About

The Oklahoma Objector Community is a religious humanist community with a special focus on peace and social justice.

We are a religious community, because we deal with the ultimate questions of meaning, ethics, purpose, etc.

We are a humanist community, because we believe that human beings have the reponsibility of creating our own future. We are open to learning from all of the great religious/philosophical traditions but we as a community are agnostic on the subject of God (or Gods). We have members of our community who are agnostics, atheists and theists and we think that is a good thing.

We are a peace community because we believe that war and injustice is a fundamental violation of what it means to be an ethical human being. Our community's spiritual DNA is rooted in finding ways to object to war and injustice.

Our local community consists of a small group of activist members, but we are also part of the larger Objector Church, in which we cooperatively work with other Objectors across the USA and around the world.

If you are interested in joining our community, please come to one of our upcoming events or contact us.

• November 9, 2019, 10 am-4 pm: Fall Peace Festival (look for our table)
  
• November 9, 2019, 5-7 pm CST: Cuba Solidarity Fundraiser
  
• November 12, 2019 (time TBA) - Objector Church Webcast
  
• November 25, 2019 (time TBA) - Objector Church Webcast
  
• November 25, 2019 (time TBA) - Objector Church Webcast
  
• December 11-13, 2019 - James will be delivering humanitarian supplies from our community to two different religious communities in Havana, Cuba
  

Projects

(supporting the rights of US military conscientious objectors & whistleblowers, truth in recruiting education, etc.)

(community building and education with a special focus on Oklahoma)

Education

• The Objector Institute - adult education from the Objector Church
• MilitaryRecruitingTruth.us - resources for military truth in recruiting activists
• JustPeace.org - a wealth of information on simple living from Oklahoma City's Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House

Links

Our links section is a work-in-progress. If you see a group or a webpage that we should list here, please email james(at)objector(dot)church. Thanks!

• Oklahoma - Peace & Social Justice

  • Center for Conscience in Action
  • Just Future
  • Oklahoma-Cuba Friendship Committtee
  • Oklahoma Policy Institute
  • ACLU of Oklahoma
  • Amnesty International - Oklahoma City Chapter
  • Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice
  • Oklahoma City Pride

• National/International - Peace & Social Justice

  • Courage to Resist
  • MilitaryRecruitingTruth.us
  • Veterans For Peace
  • Center on Conscience and War
  • Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild

• Humanist and Interfaith Groups

  • National Groups
    • American Humanist Association
    • Society for Humanistic Judaism
  • Oklahoma Groups
    • Oklahoma Conference of Churches
    • OklahomaAtheists.com
    • Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma

Ministers & Staff

James M. Branum
Interfaith Minister & Executive Director of the Center for Conscience in Action

Rena Guay
Interfaith Minister & Executive Director of Just Future

Contact

• Email: James(at)objector(dot)church
• Text/Phone: 405-494-0562