Today, May 15th, is International Conscientious Objectors’ Day, a day to honour the people, throughout history and today, who have refused to take part in war, often facing personal cost for their choice. I only recently discovered this day (and the Peace Pledge Union) while researching the psychological and social impacts of WW1 and WW2. That it falls on today felt significant; a quiet alignment between my own inquiry and a longer tradition of peace work, remembrance, and re