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
Nehemiah Rosell PeaceWorks events

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

Henry Stoever, center, marches on the Missouri Capitol in 2018, carrying an MLK sign with Martin’s challenge: “We, as a nation, must undergo a radical revolution of values. When profit motives and property rights are more important than people, the giant triplet of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”—Photo by Jane Stoever
PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

‘Halt imminence of nuclear war’

Henry Stoever, in an open letter, urges President Biden to immediately stop the manufacturing, deployment and targeting of US nuclear weapons. “Use your better angels,” pleads Stoever.

PeaceWorks’ Co-chair Henry Stoever connecting with area high school students, explaining what is wasted on nuclear weapons and war. Photo by Ann Suellentrop
PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

“Throw away the Bombs” game popular with students

By Ann Suellentrop The International Relations Council or IRC invited PeaceWorks to exhibit at an annual event, “Your Global Future”, on October 11, 2022 at H. Roe Bartle Hall.  There were an immense number of conversations and connections made between over 1,200 high school students from widely diverse backgrounds with 60 exhibiting organizations, including 8 businesses, 24 colleges, universities or departments,4 … Continue reading “Throw away the Bombs” game popular with students

Flags fly in KC, MO, in January 2021 for the then 51 countries (now 66 countries) that have adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.—Photos by Jim Hannah
PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Progress on treaty to prohibit nukes; focus on universities

At an Aug. 7 gathering in KC, MO, Ann Suellentrop celebrates international advances through the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and an effort to urge universities to stop supporting the nuclear weapon industry.

“The war in Afghanistan is not over,” says Brian Terrell, left, stressing the pervasive use of US drones. Terrell, who will attend the 4/30 rally at Whiteman AFB, was speaking during the peace witness at Whiteman Nov. 29, 2021.—Photo by Kriss Avery
PeaceWorks KC Drones, Nuclear weapons

Join peace witnesses at Whiteman AFB 4/30, at KC nuke-parts plant 5/30

These two events highlight the link between US militarism and world instability. Whether it is drone warfare or nuclear weapons, our military-industrial complex follows only one dogma, profit over safety.

Speaking of the defendants’ line-crossing at the local nuclear weapons plant site, Brian Terrell says, “What we went there for was lawful beyond a reasonable doubt.” Terrell shared this remark in the lobby of the KC MO Municipal Court before his and three other defendants’ trial for trespass.—Photo and video by Kriss Avery
PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

‘Crimes against humanity are being committed at the NSC,” says Brian Terrell

“A secret, pervasive court,” says Brian Terrell, “must ensure above all else that the profligate and profitable production of weapons never be impeded, even at the risk of destroying all life on the planet.”