Recent Media Coverage of TNP

Michael Walli, Sr. Megan Rice, & Gregory Boertje-Obed

In July, 2012 three pacifist elders attempted to disarm the nuclear systems of Tennessee. In the process, they disarmed themselves and exposed the naked agression of the Empire. One of the three (Sr. Megan Rice) is a former employee of NDE. Another of the three (Mike Walli) is a former resident of our Sts. Francis & Clare offices in Las Vegas. The courts made a ground-breaking reversal of judgement in the Spring of 2015:
Blog News
Pax Christi USA News

"Transform Now Plowshares" (TNP) is the name of their group. You can stay updated with this issue via the TNP website.

You can find out how to contact the TNP activists via their webpage. On February 18th 2014 they were sentenced to several years in prisons. The locations change at times..

Thank you, dear Sister Megan, Mike & Greg for serving humanity in this prophetic way!

The pacifists were released in May, 2015: Blog News Pax Christi USA News

Recent Coverage

Pax Christi USA News
20 Feb: Waging Nonviolence by Jim Haber
19 February 2014: Chicago Tribune
18 Feb: Common Dreams
28 Jan: Nuclear Resister
28 Jan: KNOX TV News
28 Jan: TNP blog
27 Jan: Guardian
24 Jan: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow w/ Ploughshare's Cirincione
24 January: NCR's story on Quigley's guesses
24 January: KNOX News
19 Jan: Sr. Megan's potential sentencing
18 January: Opposing Views
16 Jan: Tom Lewis' blood in TNP
16 January 2014: US Recommends Full Punishment
15 January: BoingBoing
15 January: Mother Jones Article
9 January: Sentencing Hearing Consolidated for Separate Sentences
15 December '13: Al Jazeera America article 29 April: WA Post Video Interview
7 May: CNN Story & Videos
30 April: NPR story

Oak Ridge Today coverage of Sr. Megan
Google News search for Sr. Megan,

Sr. Megan & Transform Now 3 Absurdly Found Guilty of "Violent" Trespass - by Jim Haber

Donate to the Transform Now 3 defense fund.

For most recent information and contact info for this and other people being tried or incarcerated for acts of anti-war/anti-nuclear civil resistance actions, visit and support the Nuclear Resister.

Y-12 - Transform Now Plowshares Activists - defendants found guilty, jailed until sentencing hearing on January 28, 2014.

Transform Now Plowshares

Detailed history of the action:
The Prophets of Oak Ridge

Video of Supporters - May 6
Video of Sr. Megan - May 7

At Pre-Trial Hearings Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark says the threat of the use of nuclear weapons is omnipresent - read an account of his testimony
Local TV News coverage

One charge dismissed, 2 remain


Sign Petition to the US Attorney General: "Don't impose death sentence on 82-year-old nun and peacemaker"

Petition to halt Y-12 activity and not prosecute activists

Action Flyer

Older Coverage:
Megan Rice, SHCJ arrested in Transform Now Plowshares Action at Y-12 Weapons Complex | Nuclear Operations Halted | NY Times article | NBCNews article
Interview | Indictment | Fired Y-12 Guard

For information on how to write to Sr. Megan, Greg, or Michael or the Judge, please see the OREPA site.
To keep up to date on the Transform Now 3 also see their blog.