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#NoDraft Video Essay Contest!
Calling all high school students grades 9-12! Submit your short video telling the world why you oppose the draft and Selective Service registration! Deadline 5/15/2023 Top entries win cash prizes! Every entry can help raise awareness of the injustice of drafting...
Diplomacy – Not War – in Ukraine!
EMERGENCY RALLY FOR DIPLOMACY ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR (For more on this topic, including the status of Conscientious Objectors to this war, please see the latest issue of our newsletter, The Reporter for Conscience' Sake) Dec. 21, 2022 Event: Rally for Diplomacy on...
Even without a draft, Selective Service is causing harm and must be stopped
The current male-only system requires a CO to violate their most deeply held beliefs, and if they cannot do so, they are burdened for life with extra-judicial penalties, with no option to defend their beliefs and actions or to appeal their punishment. This is an injustice. The penalties for non-registrants must be overturned and SSS must be abolished!
Voices of Conscience: Ethan Foote
“No one who supports war has to go through this level of introspection…No legal or political structure compels people to articulate why they are willing to go to war.”
Faith and Peace Groups Tell Senate Committee, Abolish the Draft, Once and for *All*
The following letter was sent to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday, July 21, 2021, ahead of a hearing during which it is expected that a provision to expand the draft to women would be attached to the "must pass" National Defense...