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Hope, Support, and Pathways to Possible Impossibilities

Hope, Support, and Pathways to Possible Impossibilities

by Wayne Finegar | Jun 4, 2019 | Before Joining, Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military, Selective Service System

Recently Lenore described our work with the GI Rights Hotline to a Guatemalan immigrant friend.  “The government must not like you,” he said.  “Once you’re in the US military, they make it almost impossible to get out.”  Not everyone with whom we talk...

The Selective Service’s Selective Hearing

by Wayne Finegar | May 21, 2019 | Conscientious Objection, Draft, Religion, Selective Service System

The Selective Service System is currently being scrutinized, hopefully with an element of discernment involved.  That’s where you come in.  We depend on you to comment during this short window of time during which decisions are being made about future...

Human Nature Defaults to Conscientious Objection

by Wayne Finegar | Apr 29, 2019 | Conscientious Objection, Draft, Selective Service System

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service has been holding public hearings since February 2018 in order to gather and share information about its mandate to update the Selective Service System (and, therefore, draft and conscientious objector...
Inspire to Serve or Conspire to Conscript?

Inspire to Serve or Conspire to Conscript?

by Wayne Finegar | Mar 19, 2018 | Conscientious Objection, Draft, Selective Service System

[Photo from the home page of the Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, inspire2serve.gov, accessed March 14, 2018.] What does this photo say to you?  What do you think it is advertising? What is the meaning of its creative internet address,...

Frances Crowe–Vietnam Era Conscientious Objector Guide

by Wayne Finegar | Dec 17, 2017 | Conscientious Objection, Draft, Selective Service System

I had the most delightful telephone conversation about a week ago with Frances Crowe. In Quaker House’s last newsletter (Winter 2017/2018), I asked people to share stories about their experiences with conscientious objection, from any war, any moral basis (any...

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