This month, we are excited to welcome former WAND board member and chair of Arkansans for the Arts, Garbo Hearne. a group that aims to “serve the people of Arkansas as an independent statewide organization providing leadership focused on the promotion and advancement of the creative economy, on transforming policy in arts education, and uniting the state into one voice with a call to action by policy makers to increase investment in the arts.”

Tuesday, February 25th at 6 p.m. at US Pizza in Hillcrest, 2710 Kavanaugh Blvd. Mark your calendars now!

International Day of Protest

Saturday January 25, 4 PM at the Arkansas State Capitol

It’s a new decade, and there is a new Representative in the State House for District 36. Denise Ennett was the winner in the election held this past September to replace Charles Blake, who resigned to go to work for Mayor Frank Scott Jr.

Rep. Ennett is shown in a photo on her website holding a sign that says, “If you don’t do politics, politics will do you.” Now that’s our kind of woman! Her top issues are economic development, jobs, healthcare, and veterans. She has also worked hard to restore an elected board for the LRSD.

For more information on Rep. Ennett, you can go to her website, her Facebook page, and read her bio on Vote Smart. See you on Tuesday!

We are getting together with our friends at the Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice  for a holiday party. Come join your fellow peace lovers and enjoy the season! Festive libations, nibbles, and fellowship promised.

Why We Need to Abolish
the Death Penalty in Arkansas!

Judith Elane, and Furunda Bransfield will lead the discussion

Judith Elane
Judith is a life long opponent of the death penalty and a member of the Board of the Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Her opposition was first articulated by the adage, “Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?” It has never made sense to her, even after the shooting death of her older brother.

In light of the re-activation of the federal death penalty, she will discuss some of the ways in which the death penalty is obsolete. She will be accompanied by Furonda Brasfield, Executive Director of the ACADP. 

Bring a dish to share

Bread and drinks provided

All are welcome!

ANTI-WAR WORKSHOP FOLLOW-UP

Are you tired of the never-ending wars the U.S. is waging? Do you want to be a more effective lobbyist for peace?

This month’s program will be a follow-up to the Anti-War workshop to be held on Saturday, June 8, sponsored by ACPJ and Little Rock Quaker Meeting, and led by a member of the Friends Committee on National Legislation. If you are tired of the endless wars the U.S. is waging and missed the workshop, here is your chance to join the conversation and learn about more effective lobbying for ending war. We will all have a chance to brainstorm Big Ideas for Changing America’s Foreign Policy!

John Coffin will start us off on what can be an exciting and productive evening! Don’t miss it!

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 6:30 pm, 2510 Hidden Valley Drive, Little Rock
Bring a dish to share
Bread and drinks provided

“If we want to have the money to face climate change and our crumbling infrastructure, we must stop the endless war machine and we must do it now.” ~ Win Without War