Regional

Student and non student community based

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The Peace Center is dedicated to anti-war activities generally and has worked on the Opt-out form in the Wichita high schools.  We would like to expand the opt out work into smaller school districts in Kansas.  We also produced a very good counter recruitment brochure which is available to high school students through the school counselor offices.

Regional

Non student community based

Outreach to Specific Communities:

Latino
Native American

Regional

Non student community based

Outreach to Specific Communities:
Latino
Native American

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I'm excited to tell you all that New Mexico Senate Bill #SB 464(sponsored by NM Senator Ortiz y Pino) has passed the NM House 49-12 tonight (after passing the NM Senate last week on a much closer vote).  This bill provides greater protection for a middle school or high school student's privacy and safety in relation to excessive and inappropriate recruiting efforts made towards them by (primarily) military recruiting officials.  It requires that recruiters sign in when they arrive on a school campus, prevents them from being 1 on 1 with a student without additional visible supervision, lets parents/students 'opt out' of the release of private information to recruiting organizations, requires a parents approval to remove a student from a school campus, and limits recruiter access to no more than 6 days an academic year.

This bill was successful primarily due to the hard work of Maria Santelli (from the GI Rights Hotline in Albuquerque), the local non-profit 'Another Side' (with their many volunteers over the last 3 years), and the Alb. Center for Peace and Justice along with research funding from NYU (Thanks Gary Anderson).  Thanks also go out to many of the activists, veterans, NMPED legal staff and the legislators who saw how important this issue is in New Mexico.

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Veteran or military family based

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VFP 156 Mission Statement:

We, the members of Veterans for Peace, Chapter 156, affirm the objectives of the National Veterans for Peace Mission Statement and dedicate ourselves to the achievement of those goals as we work toward embracing peace within ourselves.Further, VFP 156 pledges:

(a) To be a nonpartisan, multi-Service organization in which each member istreated with respect;       

(b) To, again, use non-violent means to make our positions known;       

(c) To use the power of reason to educate the general public about therealities of war;       

(d) To tell our youth the truth about enlistment, military training, service- its obligations and in-service benefits, and veterans’ benefits;       

(e) To present the idea that peaceful solutions are positions of strength

Regional

Student and non student community based

 Work Issues:
Alternatives to the Military
College Counter recruitment Work
High school JROTC
Opt Out NCLB recruiting list
Limiting Recruiter Access to Schools
Do you offer CR trainings
School Board Policies and Accountability Monitoring
General Counter Recruitment Education
Research