WHY DO WARS PREVAIL? A talk given by Rev. Harold W. Beu Imagine Peace Conference First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan 19 August 2018 So, the first question we are asked ourselves today is: Why do wars still prevail since the end of World War I in 1918 even […]
Nuclear Weapons Ban
Help us stop the “Trillion Dollar Trainwreck”
Help us stop the “Trillion Dollar Trainwreck” The United States plans to spend $1 trillion over the next 30 years to “modernize” all aspects of its nuclear arsenal: the bombs and warheads, the production facilities, the delivery systems, and command and control systems. These programs will create untold tons of […]
Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Aug. 12th 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Bronson Park, Downtown Kalamazoo Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sponsored by KNOW on the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please join us as we again gather for a moving and unifying event. Family friendly activities are planned. […]
HIROSHIMA STORIES: COMMEMORATION, NORMALIZATION, AND ABOLITION
By: Ron Kramer Stories are important. Stories frame events and help us interpret them. They provide a context within which we can understand and act in the world. Today I want to tell three brief stories concerning the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945 and the continuing nuclear threat they […]
Nuclear Weapons Ban
The use of nuclear weapons is unthinkable, the threat of using nuclear weapons is immoral, and the possession of nuclear weapons constitutes a reckless endangerment of life on earth. We believe the United States must renounce the use of nuclear weapons, and begin dismantling and destroying its nuclear arsenal, as […]