by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | News, News from the HomeFront, Our History and Work
This edition of the News from the HomeFront may be the first you have heard that I am the new Executive Director of Quaker House. I look forward to trying to match the quality of my predecessor’s reports in the future. For this first newsletter of my service, I am...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
by Steve Woolford, Quaker House Counselor to the GI Rights Hotline When the Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, I was saddened to think about all the people that would be harmed in the conflict. I remembered a conscientious objector from the US Army I worked...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 10, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, News, Our History and Work, Peace, Religion, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 63 Friends from across the nation joined together online to share their experiences of acting on their personal witness of the Peace Testimony of Friends. Wayne Finegar of Quaker House discussed the history and work of Quaker House and how...
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....
