PeaceWorks Kansas City

At our Sept. 24-25 fair, people enjoyed the art, diversity of artists/patrons, delicious Colombian food, sharing time with each other, and fantastic weather.

—Artwork by David Bayard

August 24, 2022September 4, 2022 PeaceWorks KC PeaceWorks events

Final call for artists, volunteers for 9/24-25 art fair

This year’s PeaceWorks KC Local Art Fair comes to a new location: Theis Park, south of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “Art + peace—what a combo!” says Ann Suellentrop.

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!”

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.

—Graph by Spencer Graves of PeaceWorks Kansas City

April 23, 2022April 24, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Business is booming for nukes, as it is for KC MO nuke plant

The graph shows the last two years’ operating budget and the Fiscal Year 2023 budget request for the Kansas City National Security Campus, where parts are made for nuclear weapons.

Advocates of Silenced Turkey, and friends, gather outside the Penn Valley Friends Meeting House in KC MO on March 12.—Photos and videos by Ann Suellentrop

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

Advocates of Silenced Turkey hosts International Women’s Day event

People at our rally spoke about the imprisonment of women and children in Turkey. We spoke up for women’s safety and hope in Turkey and throughout the world.

Robin Wall Kimmerer--Photo courtesy of Gonzaga University

February 10, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Ecology

Live Facebook event 2/17 features Potawatomi scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, of the Potawatomi Nation, will hold a Facebook event Thurs., Feb. 17, and you’re invited to a public showing in KC MO—free! She is the acclaimed author of the book, Braiding Sweetgrass.

“The moral force of the Ban Treaty is being felt,” Ann Suellentrop says at the rally for the first anniversary of the “entry into force” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.—Photos by Jim Hannah

January 24, 2022January 25, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

PeaceWorks-KC celebrates first anniversary of nuclear ban treaty

On Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, peace-loving activists gathered to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) with a rally and caravan.

January 16, 2022January 19, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

We could save the Earth

I recall words of Martin Luther King Jr. and share selections from a book by children and quotes from a prophetic archbishop who calls for abolishing nuclear weapons arsenals around the world.

Warm: Beds in the St. Lawrence Catholic Worker basement accommodated some in KCK until commissioners moved forward with opening a warming space at the former Reardon Convention Center.—Photo by Charles Carney

January 4, 2022January 6, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Economic justice, Nonviolence

PeaceWorks members help thwart attempt to shutter homeless shelter

Several members of PeaceWorks-KC joined an ad hoc coalition to stop the abrupt closure of a cold-weather shelter for unhoused persons in the Kansas City, KS, area recently.