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- EIN 53-0207406
- 202-483-2220
- 1830 Connecticut NW 4th Fl Washington DC 20009 USA
- http://www.centeronconscience.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arms Control & Peace, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Crime & Law, International, Legal Services
Mission: The Center on Conscience & War (CCW) was founded as the National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NSBRO) in 1940 by Quakers, Mennonites and Brethren to work to assure alternative service rather than jail for conscientious objectors (COs) to war. They were quickly joined by over thirty other religious faiths and organizations and change their name to National Interreligious Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO) and coordinated the Civilian Public Service alternative service to military service during World War II. CCW continued to support COS through the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars, providing draft and military counseling. Today, working with the GI Hotline, CCW continues to provide counseling and legal support for men and women in the U.S. military on discharge and CO matters. In addition, CCW provides information concerning the rights of immigrants to refuse to sign an oath to protect the Constitution through military force. CCW works with other organizations to support the rights of COs in other countries and the put an end to the conscription of children into the military. CCW follows the legislation and regulations concerning Selective Service and the Draft. CCW administers the Fund for Education and Training (FEAT), which provides loans to men who refuse as a matter of conscience to register for the draft.
Programs: Counscientious Objectors:
We help those who find after joining the military that they cannot participate in war seek fully honorable Conscientious Objector discharged. We lobby to require the military to provide such discharges at all times, not just at its convenience.
GI Rights Hotline:
We advise and help military personnel who seek discharge and other information about their rights in the US military.
International Work:
We are a resource for COs through out the world for both those who seek recognition of their rights in their own countries and those who seek asylum in the US. We have worked with organizations to promote the universal recognition of conscientious objection as a basic Human Right.
The Reporter for Consciences' Sake:
Newsletter published for approximately 65 years providing vital information about COs, the military, alternative service and the draft.
The Military Draft:
We lobby to prevent the reinstitution of the draft by those who erroneously believe it will make life "fairer." We train others to counsel those who may be facing the draft in the near future
FEAT:
The Fund for Education and Training provides loans for people who refused for reasons of conscientious objection to war to cooperate with the registration for the draft and derivative issues.