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"Soldiers of Conscience" Film
Soldiers of Conscience is a dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in the current Iraq War – when their finger is on the trigger and another human being is in their gun-sight. Made with cooperation from the U.S. Army and narrated by Peter Coyote, the film profiles eight American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and become conscientious objectors; and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. The film reveals all of them wrestling with the morality of killing in war, not as a philosophical problem, but as soldiers experience it - a split-second decision in combat that can never be forgotten or undone.

AFSC Youth and Militarism Project
The AFSC National Youth & Militarism Program has been active since 1986 in movements to reduce the impacts of war and military institutions on young people's lives. We aim to halt the growing influence of the military in U.S. schools and to help students and educators work for peace and better education in their communities. We also support those who refuse to participate in militarism and work to expand every person's right to walk away from war and violence.

American Friends Service Committee / Quakers

The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
The mission of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF), founded in 1978, is to serve as a catalyst for socially engaged Buddhism. Our purpose is to help beings liberate themselves from the suffering that manifests in individuals, relationships, institutions, and social systems. BPF's programs, publications, and practice groups link Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion with progressive social change.

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

CCCO supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war.

Fellowship of Reconciliation
Since 1915, The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) has carried on programs and educational projects concerned with domestic and international peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict, and the rights of conscience. A Nonviolent, Interfaith, tax exempt organization, The FOR promotes nonviolence and has members from many religious and ethnic traditions. It is a part of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), which has affiliates in over 40 countries.

I Will Not Kill
The I Will Not Kill campaign aims to:

• affirm the right of conscientious objection and support the right of people to have a choice whether or not to serve
• oppose a future draft
• encourage those who are targeted by recruiters to check out the reality of the military
• raise awareness of resistance to war and share the ideas with other youth
• educate high school and college age youth about the impacts of and alternatives to war
• dismantle the selective service system and promote a culture of life

Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.

The Center on Conscience & War
The Center on Conscience & War is the only organization in the country that solely focuses on the issue of conscientious objection.  To support our mission of extending and defending the rights of conscientious objectors we offer the following services free on charge:

The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force
The National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force assists those working on military law issues as well as military law counselors working directly with GIs. It trains and mentors counselors and beginning military law attorneys in all aspects of military law through training materials and direct communication. It updates changes in military law and policy.

The War Resisters League
The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We therefore are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war.If you would like to become a League member, write or email the War Resisters League with your address and telephone number.