(910) 323-3912 execdirector@quakerhouse.org
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Facebook
  • X
0 Items
Quaker House
  • Home
  • Events
  • Blog/News
  • Conscientious Objection
  • Donate
  • Shop
Select Page

If You Build It, They Will Call Steve Woolford, GI Rights Counselor: Fall 2022 Newsletter

by Steve Woolford | Nov 9, 2022 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, News, News from the HomeFront

Times change, and with it, military regulations. For example, the addition of the Space Force to the armed forces required an overhaul of all the Air Force regulations, which now refer to “members” rather than “airmen,” in order to include the “guardians” of the Space...

John’s Story

by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Our History and Work

by Lenore Yarger, Quaker House Counselor to the GI Rights Hotline   When John (not his real name) joined the Marine Corps over two years ago, his recruiters made it clear that he should not disclose a prior history of psychological counseling and medication. He made...

Thinking about Conscientious Objection in a Time of War

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...

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...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Blog Post Categories

  • Conflation with Patriotism
  • Conscientious Objection
  • Counseling Program at Quaker House
  • Domestic Violence
  • Fiftieth Anniversary
  • GI Rights Hotline
  • Holding the Line
  • Military
    • and the Environment
    • Before Joining
  • Military Shakeup
  • Moral Injury
  • News
  • News from the HomeFront
  • Our History and Work
  • Peace
  • PTSD
  • Quaker Chuckles
  • Religion
    • and Conflation with Patriotism
  • The Peace Race
  • Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
  • Uncategorized
  • War and Use of Military Force
    • Draft
    • Selective Service System

Contact Information

Address
223 Hillside Ave
Fayetteville, NC 28301

Phone
(910) 323-3912

Email
execdirector@quakerhouse.org

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Search

Articles

  • Facebook
  • X