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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Marking the Passing of Sister Megan Gillespie Rice

  • Submitted by: Bill Kidd, Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-01663

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”.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Miles Briggs, Bob Doris, Annabelle Ewing, Pam Gosal, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Paul Sweeney, Evelyn Tweed, Mercedes Villalba