Help us move ‘Back from the Brink’ of nuclear apocalypse

By Dave Pack PeaceWorks Kansas City is seeking to create a KC “hub” of groups to work together in opposition to nuclear weapons, through the national effort Back from the Brink. Come to our session on this ambitious endeavor on May 18, 1-2:30 pm. In the current U.S....

Sign up: ‘Resist Nukes!’ 5/18-19

We’re resisting nuclear weapons and spreading peace at the nuclear weapon plant in KC MO on two days: Sunday, May 18, and Monday, May 19. Join us! Give us your info here, and we’ll email you the details.  Out-of-towners may stay at Jerusalem Farm, 520 Garfield Avenue,...
‘Silent Fallout’ links (see film 4/13)

‘Silent Fallout’ links (see film 4/13)

By Spencer Graves Soon after I saw the 4/4 KC-area showing of the documentary Silent Fallout, I plowed through research related to key points in the film. As secretary of PeaceWorks KC, and as a statistician, I’m hereby beefing up the documentation of this movie on...
On 4/4, see ‘Silent Fallout’ at Shawnee Mission UU Church

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

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...
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...