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 Jordan Blevins
Church of the Brethren
Jordan Blevins is outgoing Advocacy Officer and Ecumenical Peace Coordinator for the Church of the Brethren and National Council of Churches, U.S.A (NCC). Previously, Jordan served as assistant director of land and water programs, as well as coordinator of the poverty initiative for the NCC. Jordan holds a BA in Philosophy and Religion and a BS in Business Administration and a Master of Arts degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, and a Masters of Theological Studies. He is an active member of the Church of the Brethren, serving on the Young Adult Steering Committee and previously on the Board of Directors of On Earth Peace. Jordan is pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry in Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue at Wesley Theological Seminary. |
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 Joan Broadfield, Secretary
Joan Broadfield grew up in a Quaker circle, migrated briefly to the Episcopal Church, and is part of a religiously eclectic larger family circle. She and her spouse joined Friends in the 1970s. It was a time when life was handing the couple some tough circumstances, including an unexpected draft of Ed into the army due to the war in Vietnam. It was this circumstance—forced military service in a family that included a child (in 1968)—that convinced Joan such service was not in the best interests of the country, of the people, and of world peace. A committed pacifist, active and trained in mediation and bias awareness, Joan has been engaged in a broad spectrum of peace issues. She has a degree in teaching music, serves on Friends General Conference central committee, and is active in her meeting and community. |
 Adam Bray, Treasurer Just Peace, United Methodist Church
Adam Bray is the latest board member to join CCW. He comes to us with close to ten years of experience working in various United Methodist agencies and ecumenical organizations. He also has a masters degree in Theological Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary where he studied Christian Ethics. His love and passion for theology, peace, & justice issues, and the life of the Church was first formed while studying the Civil Rights Movement as a sociology major at The University of Mary Washington. Since then he has worked at the General Board of Church and Society of the UMC, served two years as a United Methodist missionary, worked in the the Eco-Justice Program of the National Council of Churches, and organized religious leaders for Interfaith Worker Justice. |
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George Clifford, Vice Chair
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
George is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of North Carolina and a retired U.S. Navy Captain (Chaplain Corps). Among his activities while on active duty were teaching the philosophy of religion at the Naval Academy, ethics at the Naval Postgraduate School, counseling several Naval personnel interested in becoming conscientious objection, and participating in the Navy's process for deciding whether to approve conscientious objector applications. He strongly believes that the U.S. needs the active witness of conscientious objectors to balance rampant militarism and that the U.S. should legalize selective conscientious objection, honoring the witness of religious groups and individuals who morally object to some but not all wars.
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 Dan ColeFOR, FEAT
A Christian pacifist/conscientious objector during his sophomore year of high school in upstate New York, Dan Cole registered as a CO under 1AO status in 1972. Dan later became active in FOR and Amnesty International while attending graduate school and living in Oregon From 1985 -1990, Dan was a member of the FOR National Council. During that time, Dan was asked to serve as the FOR representative to FEAT. In the past two decades, he actively participated in homeless issues, the Child Soldier campaign, anti-KKK organizing in western Maryland, and helped organize several inter-religious gatherings in regard to peacemaking, homelessness, and human rights. Dan compiled (and continues to compile) the international peace bibliography which was started for the 50th anniversary celebration for NISBCO.
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 Nathan Hosler
Nathan Hosler is the Advocacy Officer in the Church of the Brethren’s Advocacy and Peace Witness Ministries in Washington DC and the Ecumenical Peace Coordinator for the National Council of Churches. Before coming to DC, Nathan and his wife, Jennifer, were engaged in peacebuilding work with the Church of the Brethren in northern Nigeria for two years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Languages and a Master of Arts in International Relations. Nathan is a member of the Washington City Church of the Brethren. |
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 Camilo Mejía
Camilo Mejía is an Army conscientious objector (CO) and was the first soldier to refuse to return to the war in Iraq. He is the former chair of the board of directors for Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and author of the book Road to Ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejia and was featured in the film Soldiers of Conscience. |
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 Janine Schwab
Janine Schwab is a Goal Analyst for Peace and Conflict Resolution with American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia, PA. Janine has professional experience advocating around issues related to the draft, peace education, military recruitment and the presence of the military in educational institutions. She formerly served on the steering committees of National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) and is currently on the Planning Committee for Peace Day Philly 2012. She holds a BA in History from Earlham College. Previous to her work for peace, Janine worked in a university setting in student and academic affairs while studying History and German Literature at the bilingual University of Fribourg in Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland. |
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