Mary Hladky

PeaceWorks KC Local Art Fair is back, better than ever!

PeaceWorks KC September 28, 2022

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.

Prohibit Nukes, Promote HOPE—walk, rally, line-crossing

PeaceWorks KC June 1, 2022

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.

Rally seeks end to war on Ukraine

PeaceWorks KC May 11, 2022

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

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

PeaceWorks KC March 11, 2022

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

Judge gives Henry Stoever 2 years of probation, plus fees

PeaceWorks KC February 25, 2022

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.”

KC rally seeks “No War with Russia over Ukraine”

PeaceWorks KC February 6, 2022

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.

PeaceWorks-KC celebrates first anniversary of nuclear ban treaty

PeaceWorks KC January 24, 2022

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’—US drones regularly kill civilians throughout the world

PeaceWorks KC December 2, 2021

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 completes 253-Mile Wichita-KC Peace Walk

PeaceWorks KC September 20, 2021

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?”

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

PeaceWorks KC September 3, 2021

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.

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