Fund for Education and Training

교육 및 훈련을 위한 기금

"Assisting conscientious objectors who believe it is wrong to register for the draft"

The Fund for Education and Training (FEAT) assists young men who for reasons of conscience do not comply with laws requiring registration for the draft. Nonregistrants are ineligible for enrollment in federally funded job training programs and for federal and some state financial aid programs for higher education. In an effort to alleviate the effects of these penalties, FEAT provides low interest loans to nonregistrants of conscience.

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"징병에 등록하는 것이 나쁘다고 믿는 양심적 거부자들을 돕기"

교육 및 훈련 기금 (FEAT)은 양심의 이유들로서 징병을 위한 등록을 요하는 법률들에 응하지 않는 젊은 사람들을 돕습니다. 비등록자들은 연방정부가 직업 훈련 프로그램을 위해 조성하는 기금, 상급 교육을 위해 연방 및 일부 주의 재정 지원 프로그램들에 가입할 자격이 없습니다. 이런 처벌들의 효과를 완화시키려는 노력으로서, FEAT는 양심상 비등록자들에게 저이율의 대출을 제공합니다.

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The Penalties of Nonregistration

The organizers of the fund believe that the measures to enforce draft registration are contrary to American traditions of justice and support for conscience. The amendments violate the First Amendment guarantees of free exercise of religion.

기금을 조성자들은 징병 등록을 집행하기 위한 방법들이 미국의 정의의 전통들과 양심에 대한 지지에 대치된다고 믿습니다. 수정 조항들은 종교에 대한 자유로운 실천을 보장하는 제1 수정조항을 위반합니다.

The rights of conscience are denied. Those who oppose war and injustice are punished by being deprived of opportunities. An additional loss to society as a whole also occurs as individual talents and personal convictions are not nurtured.

Many Have No Alternative
In our society, people with economic resources can more easily afford the cost of refusing to be a part of war. It is the economically disadvantaged individuals who bear the brunt of these punitive measures. For those without alternative resources, registration provides the only access to civilian job training or higher education. Economic conditions deny them the possibility of taking a stand against war. FEAT seeks to provide opportunity for rights of conscience by relieving this economic pressure.

우리 사회에서, 경재적 재원들을 가진 사람들은 전쟁의 일부로 참여함을 거부하는 비용을 쉽게 마련할 수 있습니다. 이런 처벌적인 예봉을 감수하는 것은 경제적으로 열악한 개인들입니다. 대체적인 자원들이 없는 사람들을 위하여, 등록은 민간 직업훈련 또는 상급 교육에 유일한 기회를 제공합니다. 경제적 상황들이 그들에게 전쟁을 반대하는 자세를 취할 기회를 거부하는 것입니다. FEAT는 이런 경제적 압박을 덜어 줌으로써 양심을 권리들에 대한 기회를 제공합니다.

Many nonregistrants are enrolled in colleges that do not offer them financial assistance and are not members of those few religious communities that provide support. FEAT is determined to help these young people of conscience.

"A weapon in the U.S. arsenal"

President Carter responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980 by urging draft registration "to send a signal to the Russians." President Reagan reaffirmed the process a year later to show resolve tothe USSR over the crisis in Poland. In 1994 President Clinton cut short an attempt by congress to end registration, saying its termination "could send the wrong signal to our potential enemies." Selective Service officials have said draft registration is a deterrent and "a weapon in the U.S. arsenal like bombers and missiles." In our age of gunboat diplomacy, registration for the draft is not only support for the threat of violence, but an integral part of the violence of threats.

카터 대통령은 "러시아인 들에게 신호를 보내기 위해서" 징병등록을 추진함으로써 1980년 소련의 아프가니스탄 침공에 대해 대응하였습니다. 레이건 대통령은 일년 뒤에 폴랜드 사태에 대해 소련에 대한 결단을 보이기 위해서 이 작업을 재확인했습니다. 1994년 클린턴 대통령은 국회가 등록을 종료시키려는 시도를 차단시켰으며, 등록 중단은 "우리의 잠재적 적들에게 잘못된 신호를 보낼 수 있다"고 말했습니다. 대체복무 관리들은 징병 등록은 저지용이며 폭탄들이나 미사일처럼 미국 무기 창고의 무기 중의 하나이다."라고 말했습니다. 우리의 전함 외교 시대에 있어서, 징병을 위한 등록은 폭력적 위협에 대한 지지일 뿐만 아니라, 위협적인 폭력의 밀접한 일부입니다. 

