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>Exec. Director of Center on Conscience and War Speaks Here Thursday
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>J. E. McNeil, executive director of the Center on Conscience & War, will present “An Update
>on Conscientious Objectors, Counter Recruitment and Military Rights” this Thursday,
>November 16 at 7:30 pm at the Live Oak Friends Meeting House, 1318 West 26th Street,
>Houston. The talk will be in the small house.
>The Center on Conscience & War (CCW), formerly the National Interreligious Service Board
>for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), was formed in 1940 by an association of religious
>bodies. CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors and
>provides a wide range of counseling and legal services to anyone who questions
>participation in war.
>For military service members, CCW provides free counseling on issues such as CO
>discharges, AWOL consequences, and Entry Level Separation information. The Center also
>assists youth with questions regarding draft registration and getting out of the Delayed
>Entry Program.
>CCW participates in the G.I. Rights Hotline, a national referral and counseling service for
>military personnel.
>J. E. McNeil is a former Houstonian, who grew up in Park Place. She is a graduate of Rice
>University and University of Houston Law School. She is a Quaker. She practiced law for 25
>years before becoming the executive director of CCW. Before becoming the director, she
>worked with CCW/NISBCO on its legal committee, where she contributed to amicus briefs
>and represented conscientious objectors in court. In her tax law practice, she has
>represented military tax resistors and demonstrators.
>For more information about the event, contact Ella Tyler at (713) 665-2236 or
><>. For information about CCW, go to >www.centeronconscience.org>.