The Center on Conscience & War is a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of conscience, opposes military conscription, and serves all conscientious objectors to war.
Military COs
Have you become a CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR since enlisting in the US Military? We can help.For Military Servicemembers
- Who is a conscientious objector in the military?
- Online CO Application Writing Tool
- Other discharges and issues: GI Rights Hotline
Youth
Concerned about SELECTIVE SERVICE registration? Or, maybe you're thinking about ENLISTING in the military?For youth thinking about the military
Faith Communities
ResourcesFor Faith Communities
Peace Orgs & Educators
ResourcesFor Peace Orgs & Educators
- Public Education & Outreach – Invite us to do a workshop!
- Fund for Education & Training
Military COs that CCW has helped
Attention Military Servicemembers
If you’re in the US military and are interested in seeking discharge or reassignment as a Conscientious Objector, we can help. We’ll work with you to navigate the complex admin process. Our services are free of charge. If you’re facing deployment, don’t wait to call us at 800-379-2679.
Military COs that CCW has helped
Advisory Council
Center on Conscience & War
GI Rights Hotline
877-447-4487
On Conscience
Conscientious Objection
Selective Service
Laws & Regs by State
The Reporter
for Conscience' Sake
On Nonviolence
& Conscientious Objection
Who is a Military CO?
Current DoD Regs
CO Internationally
A Survey of the Americas
CCW helps those in the US seeking asylum from service in their own countries, such as when their CO applications have been denied.
Close Guantanamo Bay: A CO tells his story
Daniel Lakemacher was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, where he was moved to become a conscientious objector. With CCW’s help, he was honorably discharged.
“Their condition was more closely linked to an inner conflict rather than threats to their lives…”
“Their condition was more closely linked to an inner conflict rather than threats to their lives…” A new study acknowledges PTSD is a result of moral injury....
Honor Armistice Day: Two Minutes of Silence
It was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen that the guns fell silent on the Western Front in Europe. Many people have described this moment; one of the most poignant is by Kurt Vonnegut in his...
Former Director McNeil Featured on Northern Spirit Radio
Audio Interview: Former Executive Director J.E. McNeil featured by “Spirit In Action” on Northern Spirit Radio, Wisconsin.
Another Way To Stand With People of Conscience
Another Way To Stand With People of Conscience The Center on Conscience & War is now a member of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), as well as campaigns in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Washington. This means federal workers and...