Yolanda Huet-Vaughn – PeaceWorks Kansas City

Cris Mann, left, and Henry Stoever hold a banner before the Jan. 22 rally in Kansas City, Mo.--Jim Hannah photos

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons, PeaceWorks events

Rally in KC celebrates nuclear ban treaty

On Jan. 22, a beautiful but cold day, 50-60 peace activists gathered near the fountain at Mill Creek Parkway and 47th Street in Kansas City, Mo., to celebrate the “entry into force” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

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!”