On 4/4, see ‘Silent Fallout’ at Shawnee Mission UU Church

On 4/4, see ‘Silent Fallout’ at Shawnee Mission UU Church

Mar 20, 2025

See the documentary Silent Fallout, a 2023 film with Japanese director Hideaki Ito and narrator Alec Baldwin. This English-language award-winning film contends our entire continent has been contaminated by radiation from 101 atmospheric nuclear tests, primarily in...
Annual Meeting: fun, books, new gigs, photos

Annual Meeting: fun, books, new gigs, photos

Mar 17, 2025

“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: What to do about nuclear weapons?

Ann at UN: What to do about nuclear weapons?

Mar 11, 2025

Ann Suellentrop sums up her trip to the UN concerning the nuclear ban treaty. I just got back from meetings at the UN Headquarters this past week on the Nuclear Ban Treaty (the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) which almost half of the world’s nations have...
Parties to nuclear ban treaty meet at UN

Parties to nuclear ban treaty meet at UN

Mar 3, 2025

“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...