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Omni Statement on War in Israel / Gaza
OMNI unequivocally stands with our Jewish and Muslim community members and neighbors, and vows to be a space of refuge for all. We stand against bias in our community and condemn those who wish to stereotype others and perpetuate hate/violence.
OMNI unequivocally stands against Hamas and all those who enrich and support them. The slaughter of human beings is never a move towards justice and Hamas is a danger to both the Israeli and Palestinian people. We understand that people are not their government.
OMNI unequivocally stands with the Palestinian people and all oppressed people around the globe. There is no justification for the bombardment of innocent people’s homes nor the breaking of international law. There is no justification for dehumanizing people.
OMNI unequivocally stands against illegal Israeli settlements in the West bank, state sanctioned violence, and the creation of enforced borders. We believe that no human should control another, that governments cannot own the earth, and that state violence doesn’t create safety.
OMNI unequivocally stands in support of peace and against war and violence. We agree with MLK that, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
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OMNI calls for the release of all Hostages held by Hamas, the release of all nonviolent political prisoners held by the Israeli state, an immediate ceasefire, and a return of gas, water, internet, electricity, medical care, and international aid to Gazan civilians.
OMNI calls on you as Omni members to have respectful conversations with your friends and family and to call your representatives both local and national, to demand a ceasefire.
To find your representatives information go to: https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/
For a script and automated phone call download the app “5 calls”
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If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this statement or any related issues please feel free to reach out to an Omni Board member at: omni@omnicenter.org
For more information about this conflict:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/podcasts/the-daily/israel-palestine-1948.html (Transcript attached)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza-letter-from-palestine/
OMNI HAPPENINGS
Article by Joanna Person-Michener
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Fayetteville- … UUers deeply value the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part, ,which is our 7th principle. This principle calls us to environmental appreciation, stewardship and protection….
Kelly Holst Memorial
MAY 4, 2024 at 7PM OMNI CENTER 3272 N. Lee Ave Steve Holst and Burnetta Hinterthuer invite Omni friends to share memories of Steve’s mother, Kelly at her musical memorial service. You’ll remember her from…
Friends of Palestine fundraiser – Jude Brothers
April 27 – doors open 6:30 at Omni To benefit UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees who are feeding and caring for people in Palestine but underfunded as the…
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Earth Day Festival
We celebrate Earth Day each year with a family-friendly festival, complete with interactive activities, crafts, games, and live music. Guests are invited to celebrate our common home, the earth, and to commit to protecting and…
2nd NWA Labor Spring Tackles Inequality, Outsourcing, Marginalization
The program is free, and the public is welcome. The 2024 NWA Teach-In will highlight the ways that labor unions and collective action can lessen the most pressing problems facing working people in the Ozarks…
Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville. What’s next?
City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Next steps: Help Mayor Jordan form a STRONG Task Force to to the job….
Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville
City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Dear Housing Action Community, This is Billy with Arkansas Renters United, and I have…
Open Mic April CANCELED ‘CAUSE OF ECLIPSE !
After much discussion, we have decided to cancel OMNI Open Mic for April 7th. The Eclipse, the next day, is looming large, and it seems most everyone has a plan that conflicts with that Sunday, including…
Helping build a future for the next generation of peace people … It’s for all of us
Greetings Peace People out there
To build a future, Omni suggests that Fayetteville build a timebank. In fact it’s already under construction. It’s a good vehicle for creating connection and cohesion, and helping communities get themselves through hard times.
This is Fayetteville. Connected and cohesive is what we want to be, because
we’re all in this together. We have history to build on that will let us do that
when other communities find it a far stretch. One lesson of covid might be that we’ve been shown where healing needs to happen, so we can go there to heal.
Here lies the work of peace.
hOurWorld.org—An internati onal network of neighbors helping neighbors. https://hourworld.org/
Timebank.org—Building the timebanking movement https://timebanks.org/
What is a timebank?
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Time-Based Currency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time –
based_currency
Timebanking: An Idea Whose Time Has Come – Yes Magazine 2011
About the time of the Occupy Movement, and during the post-2008 economic crash time-banks got some good press. Cooperative currencies like time dollars are especially helpful during hard economic times. Thankfully, the economy is strong now, but no one expects that to last forever.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/
economy/2011/11/18/time -banking-an-idea-whose-ti me -has-come
NPR 2011 Beyond Barter: Banking on Connections
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/19/138510242/beyond-bartering-banking-oncommunity-connections
The Timebank Solution – Stanford Social Innovation Review 2015. Interview with Time-banks founder Edgar Cahn and Christine Gray
https://ssir.org/arti cles/entry/
the_ti me_bank_solution
OMNI CARES
With many, if not all, of OMNI’s Happenings and Events canceled or postponed we want to focus on the immediate needs of our community during COVID-19. This is a list of local help and resources for us all.
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