A jajibirin ƙarshen mako na zaɓe na ƙasa, ’yan’uwa, Mennonites, da sauransu sun taru a San Antonio, Texas, don bincika al’amuran lamiri na ƙasa. Kungiyar ta fahimci cewa ko da yawan jam’iyyar da aka samu a Majalisa, lokaci ya yi da masu son zaman lafiya su yi magana da murya mai kyau game da yaki da kuma illar da yake jawo wa al’umma, in ji Phil Jones, darektan ’yan’uwa Shaidu. /Ofishin Washington.
Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite ya shirya a ƙarƙashin jagorancin ma'aikacin MCC Titus Peachey, taron ya jawo mahalarta fiye da 70 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka zuwa taron kwana uku. Cocin San Antonio Mennonite ne ya karbi bakuncin mahalarta kuma an ba su dama don haɗin kai da gina dangantaka game da batun hana daukar aikin soja. An samar da ra'ayin taron ne a cikin Maris 2004 a Cibiyar Ba da Shawarar Anabaptist akan Sabis na Alternative. Peachey ya bayyana farin cikin samun irin wannan babban tushe na halarta a San Antonio, tare da ɗan takaici kawai cewa ƙarin shugabannin ƙungiyoyin ba su sami damar halarta ba.
Ertell Whigham, abokin limamin cocin Norristown New Life, yayi magana ga taron budewar. Ikilisiyar Mennonite ce mai al'adu da yawa, mai harsuna biyu. Whigham ya raba daga faffadan gogewar soja da shigarsa, gami da shekaru shida a cikin Marine Corps tare da rukunin yaki a Vietnam 1968-69, kuma a matsayin sajan daukar ma'aikata 1973-74. Ya kalubalanci taron da ya nemi gaskiyar da ke karkashin yawancin alkawura da tsammanin sojoji.
Taron karawa juna sani ya baiwa mahalarta damar tattaunawa da wasu wadanda ke da hannu wajen yaki da daukar ma'aikata, da kuma gano batutuwan zaman lafiya da rashin tashin hankali daga fahimtar tauhidi da a aikace. Matt Guynn na zaman lafiya a duniya ya gabatar da bita akan tushen tauhidi na yaki da daukar ma'aikata. Sauran tarurrukan sun kasance kan batutuwa kamar su daukar ma'aikata a makarantu, wariyar launin fata a cikin soja, zaman lafiya a matsayin ibada, zabin soja, da ganin daukar ma'aikata a matsayin yunkuri na zamantakewa.
Sauran wadanda suka gabatar da taron sun hada da kwamitin mutum uku na tsofaffin jami’an soji wadanda suka iya barin aikin soja a matsayin lamiri. Sun ba da labarin yawan daukar aikin soja, da rashin cika alkawuran da sojoji suka yi, da kuma fahimtar cewa zaben farko da suka yi na soja shi ne wanda ba za su iya girmamawa ba. JE McNeil na Cibiyar Kula da Lamiri da Yaƙi a Washington, DC, da Dick Davis, limamin Cocin Peace Mennonite a Dallas, Texas, su ma sun yi magana. Davis ya yi aiki a matsayin limamin sojoji kuma ya yi murabus a hukumarsa a 1992 a matsayin mai ƙin yarda da imaninsa.
A cikin jawabinsa na rufe taron, a lokacin ibadar safiya da aka raba tare da San Antonio Mennonites, Peachey ya tunatar da ƙungiyar cewa yawancin tasirin yana shafar zaɓin da muke yi. Hudubarsa mai take, “Ƙarar Daukar Ma’aikata tare da Haƙƙin Linjila,” ta yi magana a kan Luka 9:51-56, “Ubangiji, kana so mu umarci wuta ta sauko daga sama ta cinye su?” Peachey ya ƙarfafa kowa da kowa su fahimci cewa "aikin namu na cikin gida zai iya canza abubuwan da ke kewaye da mu, mataki mafi girma, mafi ƙarfi fiye da watsar da abubuwa cikin fushi."
’Yan’uwa da suka halarci taron sun haɗa da mazauna yankin San Antonio guda huɗu, ’yan’uwa masu sa kai, ma’aikatan ɗarika Guynn da Jones, ’yan’uwa daga Ohio da Pennsylvania, da kuma wata babbar tawagar matasa daga Cocin farko na Brooklyn da ke New York. Ƙungiyar Brooklyn ta ba da jagoranci don ibadar safiyar Lahadi ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa.