnewsfall06.asp.
NATIONAL
Rep. John Boozman votes against
the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
237 votes against hate. Rep. Boozman was not one of
them.
Last week's House hate crimes vote was no easy
victory. Rep. Boozman voted against the Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which passed by a
strong vote of 237 to 180.
Human Rights Campaign supporters helped inundate Congress with
more than 80,000 calls and e-mails to Representatives.
Despite the vote count, this was a close one. On
Thursday morning, hours before the vote, Judy Shepard, mother
of Matthew Shepherd, who was brutally murdered October 12,
1998, addressed a group of Representatives, speaking to them
of the personal pain of losing her son, and making it clear
once again just why we need this law. A handful of those
Representatives walked into that meeting not knowing how they
would vote. Then they listened to Judy and to David O'Malley,
the Laramie , Wyoming sheriff who was the lead investigator
in the Matthew Shepard case, and whose political views were
deeply changed by the experience. That meeting made several
Representatives realize they had a moral obligation to vote in
support of the bill.
And a few hours later, after beating back a last-ditch attempt
to kill the bill with a "poison pill" amendment, the
bill passed.
Opposition from anti-gay groups will intensify as this bill
moves to the Senate as the Matthew Shepard Act, championed by
Senators Kennedy (D-MA) and Smith (R-0R). The bill's
detractors know their support is slim – 73% of Americans
support this legislation – so they'll continue promoting lies
and fear to prevent the bill’s passage.
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A DELEGATE ON A CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKING TEAM
Delegations are a primary way to become involved in the
work of CPT. Christian Peacemaker Teams sends short-term (7-14
day) peacemaker delegations into crisis settings around the
world. These delegations link communities experiencing
violence with concerned individuals, churches and groups.
Delegations offer participants a first-hand experience of
CPT's on-the-ground experiment in faith-based, active
peacemaking grounded in the transforming power of Gospel
nonviolence.
Delegations are open to all interested people and
do not require specific nonviolence training -- just download
an application below. Delegations are also the first step
for those considering joining CPT's Corps and Reserve Corps of
peacemakers ready to staff CPT's violence-reduction For more
Information Contact:
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Claire Evans, Delegation Coordinator
Box 6508, Chicago , IL 60680
Tel. 773 277-0253
Fax. 773 277-0291
E-mail delegations@cpt.org
Dick has a copies of their newsletter, "Signs of the Time
RESPONSIBLE SHOPPER ALERTS SHOPPER ABOUT CORPORATE SOCIAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Responsible Shopper alerts the public about the social and
environmental impact of major corporations, and provides
opportunities for consumers and investors to vote with their
dollars for change.
We focus our research on companies that are
subjects of consumer and shareholder action campaigns, and
that have significant influence in their industry. Changing
these companies could lead to significant industry-wide
reform. http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/
Join a summer delegation to Israel/Palestine
From May 26 though June 9, American Friends
Service Committee (AFSC) and the Interfaith Peace-Builders
will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel/Palestine. By
participating, you can gain a deeper understanding of the
Israeli/Palestinian conflict as you meet courageous Israelis
and Palestinians working for peace and justice, and witness
the current realities of life in Israel and the occupied
Palestinian territories.
Cost: $1,850 (not including airfare) Application
deadline: April 23 For more information, please contact Adam
Horowitz at (215) 241-7874 or ahorowitz@afsc.org for more
information.
Nonviolent Change spring issue posted on website
The Spring issue of Nonviolent Change is now posted
as a PDF file on their web site:
http://www.nonviolentchangejournal.org/, along with back
issues. A version in web pages will soon be posted, likely
within two weeks. NCJ welcomes submissions of articles,
commentary, reviews, news, media information and announcements
relating to issues of inter and intra community peace. Please
send all submissions to Steve Sachs at: ssachs@earthlink.net.
The next deadline is August 8, for the fall issue.
WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO – HAPPENINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
RAPID RESPONDERS HAVE DYNAMIC MONTH OF LETTER WRITING
Larry Woodall reports an outstanding job of writing and
publishing letters in April! Our group had a total of TWENTY
TWO (22) letters to the editor published. Making contributions
this month were:
Dick Bennett NoWest Ark Times April 1 07; Dick Bennett Ark
Demo-Gazette April 1, 2007; Rod Greig The Morning News April
1, 2007; Maya Porter NWAT April 3 ’07; Larry Woodall NWAT
April 4, 07;
Larry Woodall TMN April 4 2007;Bass Trumbo NWAT April 6,
’07;John Gray TMN;;Norman F. “ Bill ” Williams Northwest Ark
Times April 7, 2007; Tim Lovett ADG April 8 ’07; John Gray
TMN April 8 ‘07
John Gray NWAT April 9 07; Barbara Fitzpatrick ADG April
9, 2007; Coralie Koonce ADG April 17 2007; Barbara
Fitzpatrick TMN April 18; Dick Bennett The Morning News
April 22 ‘07
Larry Woodall TMN April 25, ’07; Lew Huddleston ADG April 26,
2007; Maya Porter ADG&NWAT April 27, 2007; Coralie Koonce
TMN April 29, 2007; Bass Trumbo NWAT April 30, 2007
There are so many good letters representing intelligent
thoughts and insights that it would boggle my mind to attempt
to reduce any of them to a few words.
Photos From John Seed’s visit available for viewing
Aubrey Shepherd reports that we now have photos from John
Seed's visit online at Flickr.com
as well as a big batch from Earth Day at World Peace Wetlands
Prairie, plus a few from
Springfest. More Springfest photos will be up soon.
http://flickr.com/photos/7295307@N02/
Remember to click on the photo (double-click with PCs) to
enlarge. For more detail, there is a tool above the enlarged
version shaped like a magnifying glass, and the words ALL
sizes to enlarge one or more steps up to full original file
size. Please use the comment boxes below photos to help Aubrey
with names of people in
the pictures.
VISIT TO REP.
JOHN BOOZMAN’S OFFICE
On May 11, Sarah and Casey Milford (and there four children),
Marvin Hilton, Karen Idlet, and Dick Bennett visited with Rep.
Boozman’s staff to promote Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Department
of Peace legislation. We also had an opportunity to discuss
other issues. Four staff members spent an hour and a half
with the visitors who brought pies and tea as part of the
nationwide cordial demonstration for a “Peace of the Pie”.
The Omni representative had their ear for over an hour. At the
end of the visit, our Department of Peace committee felt
their was need to further educate Rep. Boozman’s staff about
the Kuchinich campaign for a United States Department of
Peace.
THE COST OF WAR
It's been 1500 days since the beginning of the war in Iraq
American Military Deaths in Iraq
Total In
Combat
Since war began: 3346 2739
Since 5/1/2003: 3207 2631
Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 24,912
23000 – 100000
Iraqi Dead
Min Max
62,570 68,593
Cost
of the War in Iraq
$421,487,246,845
OMNI SEEKS A WORLD FREE OF WAR AND THE THREAT OF WAR, A
SOCIETY WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, A COMMUNITY WHERE
EVERY PERSON’S POTENTIAL MAY BE FULFILLED, AN EARTH RESTORED.
GRASSROOTS NONVIOLENCE, WORLD PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL and
ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROTECTING SPECIES
AND THE EARTH.
CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
--Senator Blanche Lincoln: Web Site (they have contact
links): www.lincoln.senate.gov;
http://www.lincoln.senate.gov/index.cfm;
http://www.lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
· Washington Office: 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0404
Phone: (202) 224-4843 Fax: (202) 228-1371.
· Fayetteville office: 251-1380
--Senator Mark Pryor: Web Site (see contact link):
www.pryor.senate.gov ; http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/
· Washington Office: 217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0403
Phone: (202) 224-2353 Fax: (202) 228-0908
· Main District Office: 500 Pres. Clinton Ave., Suite 401
, Little Rock , AR 72201
Phone: (501) 324-6336 Fax: (501) 324-5320
--Congressman John Boozman, District 3, 12 counties from
Benton to Washington
· Lowell office: 479-725-0400. 213 W. Monroe , Suite K,
72745. Steve Gray, coordinator of office. Web site (with
contact link): http://www.boozman.house.gov/ Heath
Hasenbeck, intern (one of them). Boozman's new office in
Lowell is located at 213 West Monroe in Lowell between I 540
and Business 71. To reach that office take Exit 78 off I -
540 and go east. You will be on Hwy 264 which is also West
Monroe . The office is in the Puppy Creek Plaza , past the
McDonald's on the right. His suite is in the back of the
complex to the left.
· Ft. Smith office: 479-782-7787; 30 South 6th St. Rm 240,
Ft. Smith 72901 .
· Harrison office: 870-741-6900; 402 N. Walnut, Suite 210
, Harrison 72601.
· DC address: 1708 Longworth House Office Bldng.,
Washington, DC 20515; 202-225-4301. Leslie Parker,
appointments secretary: 202-225-4301.
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