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Drummer Cathleen Burnett and Notre Dame Sister Theresa Maly, standing across the street from the Charles Evans Whittaker US Courthouse in KC MO, protest the execution of Brandon Bernard Dec. 10.

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 PeaceWorks KC Death penalty

Standing against federal executions

On Dec. 10, the day of the first of five federal executions to come before the end of the Trump Administration, six activists protested before the federal courthouse in Kansas City, MO.

Cris Mann, a recently retired special-education teacher, urges, “We should cancel college debt and eliminate the warfare budgets.” She led a chant: “Books, not bombs!”--Photos by Jim Hannah

June 4, 2020June 16, 2020 PeaceWorks KC Death penalty, Ecology, Economic justice, Nonviolence, Nuclear weapons

‘Human Care, Not Warfare’ makes it to the media

KKFI Community Radio (90.1 FM) and NBC Action News (Channel 41) covered the May 25 “Human Care, Not Warfare” midtown rally. Among 12 speakers, Cris Mann urged, “We should cancel college debt and eliminate the warfare budgets.” She led a chant: “Books, not bombs!”

February 29, 2016July 18, 2017 PeaceWorks KC Death penalty

Death to the death penalty!

"Death to the Death Penalty" was the name of the Feb. 27 workshop in KC sponsored by Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP), together with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The occasion was an opportunity for the networking needed to work effectively toward … Continue reading Death to the death penalty!