Military Service and Conscientious Objection

Web Resources

1. Mennonite Central Committee
   www.mcc.org/ask-a-vet
   
   • Profiles of military veterans who are now conscientious objectors
   • E-mail links to veterans willing to respond to questions from youth
   • The Peacemaker Registration Form
   • Questions for Youth to Consider
   • Reflections on faith and serving in the military
2. American Friends Service Committee
   webarchive.afsc.org/youthmil/Default.htm
   
   • A monthly magazine about youth, war, and peace
   • Information on social change careers and youth leadership camps as an alternative to military service
   • What to consider when talking to a military recruiter
   • The delayed entry program
3. Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
   www.objector.org
   
   • Questions and answers about draft registration
   • What to consider when talking to a military recruiter
   • The delayed entry program
   • Getting the military out of schools
4. GI Rights Hotline
   www.girightshotline.org
   
   • The 800 number to call for help in getting a discharge from the military
   • Information on various discharges
   • The delayed entry program
5. Third Way Cafe
   www.thirdway.com
   
   • Third Way Cafe provides a window to who Mennonites are. The site includes a photo gallery, a section on Who are the Mennonites?, dialogue on current issues, and commentary on social issues and policies from an Anabaptist perspective.
6. Second Mile: A Peace Journey for Congregations
   www.gosecondmile.org
   
   • Second Mile is a peace curriculum that invites congregations and small groups to entera journey of worship, study, action and reflection that will help them become active signs of Christ's peace in a broken world.
7. Preaching Peace
   preachingpeace.org
   
   • A tool for preachers who need more scriptural, historical, and exegetical information as they prepare their sermons.
8. Preaching the Just Word
   www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/pjw.htm
   
   • A national program sponsored by the Woodstock Theological Center to assist priests and other ministers of the gospel to be more effective in preaching biblical and social justice.
9. Seeking Direction After High School: Alternatives for Youth of Philadelphia
   Alternatives list -- July 2007 [PDF file]
   A resource booklet prepared by the Peace Committee of West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship (www.wpmf.com/Outreach.htm#Peace) in summer of 2007, divided into three sections:
   • Employment and Job Training
   • Education and Educational Development
   • Volunteering

More Web Resources

1. Youth Peace Resources, Mennonite Church USA
   peace.mennolink.org/youth/draft.html
2. Conscientious Objection -- Ask A Vet, Mennonite Central Committee
   www.mcc.org/ask-a-vet
3. Youth and Militarism, American Friends Service Committee
   www.afsc.org/youthmil
4. Military Out of Our Schools Program, CCCO
   www.objector.org for blogs, youth myspace and youtube,  posters, and much else, including links to recruitment myths
5. Youth and CounterMilitarism Program, War Resisters League
   www.warresisters.org/counterrecruitment
6. Coalition Against Militarism Of Our Schools
   www.militaryfreeschools.org
7. Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
   www.comdsd.org
8. The GI Rights Hotline
   www.girightshotline.org
9. Quaker House [counsels GIs re: conscientious objection]
   www.quakerhouse.org
10. Military Counseling Network [counsels GIs re: conscientious objection]
    www.mc-network.de
11. DVD "Before You Enlist" by AFSC and Veterans for Peace
    www.beforeyouenlist.org
12. DVD "Sir! No, Sir!"tells the story of thousands of GIs who resisted the Vietnam war
    www.sirnosir.com
13. Opt-Out information and form, posted by Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth
    www.pccy.org (Search for "Opt Out")
14. Alaska Draft Resistance
    www.draftresistance.org/index.php
15. Center on Conscience and War
    www.centeronconscience.org
16. Iraq Veterans Against the War
    www.ivaw.org
17. Soldier, Say No!
    www.peacehost.net/ssn
18. Campus Antiwar Network
    www.campusantiwar.net
19. Books on conscientious objection are available from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection through inter-library loan (see the catalog at tripod.brynmawr.edu; the SCPC has what is probably the largest archival collection in the world on the subject of conscientious objection. (For more information, see www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/peacewebsite/scpcWebsite/Documents/COsources.htm).