Re: Advice

[bonnie.blustein@att.net]

I agree with Marilyn.  GI Rights Hotline is best place to start.
If the person has any connection to any religious/faith tradition, he or she should probably contact a clergyperson in that faith who is sympathetic.  I can find someone through ICUJP - Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace if you let me know what faith/denomination.  (Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist, Presbyterian, Unitarian-Universalist, Methodist, maybe others.... )

Bonnie Blustein

Bonnie

-------------- Original message from Marilyn Langlois <langlois-rine@comcast.net>: -------------- 


> Dear Michelle-- 
> 
> The GI Rights Hotline, 1-800-394-9544, is a great place to get accurate, 
> up-to-date information about options available to an AWOL soldier, and what 
> the likely consequences would be of pursuing any of those options. Hotline 
> counselors also provide emotional support and understanding, but don't give 
> advice per se, as their intent is to empower soldiers to make informed 
> decisions for themselves. 
> 
> Information on GI Rights, Conscientious Objectors, and Military Discharges 
> is also available at: www.girights.org and www.GIdischarges.org 
> 
> Very best wishes to this person! 
> 
> Marilyn 
> GI Rights Hotline counselor in Oakland CA 
> 
> 
> > From: Michelle Montali 
> > Reply-To: ca-resisters@interversity.org 
> > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:58 -0400 
> > To: ca-resisters@interversity.org 
> > Subject: [ca-resisters] Advice 
> > 
> > To All the Conscientious Objectors on the List, 
> > What advice would you give to a soldier who has just gone AWOL? 
> > Thanks in advance! 
>