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By Christopher Overfelt On September 26, the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, three members of Veterans for Peace set sail down the Mississippi River on their boat, the Golden Rule. The sailing voyage will take them down the Mississippi River, out through the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually back up the Eastern … Continue reading Vets for Peace sail peace boat down Mississippi, up Eastern seaboard

PeaceWorks’ Co-chair Henry Stoever connecting with area high school students, explaining what is wasted on nuclear weapons and war. Photo by Ann Suellentrop

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

“Throw away the Bombs” game popular with students

By Ann Suellentrop The International Relations Council or IRC invited PeaceWorks to exhibit at an annual event, “Your Global Future”, on October 11, 2022 at H. Roe Bartle Hall. There were an immense number of conversations and connections made between over 1,200 high school students from widely diverse backgrounds with 60 exhibiting organizations, including 8 businesses, 24 colleges, universities or departments,4 … Continue reading “Throw away the Bombs” game popular with students

Henry Stoever, right, chats with KCPD Sgt. Craig Hope about reasons he will cross the National Security Campus property line (purple) on Memorial Day in 2021.--Photo by Tom Fox

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Stoever refuses to plead guilty of trespass vs. nukes

"I must decline your offer to enter a plea of guilty," retired lawyer Henry Stoever says in a Sept. 11 letter to a prosecutor at Jackson County Court. Stoever, who stepped across the property line of the local nuclear weapon facility, hopes to explain to a jury next year why he was not guilty of the crime of trespass.

The welcome breeze lifts some of our many flags at Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Never Again! We held this gathering Nov. 7 at the entry to the National Security Campus, where parts are made for nuclear weapons.—Photos by Jim Hannah

August 15, 2022August 14, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

Peaceable people pics

Photos by Jim Hannah capture our energy and commitment at our annual gathering Aug. 7, Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Never Again!

During the Aug. 7 event Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Ron Faust reads the words of Takato Michishita, a hibakusha, a survivor of one of the 1945 blasts, who wrote to young people, "If you sense (war) coming, it may be too late."--Photo by Jim Hannah

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Knotty Karma

Ron Faust, poet, heard Japanese-Americans say on Aug. 7, “We should never build another nuclear weapon.” He wrote a warning: “As long as we are stuck (with the world having 13,000 nukes), We will shorten the time of the Doomsday Clock.”

Ann Suellentrop asks, “Why do we fly these colorful flags today? Because they are a sign of great hope!” They represent 66 countries that have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Listening behind Ann are, from left, Daniel Karam, Beth Seberger, and Jon Shafer.—Photos by Jim Hannah

August 11, 2022August 28, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Recalling 1945 bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Echoes. Hope. Two hands. These came into play at our annual observance Aug. 7, “Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Never Again!”

Atsuki Mori holds up a picture of her grandmother’s fiance’s nephew, Kensuke Ueke, PhD, who lost his left eye during the bombing of Hiroshima and has devoted much of his life to seeking a nuke-free world.—Photos by Jim Hannah

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Atsuki Mori talks about results of Hiroshima bombing

Atsuki Mori, from Osaka, Japan, now a nurse living in Warrensburg, MO, tells of her grandmother’s bravery and her grandmother’s fiance’s nephew who became an anti-nuke activist in ICAN.

Hiroko Komiya shares her reflection Aug. 7 as her husband, Morgan Fakhrai, offers assistance and Jon Shafer, at right, holds a poster showing the mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.—Photos by Jim Hannah

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, Nuclear weapons

Hiroko Komiya reflects on Hiroshima bombing

Hiroko Komiya, raised near Tokyo, Japan, speaks of a childhood friend of hers whose mother died of leukemia, a result of radiation from the bombing of Hiroshima.

Flags fly in KC, MO, in January 2021 for the then 51 countries (now 66 countries) that have adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.—Photos by Jim Hannah

August 4, 2022August 9, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Progress on treaty to prohibit nukes; focus on universities

At an Aug. 7 gathering in KC, MO, Ann Suellentrop celebrates international advances through the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and an effort to urge universities to stop supporting the nuclear weapon industry.

The number of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) between 2017-09-20 and 2022-06-30 with 98 and 80 percent (red and orange) prediction limits on the future, assuming the political processes that motivated the current 66 states parties remains unchanged. That assumption is not realistic further in the future but might still be useful. Spencer Graves

July 5, 2022July 7, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Ask our members of Congress to join the TPNW

What's the single most important thing we can do to reduce the risk of nuclear Armageddon? My answer: Ask our representatives in the US Congress to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.