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Alliance for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-088
Abstract
The Alliance for Conscientious Objectors (AFCO), based in Seattle (Washington), was founded in 1970 by John Long and Paul Anderson, who served as its national coordinator. It changed its name in 1972 to represent a wider scope of purpose. During this time, conscientious objectors who performed two years of alternate service, the same period as those drafted into the military served, were not entitled to Veterans Administration benefits under the GI Bill of Rights. By 1974 AFCO had reached a...
Dates:
1970-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Young Friends of North America Committee on Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-083
Abstract
The Young Friends of North America, an open fellowship of Friends between the ages of 18 and 30, established a Committee on Conscription in the fall of 1968 to facilitate communication among Friends who were involved with draft resistance. The Committee, chaired by C.O. Peter Blood, collected information from members of the Religious Society of Friends who had refused to cooperate with conscription since the 1940s, as well as Friends who were currently imprisoned for draft resistance....
Dates:
1968-1971
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Baker, Lillian 1
- Blood, Peter, -1946 1
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- Gerber, William, 1908- 1
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- National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
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