February Open Mic has Green Theme

The Omni Coffeehouse on Sunday, February 5, 7-9 pm will feature a

Green Theme

You're welcome to share anything you'd like,

 but we encourage you to bring
stories, songs, readings, dances, artwork (your own or others')
of up to 5-6 minutes in length
on the related topics of

deep ecology

climate change

environmental protection

love and appreciation for the earth

communion with any aspect of nature

unusual or mysterious experiences in nature

Our guest host this month will be Geoff Oelsner

In keeping with this month's green theme, Geoff will share some stories

of communion with nature from his just-published new book,

A Country Where All Colors
Are Sacred and Alive

(A Memoir of Non-Ordinary Experience

and Collaboration with Nature)

(Lorian Press, 2012)

JOIN US!

Veggie Potluck Jan 11

Hey Potluckies!
I hope you will join us at the OMNI Center Bennett House

Wednesday, January 11th at 6:30pm

and bring some yummy vegetarian food to share

Despite the deluge last month, we enjoyed Kristin's Curried Lentil Stew, Brenda's 7 Layer Dip, Ann's Pesto-Miso Pasta Salad, Barbara's Vegetable Stew, hot fresh Cornbread from Gladys, and Sejay's Egg Custard. 

We decided to postpone viewing the movie Forks Over Knives until this month.  The film tells several inspiring stories of health improvements from people who tried the Forks Over Knives diet, free of all animal products.  There's some excellent and compelling info in the film, but a long but thorough critique can be found here:

http://rawfoodsos.com/2011/09/22/forks-over-knives-is-the-science-legit-a-review-and-critique Come see for yourselves and decide what you think!

Check out the OMNI Vegetarian Potluck page on the OMNI website. Facebook users can join our group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/omni.veggie/

You needn't be vegetarian to attend these potlucks, just interested and willing to try new things.

Car directions to OMNI: Take College to Harold St (at Flying Burrito), turn east (right if you're heading north). Go one block to Lee and turn left. Go one block to Bertha and you’re there. Gray brick on the right.

  

Hope to see you there,  Dan

Video Underground: Pray The Devil Back to Hell

Sunday January 8 - 6:30 pm - OMNI

"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" is the story of war-torn Liberia... the way it was only a few years ago.  Wild gangs of starved young men roam the streets robbing, looting, raping, pillaging.  But then one woman had a dream.

This is partly the story of Laymah Gbowee, but it's truely the story of the women of Liberia.  After years of difficult struggle - but not too many - Liberia elected its first woman president, who (with Gbowee) went on to recieve the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

You'll want to see this inspiring film, and talk about it after.  See you Sunday.

Video Underground - A Force More Powerful 2

A Force More Powerful

Continues Sunday, December 11 at OMNI Center

7:00p.m., 75 min. 

Contact: Gladys Tiffany 935-4422; Dick Bennett  442-4600,  

A FORCE MORE POWERFUL:   NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE -- IT CAN HAPPEN

VIDEO UNDERGROUND, OMNI VIDEO SERIES:   Causes, Consequences, and Cures of US Militarism, Wars, and Empire

The Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Film, A Force More Powerful, recounts six successful nonviolent revolutions.

A Force More Powerful depicts the Danish resistance to Nazi Occupation, the Polish Solidarity Movement, and the Chilean democracy movement to oust Augusto Pinochet.

The film will be shown at OMNI Sunday, Dec. 11, 6:30.   OMNI is located at 3274 Lee Ave., Fayetteville, a block north of Office Depot.

Part One was shown Sunday, November 13, at OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, 87 min.   Three sections:  From Gandhi sprang the Birmingham Sit-ins and eventual rejection of Jim Crow Segregation in the South.  Gandhi’s Salt March, the Indian national uprising, and overthrow of British rule of India.   The boycotts in the Eastern Cape Province as part of the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.

More about the film

A Force More Powerful explores 6 successful nonviolent movements in the 20th century starting (Disk One) with Gandhi's leadership of the Indian Independence movement/the Salt March, the U.S. civil rights movement/the first Sit-ins, the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa/the boycotts in the Eastern Cape Province and (Disk Two) continuing with the Danish resistance to Nazi Occupation, the Polish Solidarity Movement, and the Chilean democracy movement to oust Augusto Pinochet.

A Force More Powerful is a 1999 feature-length documentary film and a 2000 PBS series written and directed by Steve York about non-violent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall.     Peter Ackerman was the series editor and principal content advisor.

The film was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program.

A Force More Powerful is also the name of the companion book to the PBS series, authored by DuVall and Peter Ackerman.  The book was published with Palgrave Macmillan and has been recognized as an important resource for peace education. Call your bookstore to order a copy.   Nightbird has copies ready for purchase.

In 2006, the team behind the film, TV series, and book released a nonviolent video game developed by Breakaway Games with the same title. The video game was designed to teach the waging of conflict using nonviolent methods. Ivan Marović, one of the leaders of the Serbian student movement called Otpor!,

was one of the designers.

Video Underground November

A Force More Powerful

Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Sunday Nov 13, 6:30 pm @ OMNI

VIDEO UNDERGROUND, OMNI VIDEO SERIES:   Causes, Consequences, and Cures of US Militarism, Wars, and Empire

Part One:   Sunday, November 13, 6:30, at OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, and Ecology, 87 min.   Three sections:  From Gandhi sprang the Birmingham Sit-ins and eventual rejection of Jim Crow Segregation IN the South.  Gandhi’s Salt March, the Indian national uprising, and overthrow of British rule of India.   The boycotts in the Eastern Cape Province as part of the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.

Part Two:   A Force More Powerful will continue Sunday, December 11, 6:30, 75 min.   It depicts the Danish resistance to Nazi Occupation, the Polish Solidarity Movement, and the Chilean democracy movement to oust Augusto Pinochet.

About the film

A Force More Powerful explores 6 successful nonviolent movements in the 20th century starting (Disk One) with Gandhi's leadership of the Indian Independence movement, the U.S. civil rights movement, the boycotts in the Eastern Cape Province as part of the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa, and (Disk Two) continuing with the Danish resistance to Nazi Occupation, the Polish Solidarity Movement, and the Chilean democracy movement to oust Augusto Pinochet.

A Force More Powerful is a 1999 feature-length documentary film and a 2000 PBS series written and directed by Steve York about non-violent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall.     Peter Ackerman was the series editor and principal content advisor.

The film was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program.

A Force More Powerful is also the name of the companion book to the PBS series, authored by DuVall and Peter Ackerman.  The book was published with Palgrave Macmillan and has been recognized as an important resource for peace education. Call your bookstore to order a copy.   Nightbird has copies ready for purchase.

In 2006, the team behind the film, TV series, and book released a nonviolent video game developed by Breakaway Games with the same title. The video game was designed to teach the waging of conflict using nonviolent methods. Ivan Marović, one of the leaders of the Serbian student movement called Otpor!, was one of the designers.