The project builds sanctuaries for our liberties by helping cities express commitment to our Bill of Rights and opposition to anything which could undermine them.

Kansas City will be hosting a coordinated event similar to those to be held around the country, and will be expecting several thousand participants in a Mass Peace Gathering to be held on March 19, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at Mill Creek Park (47th & Main) on the Country Club Plaza. The vigil, memorial ceremony, and peace rally is being endorsed by over fifty local faith-based, community, and social justice organizations, all of which are active in all areas of the bi-state area.

The Kansas public school system has become famous–or infamous–worldwide as a leader in the fundamentalist Christian movement to de-emphasize the teaching of evolution and introduce creationism and intelligent design to the curriculum.

Wal-Mart protests in the Kansas City area were organized by ReclaimDemocracy.org/KC from January through October of 2005. They highlighted the corporate abuse of democracy by Wal-Mart, the largest corporation in the world.

Kansas Citian Tomas Young was seriously injured in Iraq on the same day that Casey Sheehan was killed. He is a member of Iraq Veterans against the War and is an advocate for stem cell research. He was interviewed recently on "Tell Somebody" on 90.1 FM KKFI- Saturdays at 5:30pm.

The USA PATRIOT Act and proposed expansions threaten our civil liberties. A forum to be held in the Raytown City Hall on Saturday, Sep. 10, at 3:00 p.m. will address the issues. The forum is open to the public.

Social Security, the most successful government anti-poverty program in the history of the United States, is under attack. Millions from across the nation have banded together to stop the President’s plan to privatize the future of America’s retirees, disabled and survivors.

Locally, citizens and groups have joined Missourians United to Protect Social Security (MUPSS), a member of the national campaign, Americans United to Protect Social Security to stop this attack on Social Security.

An interview with Kim Marie Bannon from Kansas who is taking the HIV test manufacturer's to court in a consumer protection case.