PeaceWorks Kansas City

On Memorial Day, 65 persons took time to walk, rally and support a line-crossing at the National Security Campus. At this KC MO facility, 85% of mechanical and electronic parts for US nuclear weapons are made or procured.

Front row, from left: Mary Hladky; Margot Patterson, a Code Pink leader in KC MO; and Henry Stoever, a co-chair of PeaceWorks call for peace in Ukraine at the May 7 rally.—Photos by Mary Hladky

May 11, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

Rally seeks end to war on Ukraine

“Ending war always means having to talk/negotiate with the opposition," said Mary Hladky after a rally for peace in Ukraine.

Ann Suellentrop sings Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” ending with Ann’s no-nuke verse, with a bow to Marvin Gaye (for “love can conquer hate"): “How many times will we escalate? / When will we learn that only love can conquer hate? / How many times must we say no to nukes / Before we take them all down? / How many years must we risk all life on Earth / Before we are all truly free? / The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind / The answer is blowin’ in the wind.”—Zoom screenshots by Kriss Avery, unless otherwise noted.

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Ecology, Nuclear weapons

Song, sorrow, hope at heart of PeaceWorks’ Annual Meeting

“Blowin’ in the Wind” framed our sorrow about the war on Ukraine, with reflections and hope shared at the PeaceWorks Annual Meeting via Zoom.

Cutlines Right before his Feb. 23 trial, Henry Stoever says he is a conscientious resister to all wars.—Photos by Jim Hannah

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Judge gives Henry Stoever 2 years of probation, plus fees

Henry Stoever went to trial Feb. 23 after crossing the property line at the local nuclear weapons plant. After the trial, Henry said, “Officials have blinders on to what this plant is doing to the poor and to the Earth.”

No War with Russia over Ukraine! Our signs insist that, and drivers honk their support--at the Plaza in KC MO on Feb. 5.--Photos by Jim Hannah

February 6, 2022February 10, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

KC rally seeks “No War with Russia over Ukraine”

A combo—Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and PeaceWorks—rallied with two days’ notice, with temperatures in the 30s, with snow underfoot. We insisted: No War with Russia over Ukraine. We won honks from drivers on the Plaza, plus coverage by KCTV5.

“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.

“Don’t Look Away” commemorates the Ahmadi family members, seven of them children, killed by a US drone attack Aug. 29. Ann Suellentrop created the four-poster display.—Photo by Bennette Dibben

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Drones

‘Don’t Look Away’—US drones regularly kill civilians throughout the world

The Ban Killer Drones campaign asked peacemakers to protest drone war on Nov. 29, and PeaceWorks-KC answered the call. Fourteen of us witnessed for peace that day at Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster, Mo.

Charles Carney and Donna Constantineau, his wife, reach the end of the Peace Walk’s 253rd mile with supporters eager to celebrate.—Photo by Jane Stoever

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Ecology, Nuclear weapons

Charles Carney completes 253-Mile Wichita-KC Peace Walk

At the rally concluding the Peace Walk, Mary Hladky poses a question from Howard Zinn: “Have we reached a point in history where we are ready to embrace a new way of living in the world, expanding not our military power, but our humanity?”

Afghanistan children—Photo by Ramin Rahman from unsplash.com

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

The war in Afghanistan is over. It’s time to face the truth

This is my opinion as the mother of an Army Infantry Officer who served in Kandahar Province. We cannot allow the story of this war to be told as anything less than a devastating loss, an international tragedy that could have been avoided.

Caption: Imagine! Defendants and supporters, from left: Jim Hannah, Jane Stoever, Sister Theresa Maly, Brother Louis Rodemann, Henry Stoever, Brian Terrell, Bennette Dibben, and Tom Mountenay.—Photo by Mary Hladky

August 12, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

New court hearing date for nuke resisters: 9/13

A new court hearing for the nuclear weapon resisters was set at 10 a.m. Sept. 13. I was happy and proud to stand with these five men as they created awareness of the horrors of nuclear weapons.