I have limited my self to listing those sites:

    1. Where I have intimate or passing knowledge of them;
    2. Or reflect peace organizations of specific religious groups;
    3. And which are not limited to one region or issue.

In many cases, I have also used descriptors given by various websites, especially from nonviolence.org.

For those who are interested in finding more about the current selective service system, their web site is: http://www.sss.gov

For those who wish to contact their Senators or House of Representatives through the Internet, their websites are:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

http://www.house.gov/writerep

AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) is a Quaker based organization working for peace and justice in the US and around the world.

www.afsc.org

Amnesty International Although this web site advertises itself for international justice, their site appears to include what others would call peace issues.

www.amnesty.org

Coordinating Committee for Conscientious Objection supports active individual and collective resistance to war.

www.objector.org

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) The Fellowship of Reconciliation is a world wide interfaith movement that is committed to creating peace and justice. Since 1915, FOR has carried on programs and educational projects concerned with domestic and international peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict, and the rights of conscience. The FOR is a nonviolent, interfaith organization that belongs to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). There are affiliates in over 40 countries.

www.ifor.org

www.forusa.org

Friends Committee on National Legislation This is a Quaker lobby and educational group that works in Washington DC and has a credible reputation with the senate and house. Like other Quaker organizations, their work spans a variety of peace, justice, environment and disarmament issues and other Quaker testimonies.
www.fcnl.org

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
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This 1985 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is involved in a variety of peace issues, not only nuclear war.

www.ippnw.org

Jewish Peace Fellowship
Unites those who believe that Jewish ideals and experiences provide inspiration for a nonviolent commitment to life. It draws upon the traditional roots of Judaism and upon its meaning in the world today. The Jewish Peace Fellowship aids those who, in a spirit of nonviolence, address themselves to the remaking of our society.

www.jewishpeacefellowship.org

Lutheran Peace Fellowship
Lutheran Peace Fellowship (LPF) is a community of Lutherans across the U.S. and around the globe, responding to the gospel call to be peacemakers and justice seekers. Founded in 1941, LPF offers a wide range of expertise, encouragement, and resources.

www.lutheranpeace.org

A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
A publicly-supported charitable educational foundation which promotes the principles and practice of nonviolent social change. The Institute focuses on the issues to which A.J. Muste dedicated his life: peace and disarmament, social and economic justice, racial and sexual equality, and the labor movement.

www.ajmuste.org

National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
A coalition of local groups, alternative funds, contacts and counselors working to support, coordinate, and publicize conscientious objection to the payment of taxes for war. We protest a tax system that supports war, and we redirect our tax dollars to fund life-affirming efforts.

www.nwtrcc.org

Pax Christi USA
Strives to create a world that reflects the peace of Christ. Pax Christi commits itself to peace education. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.

www.paxchristiusa.org

War Resisters League
The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We therefore are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war.

www.warresisters.org

Women's International League For Peace & Freedom

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. (From their website)

www. wilpf.org

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