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Motion · S6M-01663 · 12 Oct 2021

Marking the Passing of Sister Megan Gillespie Rice

Lodged by Bill Kidd Standard Motion 12 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes the passing of Sister Megan Gillespie Rice SHCJ from New York City, at the age of 91 years old; understands that Sister Megan was a Catholic nun who taught as an elementary teacher in Ghana and Nigeria; notes that, since the 1980s, she was a nuclear weapons disarmament activist and a member of Transform Now Ploughshares, and understands that Sister Megan was arrested several times for acts of non-violent civil disobedience, which led to time spent in prison for demonstration actions, including when she was 82 years of age, when she and two others entered the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in what was reportedly described as, “the biggest security breach of the US atomic facility”.

Supporters (12)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.