Regional Counter-recruitment Pages (2022)

Gary Ghirardi 06 December 2022 06 December 2022 Last Updated: 08 December 2022 Hits: 271

The Following links are the current counter-recruitment pages of regional peace groups as of (12/06/2022 - in Development

(Listed Alphabetically)

Northeast-region

Peace Action New York State / Regional Site / Counter Recruitment - New York
https://peaceactionnewyorkstate.org/recruitment.shtml (old)
https://dev.panys.org/campaign/counter-recruiting/ (new)

Southeast-region

(None Listed)

Midwest-region

Central District Conference-Mennonite Church / Regional Site / Alternative To Military Recruitment - Indiana
https://mcusacdc.org/resources/alternative-to-military-recruitment/

Northwest-region

Spokane Veterans for Peace / Regional Site / Truth in Recruitment for High School Students - Washington
https://spokaneveteransforpeace.org/truth-in-recruitment-2/

Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter / Regional Site / counter recruiting - Oregon
https://vfpcorvallis.wordpress.com/tag/counter-recruiting/

Southwest-region

(None Listed)

Western-region

Before Enlisting / Regional Site / Critical Information - California
https://www.beforeenlisting.org/critical-information

Committee Opposed to Militarism & the Draft / Regional Site / Information for Young People and Youth Activists: Resources for educating and organizing - California
http://comdsd.org/index.php/youth

Project YANO / Regional Site / Organizing Tools, Opt-out, ASVAB, Misc. - California
http://projectyano.org/index.php/literature-and-resources/organizing-tools-opt-out-asvab-misc

Veterans for Peace: Ventura County Chapter 112 / Regional Site / Resources for Students - California
https://vfpvc.org/mission-statement/

Western Friend (Quakers) / Regional Site / Resources for Truth and Military Recruitment - California
https://westernfriend.org/resources-truth-and-military-recruitment

Territories

Madres Contra la Guerra / Regional Site / MCG refuta Mitos, Falacias y Estereotipos sobre el Militarismo - Puerto Rico
http://madrescontralaguerra.blogspot.com/2006/10/la-cosa-no-es-as-madres-contra-la.html

Revised 12/06/2022

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