A project of the Rio Grande Valley Friends Worship Group (Quaker), Peace Options for the Rio Grande Valley seeks to provide Valley youth with options to the pervasive influence of the military in our schools and in our culture.

Contact: peaceoptions@rgvquakers.org

Need help for college but don't want to join the military?

Are you a Conscientious Objector?

Read these before you meet with a recruiter:

For those already in the military:

  • G.I. Rights Hotline 1-800-394-9544 The G.I. Rights Hotline will receive calls from service members in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard who are AWOL, are experiencing sexual harassment or discrimination, or need assistance with military discharges and conscientious objector applications.
  • Getting out of the Delayed Enlistment Program Signed Up For the Military? If You Change Your Mind...You don't have to go! (en español)

In the news:

Eyes Wide Open movie from the American Friends Service Committee. Visit their Eyes Wide Open webpage by clicking on the photo to the right

Not one more death. Not one more dollar.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'  But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and send rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous."  Matthew 5: 43-45
"I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice." Cesar Chavez

"The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service." Albert Einstein

"On my knees I beg you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the ways of peace." Pope John Paul II