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and an alternative to military service for conscientious objectors. The immediate task of this group was to advise conscientious objectors and create a structure for the proposed alternative service. On November 26, 1940, National Council for Religious Conscientious Objectors was merged with a
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Today, the work of the Center on Conscience & War is mainly with members of the US military who experience a crisis of conscience and seek discharge as conscientious objectors. CCW also provides technical and community support to other conscientious objectors, including immigrants seeking
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Conscientious objectors were required to serve into 1947, past the end of the war. Member groups who disagreed with this policy or the cooperation required with a system of conscription began to withdraw from the organization.
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During its first year, 3000 conscientious objectors were referred to NSBRO by Selective Service. In all, nearly 12,000 World War II COs would be handled by NSBRO. The program for conscientious objectors,
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citizenship in the US who are moved by conscience to take an alternative oath of citizenship that does not include a promise to bear arms, and youth facing Selective Service (draft) registration.
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and Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. During this first year a total of fifteen groups became members of NSBRO and by the end of the war this number grew to thirty nine.
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was created to track the changes in Selective Service regulations and interpret them to NSBRO constituency. Regular contact was made with COs who chose prison over CPS.
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In 1964 the name was changed to National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), and in 2000 it became Center on Conscience & War (CCW).
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In the following months additional groups became interested in the work of NSBRO and positions on the governing board was expanded to include representatives from the
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The group was organized as National Council for Religious Conscientious Objectors on October 5, 1940, by the three
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similar organization, Civilian Service Board, to become National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NSBRO).
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matched men with camps and units, keeping detailed records of the assignments and projects. The
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worked with cases of men who were denied conscientious objector status. Later an
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NSBRO was responsible for 150 Civilian Public Service camps during World War II.
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pulled out early in the war, followed by Fellowship of Reconciliation,
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Service for Peace, A History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service
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The work of NSBRO was divided into three sections. The
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non-profit
anti-war
Washington, D.C.
conscientious objectors
G.I. Rights Hotline
conscription
historic peace churches
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Methodist Church
Disciples of Christ

Civilian Public Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Resisters League
American Friends Service Committee
Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors
List of anti-war organizations
List of peace activists
Mennonite Central Committee
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National Service Board for Religious Objectors
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