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Chapel Hill Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) 531 Raleigh Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: 919-929-5377 Meeting for Worship: Worship - 8:30am and at 11:00 a.m. Forum - 9:45am (forum schedule) First-day School - 11:00am - 12:00pm Child Care available from 9:30am - 12:00pm |
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Are You a CO and How Can You Prove It?
Many of our 18-year-old young people have sought support from our Meeting to declare a position as a Conscientious Objector, or CO. A CO is someone who, based upon moral, ethical, and/or religious beliefs, opposes personal participation in any and all war. Currently, the U.S. has no draft, but it does have a Selective Service System (SSS) where all 18-year-old men must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday. For those young people who may be inclined to be CO’s, the Meeting encourages them to make a statement to that effect when they register, or during their first contact with SSS (legally meaning the 30 day window after turning 18 years old). The Meeting has extensive information on how to do this as well as materials to help a person understand his or her convictions in this regard. There is an entire curriculum, including reference handouts and a full power point presentation, at www.NCChoicesForYouth.org (on the homepage, click on the right hand column for CO curriculum). You may also contact Alice Carlton at amberalice@mindspring.com or Curt Torell at curtnpatty@aol.com for further help. Here are some CO letters written by young people in our meeting. Jackson Vickery Casey Weber Anna Young Sam Leeman-Munk (August 2007) James (Jimmy) Malone (November 2006) Andrew Barker (June 2004) Nick Mann (May 2004) |
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