Ann Suellentrop, during the Aug. 9 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance online, asked us to support the “Back from the Brink Resolution” to prevent nuclear war. The resolution spells out five steps whereby the US can take the lead in this endeavor.
How to move “From Spirit to Street Action”
The 3-hour training that was part of an online conference Aug. 7 (but will be repeated) helped participants exercise nonviolence in three inter-related arenas: nonviolence to self, nonviolence to all others, and nonviolence to the entire earth and all its creatures.
‘Human Care, Not Warfare’ makes it to the media
KKFI Community Radio (90.1 FM) and NBC Action News (Channel 41) covered the May 25 “Human Care, Not Warfare” midtown rally. Among 12 speakers, Cris Mann urged, “We should cancel college debt and eliminate the warfare budgets.” She led a chant: “Books, not bombs!”
Ponderings during a pandemic
Here’s my favorite pandemic quote to date: “We’ve all been sent to our room to think about what we’ve done.” I don’t know who said that first, but I’d love to give them credit for a quip that has had me thinking ever since. Just how have we acted badly? Well, let’s see.
Warheads to Windmills—want to discuss it?
All are invited to join a reading and action group to implement Warheads to Windmills. We’ll discuss the book and consider taking actions to actually do the deed: turn warheads into windmills.
Will America’s nuclear waste be passing through Missouri?
By Mary Hladky Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear sounded the alarm recently about large amounts of dangerous nuclear waste passing through Kansas City unless we work to stop it. Speaking March 21 at the Rime Buddhist Center in KC MO, Kamps said legislation is being discussed to ship nuclear waste from eastern states (75 percent … Continue reading Will America’s nuclear waste be passing through Missouri?
Trump administration Trying to Wipe Out Protection For Our Drinking Water: Act Soon!
Save Our Drinking Water from Our Corrupt pResident by speaking up to the Evironmental Protection Agency
Summary of Countering Military Recruitment In Public Schools and Confronting Contaminants Near Military Bases
Save our water from polluters! This video presentation was of Pat Elder, a teacher and political activist who discusses current, life threatening toxins in our water systems including surface, table and tap water which has caused hundreds of cases of cancer in humans from young mothers to all of us. These toxins are introduced … Continue reading Summary of Countering Military Recruitment In Public Schools and Confronting Contaminants Near Military Bases
Turning the Clock Back from Midnight: How We Can Address the Crisis of 2018 and Renew Eco/Justice/Peace Work for the 21st Century
"Turning the Clock Back from Midnight: How We Can Address the Crisis of 2018 and Renew Eco/Justice/Peace Work for the 21st Century."
Coalition forms to tackle contamination at Bannister Federal Complex
By Jamie Jackson The mission of the Coalition Against Contamination (CAC) is to support workers and their families whose health has been impaired because of toxins at Bannister Federal Complex (BFC) at Bannister and Troost in KC, MO. Parts for nuclear weapons were made there, at the Kansas City Plant, from 1949 to 2014, when … Continue reading Coalition forms to tackle contamination at Bannister Federal Complex