Activities / How We Work

Click here for pictures of our Annual Meeting and March Peace Rally in Columbia!

Lobbying: PeaceWorks promotes citizen lobbying by phone, letter and personal visits to our legislators and their staffers, as well as letters and calls to the White House.

Letterwriting: Letters and emails to legislators and the media are critical to keeping our legislators and the public aware of our opinions on current issues.

Newsletter: Our bi-monthly newsletter keeps members aware of legislative action which invites response.

Issues Cards: We mail “Issues Cards” to inform our members and urge them to make phone calls to write to Washington.

Networking: We seek to cooperate with other peace groups in Kansas City and around the nation to build critical mass on our issues.

Legislative efforts are accompanied by educational work promoting our goals and objectives.

Community Organization Directory: A comprehensive directory of local peace, justice, human rights, and environmental organizations is published by PeaceWorks and updated regularly. You may download the COD here.

Tabling: PeaceWorks often tables at local events with information on current issues and petitions on pending legislation.

We support the Urban Rangers Corp.  Please check them out at www.urckc.org. A brief description follows.

The Urban Ranger Corps was founded in July 2003 by the Rev. John Wandless while he was pastor of St. Louis Catholic Church, an inner Kansas City parish (2001 – 2006).

The corporation began operations in June 2005 launching the “Urban Ranger” program, a nine-weeks summer work experience and community service program for at-risk youths (14-18).

In summer 2009, the program was expanded by adding a career planning component which (a) helps each ranger develop an Individual Career Plan (ICP) for post-high school employment, technical training or admission to college and (b) provides an ICP Manager/Coach to help rangers implement their ICP’s.

The Urban Ranger Corps (URC) is an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) and classified as a “public charity” under section 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.