During DC Days in mid-May with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, two PeaceWorks Board members, Ann Suellentrop and Bennette Dibben, heard Sen. Ed Markey warn against “a mobile Chernobyl” of nuclear waste that might cross the country.
PeaceWorks Memorial Day Rally, Die-in, & Civil Resistance for a Nuclear Free World May 28th 2018
Photos of The PeaceworksKC Die-In Memorial Day 2017. Please join us for this years vigil.
Speakers from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Dr. Matthew Bolton & Dr. Emily Welty
A Humanitarian Approach to Handling Nuclear Disarmament was a talk which included two speakers from the International Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Take part in Rally, Die-in, Civil Resistance to seek nuke-free world
PeaceWorks-KC is holding its 9th annual witness for a nuclear-weapon-free world on Monday, May 28, Memorial Day. Our witness begins this year at the closed entry to the former nuclear weapons parts plant and continues at the new plant, the National Security Campus (NSC), at 14510 Botts Rd. Join us at 9:45 am or 11 am!
UNplaza Art Fair
UNplaza Art Fair Join us at The 28th UNplaza Art Fair: Sept. 22-23, 2018 Photos of last years Unplaza Art fair
McDonald’s worker reflects on power—together!
Bryan Scarcella, a leader in Stand Up KC, is seeking a $15 an hour minimum wage and a union for low-paid workers. "My low pay," he said March 11 at the PeaceWorks Annual Meeting, "means not having access to health care. It means I haven't turned on the heat in my apartment for years." Both Stand Up KC and PeaceWorks are part of the Poor People's Campaign.
Inspiration and Hope for a World Without Nuclear Weapons!
Inspiration and Hope for a World Without Nuclear Weapons!
PeaceWorks elects officers, Board members
During the PeaceWorks-KC Annual Meeting on March 11, participants elected the organization's officers and some members of its Board of Directors.
Cherith Brook Catholic Worker receives Cheatum Award
Jodi and Eric Garbison, founders of Cherith Brook Catholic Worker (a place of companionship and service), received PeaceWorks' Kris and Lynn Cheatum Community Peace Award at the organization's annual meeting.
Maurice Copeland receives Bebb Award
Maurice Copeland, a leading voice in KC MO for persons who've suffered illnesses from contaminants at Bannister Federal Complex, where the KC Plant manufactured parts for nuclear weapons, received the Charles E. Bebb Peace Merit Award from PeaceWorks at its annual meeting.