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Connecticut Peace Group Engages Students with a Peace Wheel
Peter G. Anderheggen | Originally published in Draft NOtices - August/September, 2017 Winsted Area Peace Action has been visiting high schools in northwestern Connecticut for at least ten years. The purpose of our visits has been to introduce and discuss with students alternative methods of service to the country and non-military means of earning money after high school. Our goal is to bring ...
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Counter recruitment continues in U-46 school district, despite opposition that has generated a new ‘Parents for a Say’ initiative
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford - The counter recruitment effort in U-46 School District, which is the second largest school district in Illinois after Chicago, was begun several years ago by Bettina ...
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Indiana school visitors counter military recruiting
Mary E. Klassen - Because the U.S. military actively recruits in public schools, Elkhart Advocates for Peace and Justice is working to bring a counter message. “Nurturing Peace in our Community ...
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JROTC Shooting Ranges Removed from Two Schools
Marshall Blesofsky - From Draft NOtices, January-March 2019 On February 14, 2018, the unthinkable but all-too-common happened. A mass shooting occurred at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in ...
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Marcy Winograd's Santa Barbara Report Goes to Job Fair
Marcy Winograd of Codepink interviews protesting UCSB students, Kate Connell of Truth in Recruitment , and Michael Cervantes of Ventura Veterans for Peace regarding protest on Thursday October 17, ...
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Parent Teacher Conference Night – November 5, 2014, New York City
Granny Peace Brigade - Twice a year, at New York City high schools, volunteers distribute non-military informational flyers to parents and students during parent teacher conference night. Following ...
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PPS Votes on Starbase, 10/17/11
Teri Shofner - Communities for Alternatives to Starbase Education (CASE) This year we saw two new faces on the board, Matt Morton and Greg Belisle. We certainly missed the presence of Dilfruz ...
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Reflection on My Time as Project YANO’s Student Intern
Jesus Mendez-Carbajal - In the past nine months as Project YANO’s 2013-2014 student intern, I have learned an immense amount of information about U.S. militarism, its far reach, and ...
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Report from the National Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Strategy Summit
Rick Jahnkow - The Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft During the weekend of June 23-24, 2018, a group of 28 activists gathered in Chicago to share the knowledge and lessons they have ...
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SD Concilio regarding SDUSD JROTC enrollment
Below is the latest in our struggle with the San Diego school district over JROTC enrollment. Basically, we were double crossed by district staff after we negotiated an agreement to make changes in ...
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Tabling opposite the Marines at McCallum HS
Sustainable Options for Youth - Hi, all, As Tami and I set up our SOY table at McCallum HS today, who should walk in but two Marine recruiters, who set up their chin-up bar and display right across ...
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Thanks for Your Service, but Don't Tell the Kids About It (We Need Them to Enlist)
Emily Yates | Originally published in Truthout - "Excuse me, are you saying negative things about the military?" The question came over my right shoulder, from a well-dressed woman whose nametag ...
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The Military Invasion of My High School: The role of JROTC
Sylvia McGauley - “Will you please write me a letter of recommendation for the Navy, Ms. McGauley? You’re my best class.” Thanh was enrolled in the recently established Junior Reserve Officers’ ...
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What I Discovered in the JROTC Curriculum
July-September 2022 / Lauren Reyna Morales / Draft NOtices - In the summer of 2020, I was recruited by the non-profit Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) to review core ...