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Highlights: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance this year included emcee Kimmy Igla and speakers Hiroko Komiya, Analisa Colom-Todd, Theodore John, Breanna Crawford, and Lakota singer Jason Swartley.

Uranium mining’s impact on the Indigenous

Breanna Crawford, a new member of the PeaceWorks KC Board of Directors, is an Indigenous Cherokee/Dakota (Sioux.)

Join rallies before Chiefs games: ‘Change the name! Stop the chop!’

KC Chiefs games now have a prelude. Indigenous Persons and allies call to drivers coming to park at Arrowhead Stadium, “Change the name! Stop the chop!” PeaceWorks supports these rallies.

Israel uses blueprint: displace people on land with resources

It is important to recognize the blueprint the Israeli government is utilizing to displace the indigenous peoples of Palestine. This system employs violence to physically relocate a population in order that the resources of the land on which they live may be extracted.

Add new threads to our national narratives

What we are taught about the founding of our country does not reflect experiences of indigenous people, and our lofty values of freedom and democracy fail to recognize the disenfranchisement of African Americans, women, and poor people in general.

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Community Organization Directory

Find our guide to local Kansas City-area peace, justice, environment, and human rights groups here.

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