Officers at the distant left, flags of countries committed to the nuke-ban treaty, and a swarm of people on Memorial Day--this and other pictures tell the story of PeaceWorks KC's last 12 months.--Photo by Kriss Avery
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Photos depict last 12 months

What a year it was--from March 2022 to March 2023, from one PeaceWorks KC Annual Meeting to another. This slide show swings from annual war-resistance gatherings to the deaths of three long-term PeaceWorks members (all natural deaths).  This slide show will be on tap at the 2023 Annual Meeting at Simpson House, 4509 Walnut, KC … Continue reading Photos depict last 12 months

Moderator Jim Hannah announces the "world premiere of Peace Jeopardy," insisting "I'm no Alex Trebek!"--the game would be more light-hearted than fierce.
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PeaceWorks’ Annual Meeting: inspiring!

For the first time, PeaceWorks-KC its Annual Meeting via Zoom, with 57 persons attending on March 7. We were serenaded with live music, played our homemade Peace Jeopardy, and learned how much PeaceWorks accomplished during a long, difficult COVID-19 year. 

Cris Mann, left, and Henry Stoever hold a banner at the Jan. 22, 2021, rally to celebrate the "entry into force" of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.--Photo by Jim Hannah
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PeaceWorks’ 2020-2021 Accomplishments

Among PeaceWorks-KC's accomplishments in the last 12 months are an Open Letter concerning the killing of George Floyd by a police officer, a Memorial Day rally, a virtual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance, an online art fair, and a celebration of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Dave Pack gives the Kris and Lynn Cheatum Community Peace Award to Aim4Peace representative Rashid Junaid. Photos by Jim Hannah.
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Rashid Junaid receives award for Aim4Peace from PeaceWorks

Aim4Peace won the Kris and Lynn Cheatum Community Peace Award from PeaceWorks-KC March 1. Accepting the award for Aim4Peace was Rashid Junaid, commenting, “We have to remove the guns that are flowing into our city. We have to talk about how we’re feeding the violence, not turning off the violence.”

Sahj Kaya plays the prosecuting attorney and Tammy Brown the judge in the "Putting Nukes on Trial in KC" play. Photo by Jim Hannah.
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Video splurge from PeaceWorks’ Annual Meeting

The array of videos from PeaceWorks-KC’s Annual Meeting March 1 includes these gems, produced by Mark and Jenny Semet Videography. The first video is of Sunny Hamrick opening the meeting. The second has Ann Suellentrop's encouragement to read the book Warheads to Windmills: How to Pay for the Green New Deal. The other videos come from the play "Nukes on Trial in KC." Incredible witness!