Arkansas Community Organizations

08/24/2026

Come out tonight and support the ACO: NLR group efforts in making real legislative change!!! There is a Housing Crisis in Arkansas and we are fighting it!!!

08/17/2026

We can’t wait to host our next Hellraiser benefit show on Saturday September 12th with our friends West End and a great collection of local talent.
Members of ACO have been working hard all year fighting the housing crisis, cuts to services like Medicaid, and for underserved communities to get just as much funding and support as wealthy communities.
Besides the jams and brews you can also find auction items and other donated items we’ll have for sale!

If you want to come hear some quality jams, support local grassroots activism, and learn how you can join the fight then come hangout with us in about 3 weeks time and bring a friend!
Big thanks to the bands who will be rocking with us!
Fight Dream
TV Preacher
Protohive
& happiness beast!

All proceeds go to support Arkansas community organizations’ grassroots organizing efforts with renters and low income Arkansans across the state.

08/11/2026

Members of ACO had the privilege of attending the Popular Democracy 💥 national convention July 6-10th this year in Arlington Virginia.
We were proud to bring a 21 person delegation from the state of Arkansas to connect with delegations from tens of other organizations from across the nation.
It was amazing to see two large hotel conference rooms full with over 2,000 organizers and activists who were coming together to share lessons we’ve learned and build connections so we can better coordinate around national issues.

ACO members attended election work trainings, group discussions, and heard speeches from inspiring leaders and national organizers including Analilia Mejia and a surprise appearance from Darializa Avila Chevalier!

Members came back inspired and ready to bring what they learned back home to our communities to continue our fight for justice and equity for our underserved communities.

08/06/2026

Around 200 renters on HUD housing assistance that was issued through the people’s trust have not received the HUD portion of the rent for months now since people’s trust had to return the grant to HUD.

Since then the city of Little Rock has agreed to pick up the grant until the terms of the original grant ends on September 30th. However the city has been stuck in negotiations with HUD because the initial agreement would not allow the city to assist those renters who’ve already been evicted. The city has requested HUD amend the agreement in order to help those who were evicted.

This whole process has taken entirely too long for those whose housing depended on this grant. We are organizing to build public pressure on HUD in order to demand that they allow for the amendment and move the funds as fast as possible.

If you or anyone you know has been affected by this issue and is willing to share their story please contact ACO so we can organize to put the pressure on HUD.
Message us here or call 501-376-7151 to get involved.

And if you have an eviction you need to call legal aid of Arkansas right away
800-952-9243
Monday-Thursday, 9-12pm & 1-3pm

They won’t move unless we make them and they can’t ignore all of us

07/28/2026

Let's Protect Our Health Care! New work requirements are coming.

Work requirements will make it harder for people in our state to keep their health coverage!

Want to protect your health coverage? Do you need help?

Call Arkansas Community Organizations at (501) 376-7151 x 1.

07/23/2026

members of Arkansas Community Organizations / Arkansas Renters United delivered a letter to the Little Rock HUD office demanding answers and action but when they got to the office to ask why HUD was not paying their portion of the rent no one could be bothered to come out to talk to them face to face. Instead the receptionist googled the email address for HUD’s public relations office in DC and told them that’s all the info he could share with them.
Brittany, a disabled single mother, said she only wished she had brought her children with so they could tell her children to their faces that there’s nothing they can do to stop their eviction.

Around 3 months ago HUD housing assistance through people trust credit union stopped paying rent for every renter in Little Rock and North Little Rock who had applied for assistance through them. Most renters only learned this when they received an eviction notice from their landlords.
People trust had to send the grant back to HUD and the city of Little Rock has agreed to take over the distribution of that grant but no one can tell us how long it will take for Little Rock to receive the funds.

In the meantime many renters have already received eviction notices and a lot have already left. Loosing their housing through no fault of their own. It is despicable and unacceptable for these vulnerable people to be pushed out of housing over bureaucratic mistakes and hold ups.

In the coming days we will be bringing this issue to our federal representatives hoping this public pressure will force someone with power to act and fix this deadly error.

If you want to join the fight for fair housing for, contact us to join a local chapter near you.
Contact us at:
501-376-7151
Arkansascommunity.org

07/22/2026

ACO members in Pine Bluff have won a victory in their campaign against blight in their city. With a shrinking population Pine Bluff has a growing number of abandoned and neglected properties that are causing problems for residents.

Members feel many of these properties go ignored by the city until someone speaks up and demands something is done about it and ACO is doing just that, bringing more and more people together to work on problems that we all care about until we can no longer be ignored.
After reaching out to alderman Lloyd Holcomb the city finally showed up to cut this vacant property but it is far from the only eyesore in Pine Bluff. ACO members will continue to organize and pushing city leaders to address blight in their city until it is taken care of.

If you live in Pine Bluff, Little Rock, North Little Rock, or Fayetteville and want to work together to improve your community reach out to ACO today to get involved!

06/22/2026

The UAW has voted to divest from Israel! This is a major step forward. Thank you brothers and sisters of the UAW! It's been a long time coming.

The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.

06/22/2026

Come rock out for a good cause this Friday at Stelly's Vineyard

Members of ACO will be attending the Until Freedom rings people’s convention organized by Popular Democracy 💥 in Washington DC July 6-10.
ACO Members will spend the week attending organizer trainings and building connections between grassroots organizers from across the country. The week will culminate in a march on the 9th to commemorate the anniversary of the 14th amendment being ratified which is of course under attack by the Trump regime.

Your $10 cover will go to help bring working class and low income Arkansans to our nation’s capital. Popular democracy is keeping costs of the trip low at just $250 a person but this is something most of our members would not be able to cover on their own without our fundraising efforts.

So come support a good cause and catch some jams from some local bands!
We’ll also have a $25 root cafe gift card to raffle off for cheap!

06/02/2026

Join Arkansas Community Organizations for a discussion about the data centers being built in Little Rock and Pulaski County TOMORROW, Wednesday, at 5:00 PM on KABF, the Voice of the People. We oppose the building of these centers because of the damage to the environment and an increase in our water and electric bills. We need time to study their impact on our communities. We are also concerned about who controls AI. They should not be controlled by large corporations.
Please join us tomorrow at 5pm on KABF. Call in with your comments at (501) 433-0088.
The people must rule not big corporations!