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Breanna Crawford, a new member of the PeaceWorks KC Board of Directors, is an Indigenous Cherokee/Dakota (Sioux) enrolled in the Cherokee Nation. She says you cannot drink water on the reservation because of the mercury in the water; you have to get bottled water.

Logo of the STL Toxic Waste Alliance

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Jane Stoever Nuclear weapons

MO lawmakers to hold hearing on toxic nuclear waste

Missouri State Rep. Tricia Byrnes is asking those affected by toxic nuclear waste to come to a March 7 hearing in the state Capitol.

Two recent books summarizing research claiming that US foreign and military polices may be counterproductive, manufacturing enemies for the US at a rate that may exceed its ability to suppress them.

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Spencer Graves Nonviolence, Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

A strong, effective national defense, and 300 million three-year-olds

by Spencer Graves DISCLAIMER: PeaceWorks Kansas City is officially encouraging its supporters to follow two events March 14 and 26 discussed below. However, the PeaceWorks Board has NOT endorsed the following description of those events nor other comments in this article. Those are my own personal opinions. I'm Spencer Graves, and I claim that we, … Continue reading A strong, effective national defense, and 300 million three-year-olds

Ann Suellentrop (left), Cassie Weck, and Spencer Graves catch a quiet moment before visiting congressional offices during DC Days in 2019.

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Jane Stoever Nuclear weapons

3 from KC to lobby DC

Ann Suellentrop, Kristin Scheer, and Luisa Olarte will lobby for a nuke-free world during the annual Alliance for Nuclear Accountability “DC Days” April 23-26.

—Artwork by Marla Blevins

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Jane Stoever Nuclear weapons

Donkey-loads of dynamite

Dynamite Dan. No one dared call him that to his face, but throughout Klondike gold country he was as feared—and as rarely sighted—as Bigfoot himself.

Cris Mann, Hazmat Harriet (Bennette Dibben), and Henry Stoever hold a banner Jan. 22 celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the “entry into force” of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.—Photos by Kristin Scheer

January 26, 2023 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

‘No nukes!’ say pacificists

Celebrating the second anniversary of the “entry into force” of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, activists gathered at the Plaza in KC MO on Jan. 22.

Charles Carney, in front of the white door, gestures as he asks people to say what their favorite thing would be about a nuke-free world. Charles adds, “Hey, I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one!”--Photos by Bennette Dibben

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

What if we got rid of nukes?

On Jan. 20, PeaceWorks members shared an evening meal and ideas about what a nuclear-free world could look like. It was a night for the imagination and dreams, for if we don't know where we are going, how are we going to get there? If we can imagine it, we can create it.

Earthrise-Apollo 8 1968-12-24-predicts the new dawn we hope for

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

Nuke-Free ZIP Code

We need a cease–fire everywhere for our madness. I am a nuclear-weapon-free zone.

Henry Stoever, center, marches on the Missouri Capitol in 2018, carrying an MLK sign with Martin’s challenge: “We, as a nation, must undergo a radical revolution of values. When profit motives and property rights are more important than people, the giant triplet of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”—Photo by Jane Stoever

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

‘Halt imminence of nuclear war’

Henry Stoever, in an open letter, urges President Biden to immediately stop the manufacturing, deployment and targeting of US nuclear weapons. “Use your better angels,” pleads Stoever.

Ann Suellentrop, at Royal Gorge, CO, on Aug. 15, 2021, holds a sign for the “entry into force” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.--Photo by Kristin Scheer

January 10, 2023January 25, 2023 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

What could a nuke-free world look like?

Come to a light meal and round-table talk on Friday, Jan. 20, 6-8 pm. Bring your vision of a nuclear-weapon-free world—perhaps a world with free college, with food for all, with health care as it’s needed. Instead of spending billions on nuclear weapons, we could channel funds to sustain our Earth and all of us.