There is no provision in the Selective Service System for registrants to make known their conscientious objection to war. In fact, at the time of registration, no possible exemption or deferment claims can be made, as had been the case for conscientious objectors. Every registrant is placed in the pool of potential draftees. For the individual conscientiously opposed to participating in even the preparation for war, nonregistration is a necessary response.

Education

FEAT administers supplementary loans to individual applicants. Priority is given to those who have no other sources of aid, either in the financial aid program of their school, from other agencies, or from their family. A modest list of alternative sources of aid for nonregistrants is available from FEAT.

FEAT는 개인적 지원자들에게 부수적인 대여를 행합니다. 우선권은 그들의 학교의 재정적 지원 프로그램에서나, 기타 기관들, 또는 그들의 가족으로부터나, 여타 출처가 없는 사람들에게 주어집니다. 비등록자를 위한 대체 자원의 목록 모델은 FEAT에서 얻을 수 있습니다.

The loan program is a revolving fund. No interest accrues while the nonregistrant is in school. Upon graduation or termination of studies, a six-month interest-free grace period ensues, after which the loan begins to accrue interest at a rate comparable to federal guaranteed student loans.

Money repaid to FEAT by past loan recipients is lent out again to new applicants. As of 1996, FEAT had lent out more than $50,000 since its formation in 1986.

More than thirty individuals are "graduates" of the program and have repaid or are repaying their loans.

FEAT continues to be a small program with limited resources. The funds available cannot be expected to fully make up for the support that would have been available using taxpayers’ money.  For information on other funding sources available to nonregistrants, see FEAT's list of Alternative Aid for Nonregistrants.

FEAT stands ready to help persons denied job training under the Job Training Partnership Act and other employment programs funded by the federal government under Title IV. Since these programs vary from state to state and some of the funding goes to the employers, support has to be tailored to the particular situation.

FEAT는 [직업 훈련 협력법]에 따른 직업 훈련 및 제목 4에 따른 연방 정부의 기금에 의한 기타 채용 프로그램들에 배제된 사람들을 도울 준비가 되어 있습니다. 이들 프로그램들은 주마다 다양하며, 어떤 기금은 채용자들에게로 가므로, 지원은 구체적 상황에 맞도록 조정되어야 할 것입니다.

Administration of FEAT

Loans are made after careful consideration by the Review Committee. Every safeguard is exercised to preserve the confidentiality of the process and the fairness of the awards.

대출은 심사 위원회에 의한 신중한 검토를 마친 뒤에 시행됩니다. 과정의 기밀과 수여의 공정을 기하기 위하여 모든 안전조치들이 취해집니다.

To be responsible to the fund’s donors, applicants are asked to explain why they refuse to register for the draft and prepare for war. Local contact persons who provide confidentiality and support can be intermediaries if needed. Loan recipients are asked to sign a promissory note, and the agreement is considered legally binding. All donations are used directly for the making of loans; all administrative costs are provided by CCW and the other sponsoring organizations.

Sponsors:

• Center on Conscience & War
  
• American Friends Service Committee (Mid-Atlantic Region)
  
• Fellowship of Reconciliation
  
• War Resisters League

• Center on Conscience & War
  
• American Friends Service Committee (Mid-Atlantic Region)
  
• Fellowship of Reconciliation
  
• War Resisters League

Endorsing Organizations:

• Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD)
  
• Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)
  
• Lutheran Peace Fellowship
  
• National War Tax Resistance Coordination Committee (NWTRCC)
  
• Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
  
• The Peace Committees of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting and the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)

• Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD)
  
• Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)
  
• Lutheran Peace Fellowship
  
• National War Tax Resistance Coordination Committee (NWTRCC)
  
• Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
  
• The Peace Committees of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting and the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)

FEAT
Fund for Education and Training
1830 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009-5732
Phone (202) 483-1242, Fax (202) 483-1246
Email: nisbco@nisbco.org