by Wayne Finegar | Mar 2, 2022 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, News, Our History and Work
The Board of Directors of Quaker House is pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne W. Finegar II to the position of Executive Director, effective March 1, 2022. Wayne graduated from Swarthmore College in 1989 with a BA in Philosophy and received a JD degree from...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 25, 2021 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Peace
Conscientious Objectors Tell Their Stories This is an extended version of the article by Lenore Yarger, Quaker House counselor to the GI Rights Hotline, printed in our Fall 2021 newsletter, HomeFront. Kristofer Miller was a sergeant in Special Forces training at Ft....
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 23, 2021 | Counseling Program at Quaker House
This post is by our Quaker House LCSW mental health counselor, Joanna. Abuse can come in many forms, and while I have written about this before, more of our clients are reporting financial abuse as one of the ways they are being controlled by their partners. This...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 20, 2021 | Military, News
This is an extended version of the article by Chuck Fager, former Quaker House Director, printed in our Fall 2021 newsletter, HomeFront. It was easy to be skeptical about the pledges last winter by the newly minted Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, III, that he would...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 9, 2021 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military
On June 8, 2021, we hosted a panel discussion with five amazing individuals. The recording is available below. Our GI Rights Hotline Counselors led a discussion with these five service members about the experiences that led them to apply for discharge as conscientious...
