PSR Kansas City wins key victory towards shutting down local nuclear weapons plant

PSR Kansas City's Ann Suellentrop helped organize an effort to gather thousands of ballot signatures and presented along side with PSR's Senior Scientist, Steven Starr, to push the City Council to pass "Safeguarding jobs with contingency plans for nuclear weapons facilities."

Collaborating for a Stronger PSR

Eighteen chapter leaders gathered recently for a dynamic two days of networking, strategizing and learning.  Joined by national staff and meeting under the banner “Collaborating for a Stronger PSR,” the leaders focused on improving their recruitment of health professionals, building membership and tapping the talents of others in the network.  The group welcomed several new faces, including two executive directors. The meeting took place in downtown Chicago.

Putting Nuclear Weapons on the Ballot! PSR KC Leads the Nation.

PSR/Kansas City is leading a coalition aimed at stopping the construction of a nuclear weapons parts plant in their community.  The innovative organizing by PSR staff Ann Suellentrop, MSRN and Alicia Dressman is inspiring activists all over the nation and the world.  As part of their campaign, they have collected thousands of signatures - enough to put this issue before the voters of Kansas City. Read more on this ballot initiative. 

Also, don't miss this short video of PSR Board member Ira Helfand, MD speaking during a recent 1 More 4 Zero tour in KC to a crowd of 400 at the local Occupy protest.

Foolish Investment: The Kansas City Nuclear Weapons Complex

Kansas City Peace Planters, a  coalition of local groups including PSR, has created an important site named "Foolish Investment" to educate concerned citizens on what is being done to oppose the nuclear weapons complex in their city.