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OMNI's annual Spring benefit
2012 Peace Gardens Tour !
Saturday May 26 from 10-3
Tickets $10, available at every garden.
Information and tour map here!
AND !
OMNI Center's spring cleaning book sale!
Sat May 26, 9-4 and Sun May 27, 1-5
3274 North Lee Avenue, Fayetteville
Free Bradley Manning Event
Friday, June 1, 2012, 4:30-6:00pm
Mt. Sequoyah Retreat & Conference Center
Parker Hall, Admission is Free
In August 1990, Marine artilleryman Corporal Jeff Paterson became the first of many US military personnel to refuse to fight in Iraq. Today Jeff helps lead the campaign to support Bradley Manning, accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower, and is the project director of Courage to Resist, an Oakland-based organization dedicated to supporting GI war resisters and conscientious objectors.
Jeff will be in Fayetteville on Friday June 1 to speak at Mt. Sequoyah Retreat. This event coincides with the GI Rights Hotline annual conference at Mt. Sequoyah Retreat, for which OMNI Center is providing transportation and hospitality.
More information about this event here.
Video Underground Presents: Koch Brothers Exposed -- A Fayetteville Movie Premiere!
Sunday June 10, 6:30pm, at OMNI Center
3274 North Lee Avenue, Fayetteville
This hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst is the lates from acclaimed director Robert Greenwald. The average citizen has no idea of the corporate motives behind Charles and David Koch's political machine. Yet as the Koch Brothers use their billions to put a stranglehold on American democracy the 99% has begun to awaken to the dangers presented in the philosophy that "corporations are people."
See the trailer here!
Tree Art by Donna Stjerna and local artists
These lovely creations started out as paper boxes that Donna hand-crafted out of her own recycled junk mail. She distributed them among artist friends, asking each to create art honoring trees. The resulting treasures were auctioned off on April 21 at the "Speak for the Trees" gala event, sponsored by OMNI-UA, with proceeds benefitting the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation.
Photos by Kirk Lanier
"Speak for the Trees" Art Show and Concert by Still on the Hill and friends
This high-energy concert, sponsored by OMNI-UA, honored all trees and especially the Ozark Chinquapin, a magnificient species common in this area until chestnut blight nearly caused its extinction in the 1960's. A handful of these trees scattered in different states have survived and appear to be resistant to the blight. The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation is cross-pollenating those remaining trees, harvesting the resulting seeds and nurturing new seedlings in an effort to create a blight resistant strain that can be reintroduced to the Ozark region. Since Ozark Chinquapins deliver more nutritional value to forest creatures than any other tree, their return to the ecosystem will have a positive ripple effect on almost every species in the region. Proceeds from the concert and art auction benefit the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation.
Photos of concert and art show by Kirk Lanier
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Youth Program Web pages have resources worth watching!
We've been working long and hard to make them amazing.
We still have a long way to go, but many of them are up and viewable right now!
Learn more about how the OMNI Center is empowering and inspiring youth!
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