PeaceWorks Kansas City

Our Annual Meeting will celebrate progress on nuclear issues worldwide, target banks that heavily invest in KC’s nuclear weapons factory, have an award presentation, and perhaps dip into Truth or Consequences.

During a peace rally with 30 participants, Ann Suellentrop, left, and Dennis Gallie hold signs for drivers to see at 47th and Main in KCMO on Feb. 5.—Photo by Jim Hannah

February 6, 2022February 11, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, PeaceWorks events

Pictures, video show peace activists at rally vs. war with Russia

Pictures in our slide show, plus a video, reflect peace activists’ demand at our Feb. 5 rally in KC MO, No War with Russia over Ukraine.

KCTV5 photographer Eric Smith interviews Chris Overfelt of Vets for Peace and PeaceWorks KC. -Photo by Jim Hannah.

February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, PeaceWorks events

KCTV5 covers 2/5 rally, No War with Russia over Ukraine

KCTV5 spliced quotes from speakers at our Feb. 5 rally, No War with Russia over Ukraine, into a report that Russia sent “long-range nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over its ally Belarus.”

—Banner developed by Veterans for Peace

February 3, 2022 PeaceWorks KC PeaceWorks events

Rally 2/5 will ask Biden not to escalate Ukraine crisis into war with Russia

Come to a “No War with Russia over Ukraine” rally at 11 am this Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Plaza Fountain at 47th Street and Main in KC MO.

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Drones, PeaceWorks events

Two-part video shares drone war protest, “Don’t Look Away”

The US feared Afghan Zemadi Ahmadi was a terrorist. But we had wrongly identified him, and we killed him and 9 of his family members in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 29. We are sorry! Here are two videos, by Kriss Avery, of our drone war protest Nov. 29 at Whiteman AFB.

Christopher Overfelt, a PeaceWorks-KC board member and a member of Veterans for Peace, rang the bell eleven times for Armistice Day. Photo by Jim Hannah.

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, PeaceWorks events

Peaceworks KC and Veterans for Peace Celebrate Armistice Day

Instead of a day celebrating the value of peace in our lives, Veteran’s Day has become a glorification of war and U.S. militarism.

Supporters gather before walking with Charles Carney on the last of his 253 miles in his Wichita-to-KC Bob Lavelle Memorial Peace Walk.--Photos by Kriss Avery

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

Peace Walk Finale Rally Slideshow

This slide show, by Kriss Avery, gives an amalgam of the Finale Rally for the 253-mile Wichita-to-KC Bob Lavelle Memorial Peace Walk. Dreamed up and done by Charles Carney, the walk began Aug. 10 and concluded Sept. 17.

Charles Carney mentions “no trespassing” and reflects on trespassing on his own comfort. Photo by Jane Stoever

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence, Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

Videos from Finale Rally for Carney’s Peace Walk

On Sept. 17, Charles Carney reflected on his 253-mile walk from Wichita to Kansas City, Mo.—a walk to save the Earth and free us from nuclear weapons. To 25 persons at the Finale Rally for the Peace Walk, he insisted, “We will not go quietly into the deep dark destruction of nuclear madness!”