Annual Meeting: fun, books, new gigs, photos

Annual Meeting: fun, books, new gigs, photos

“Let peace begin with me, Let this be the moment now,” sings Deborah Demeter, with all of us singing along. Outright fun marked the PeaceWorks KC Annual Meeting on March 9 at Simpson House. “Read this!” was said a few times. Plus “y’all come!” The meeting was so...
Ann at UN: side sessions to treaty deliberations

Ann at UN: side sessions to treaty deliberations

During the third meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a meeting held at UN Headquarters in New York City, I was privileged to attend many side sessions peace activists coordinated. Survey results from asking youth about the...

Ann at UN: progress toward nuke-free world

Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, a leader in PeaceWorks KC and the national Physicians for Social Responsibility, is telling us what she’s seeing/hearing/suffering/loving at the third meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. From this “ban...
Parties to nuclear ban treaty meet at UN

Parties to nuclear ban treaty meet at UN

“Mankind and Hope” wooden sculpture at the UN.–Photo by Ann Suellentrop “Together, we are putting the plan to finally eliminate nuclear weapons into action,” Melissa Parke e-mailed today, March 3, 2025. She was writing to the states that are party to the Treaty on the...