Kindness, resilience, tragedy in ‘Gaza Is Our Home’

Kindness, resilience, tragedy in ‘Gaza Is Our Home’

By Miranda Pelletier Earlier this week, Kansas City enjoyed a special screening of the film “Gaza Is Our Home” by Monear Shaer, a documentary about the filmmaker’s own experiences visiting family in Gaza and losing loved ones to the genocide committed by the Israeli...

See “Gaza Is Our Home” free 11/3

On Monday, Nov. 3, at 6pm, see the documentary “Gaza Is Our Home” at the Stray Cat Film Center, 1662 Broadway Blvd., KC MO 64108. Afterwards, the filmmaker Monear Shaer will explain why he says, “This is not the documentary I wanted to make.” The movie began as a...

KCMO-TV shares PeaceWorks leaders’ views on Mideast

KCMO-TV, Channel 5, has twice within a week asked PeaceWorks leaders for their views about forging peace in the Mideast. Today marked the beginning of the 20-step peace process, including the release of the last 20 hostages from Gaza and the arrival of humanitarian...
Block the Bombs to Israel – Sign Today

Block the Bombs to Israel – Sign Today

Suffering in Gaza has only intensified under the disastrous Netanyahu-Trump ethnic cleansing plan disguised as aid delivery under the misnamed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” opposed by every reputable humanitarian aid organization. The assault on the human rights and...
Grassroots Advocacy Days Spring 2025

Grassroots Advocacy Days Spring 2025

Join us APRIL 7th – 11th in Washington, DC and online Congress is hearing from the pro-peace, pro-ceasefire majority and is STILL dragging its feet – even as the fragile ceasefire in Gaza teeters on collapse, life-saving aid is impeded, innocent people are dying from...