by Kindra Bradley | Jun 2, 2021 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military
Every month, Quaker House takes approximately 300 calls on the GI Rights Hotline from people having issues with military membership. These callers want help and information. Some seek discharge from the military because their consciences will not allow them to fight...
by Kindra Bradley | Nov 17, 2020 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline
National Guard staging in Fayetteville, NC, in anticipation of protests after murder of George Floyd. Recently a young soldier called us from Ft. Benning, Georgia. Like many, he contracted the coronavirus during his first couple of weeks in basic training and was sent...
by Kindra Bradley | Nov 14, 2020 | Counseling Program at Quaker House
Joanna being interviewed by Reuters reporter about what we were seeing among service members with sudden deployments. Reporter was wearing a coat because we had to replace our furnace this year, too. We are very lucky in that despite the COVID-19 outbreak, clients...
by Kindra Bradley | Nov 13, 2020 | GI Rights Hotline, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
What gives us hope? This has been a tough time. As I write this, the presidential election in the United States has not officially come to a conclusion and the nine-day interval since Election Day has felt like a month, at least. COVID cases are beginning their...
by Kindra Bradley | Nov 22, 2019 | and Conflation with Patriotism, Fiftieth Anniversary, Moral Injury, Our History and Work, Religion, Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
An extraordinary event took place in Fayetteville, NC, on September 21, 2019. Fifty years of history were relived through the live recollections of past Quaker House directors, counselors, board members, and people whose lives were touched by Quaker House. People...
