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A petition filled with signatures of men and women's names and addresses, most of them based in Durham, North Carolina. The petition is titled, "A Statement of Affirmation and Draft Resistance"
Pledge affirming resistance to the draft in the case of selective service registration and deployment of people in service of the US military after President Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.

A gold-colored flier titled, "A Workshop and Retreat on Political Organizing," with starred text, advertising what participants should expect and, below that, a list of workshop topics in a smaller font.
A WRL Southeast workshop hosted in Durham, NC

Three white-presenting people sitting around a table. The person in the center table, who is wearing a name tag, is smiling and looking at the person to her right.
WRL Southeast organizer Dannia Southerland (R) at War Resisters League's 1983 national conference.

Black and white photograph of a group of white people and one Black person--WRL Southeast's Mandy Carter--seated outside crosslegged on the ground in a tight grouping. One person is the front is smiling and the others look stoic. One person is raising their arm in the air and flashing a peace sign. A line of police are visible in the background, standing with police dogs.
Members of the American delegation to the German-led protests against the US/NATO deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany. This group was participating in a direct action at the gates of the US Bitburg military base.

Black and white headshot photograph of a white woman with poofy, curly hair
WRL Southeast staff organizer Dannia Southerland

Mandy Carter, a young Black woman with short hair stands in front of a barbed wire fence at a military base. There is a handwritten sign on the fence with German writing on it that is difficult to see because the sign is folded over.
Mandy Carter at a US base in West Germany during the German-led protests against the US/NATO deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany

Map of the US mainland, with outlines of the states, titled "Nuclear America." The map's legend lists icons for "Nuclear Weapons Facilities," "Nuclear Power Reactors," "Miscellaneous Facilities," and "Nuclear Targets." The map reflects nuclear sites throughout the country, with concentrations in the northeast, south, midwest, and in California.
Poster depicting the locations of nuclear weapons and nuclear power installations in the US

The front of a business card
Card offering military draft counseling support

Poster featuring a design of a flower in which the decorative symbols inside of the petals resemble people with their arms raised and touching the hands of the person next to them. The heading of the poster reads "Women's Pentagon Action, November 16 & 17, Washington D.C." The local contact is listed as "War Resisters League" in Durham, NC
Poster calling for a mass mobilization of women to protest in Washington D.C. as part of the 1980 Women's Pentagon Action. Organizers called for action against the New Right, US militarism, and racist and sexist violence. WRL Southeast added a…

Green booklet cover, printed on newsprint, titled, "Your Taxes, Your Choice? Military Spending / How It Affects the Triangle Area" At the bottom of the page is an outline of the state of North Carolina covered in clippings of newspaper headlines like, "Budget Cuts Will Hurt Education in Triangle Area," "Defense Cost Overruns Spiral," and "Jobs Program Target of Cuts"
Guidebook from the Triangle Project on Military Spending and Human Needs, a coalition of Triangle peace and justice organizations bringing attention to the rising disparity between funding for the military and funding for human needs.
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