[WestMALocals] CR, CO, GI Rights training -- April 26

[Owen Broadhurst]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: American Friends Service Committee
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:01 PM
> Subject: [AriseAction] CR, CO, GI Rights training -- April 26
> 
> 
> Friends, this program will be happening in the Berkshires.  I will 
> gladly provide transportation.  Jo
> 
> HELPING PEOPLE MAKE CHOICES
> This program conducted by Robert Dove and Attorney Neil Berman of 
> the GI Rights Hotline and American Friends Service Committee will 
> guide participants through the regulations regarding military 
> service in order to help people understand their options.  The 
> program will direct its attention to three areas:
> 
> Counter Recruitment: Counseling young people to help them to see 
> their full range of options in lieu of military service.
> 
> Conscientious Objector: Providing information to those who are in 
> the Selective Service system to help them with the choices they 
> face.
> 
> GI Advocacy: Working with men and women who are already in the 
> armed forces, military reserves, or the national guard to take a 
> course of action consistent with their conscience.
> 
> 
> Date:  Tuesday, April 26, 2005 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (check-in at 8:30 AM)
> Place:  East Mountain Retreat Center, Great Barrington, MA (Corner 
> of Rt. 23 and Lake Buel Road.  From Rts. 7 and 23 intersection, 
> travel east on Rt. 23 two miles.  Turn right onto Lake Buel Road 
> and right again up the driveway)
> 
> Cost
> $10 registration fee will cover handouts and the travel expenses 
> for the presenters
> Participants can also purchase a manual for $45 (optional)
> (Note:  Participants should bring a brown bag lunch.  Beverages 
> will be provided)
> 
> Registration information (this program is limited to 25 people):
> Register by mail:
> East Mountain Retreat Center
> c/o Rev. Lois Rose
> 8 Lake Buel Road
> Great Barrington, MA  01230
> Register by phone:  (413) 528-6617
> Register by e-mail:  emrc at bcn.net
> 
> This program is sponsored by the Interfaith Spiritual Retreat 
> Institute and the Western Area Office of the Massachusetts 
> Conference of the United Church of Christ
> 
> Jo Comerford
> American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts
> 140 Pine Street, Room 10
> Florence, Massachusetts 01062
> 413.584.8975 (W)
> 413.584.8987 (F)
> 413.695.6059 (C)
> afsc at crocker.com
> www.WesternMassAFSC.org
> 
> Peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice.
> ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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