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Putting Action to Witness: Living into the Peace Testimony

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...
Pushed Off the Path of War

Pushed Off the Path of War

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....
Conscientious Objectors in Today’s Military

Conscientious Objectors in Today’s Military

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...
Conscientious Objectors’ Panel

Conscientious Objectors’ Panel

by Wayne Finegar | 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...
“Raise the Next Generation Gently”

“Raise the Next Generation Gently”

by Wayne Finegar | 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...
Hope and Sustaining Power

Hope and Sustaining Power

by Wayne Finegar | 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...
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