Tag: Counter-recruitment

  • This Ex–Army Ranger Goes on Missions to High Schools—but Not to Recruit

    This Ex–Army Ranger Goes on Missions to High Schools—but Not to Recruit

    Rory Fanning - For a decade, Afghanistan vet Rory Fanning has been battling the desire to inflict pain on himself. Instead, he visits schools. Early each New Year’s Day I head for Lake Michigan with ...

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    Call of Duty | Full Disclosure | Rory Fanning | No Child Left Behind | Counter-recruitment activists | Counter-recruitment
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  • 2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    The National Call to Save Civilian Public Education is participating with other actions for the 2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth. National Call: Save Our Civilian ...

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    War Resisters' International | National Call: Save Our Civilian Public Education | International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth | Counter-recruitment | NNOMY
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  • Do Military Recruiters Belong in Schools?

    Do Military Recruiters Belong in Schools?

    By Seth Kershner & Scott Harding - The United States stands alone among Western nations in allowing military recruiters to work inside its educational system. Section 9528 of the 2001 No Child Left ...

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    militarization of youth | militarization of schools | Education Not Militarization | Counter-recruitment
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  • Parent Teacher Conference Night – November 5, 2014, New York City

    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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    New York City | Granny Peace Brigade | Counter-recruitment
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  • The History of War Resisters League (USA)

    The History of War Resisters League (USA)

    The War Resisters League (WRL) was formed in 1923 by Jessie Wallace Hughan, a leading suffragist, socialist, and pacifist. It is a section of the London-based War Resisters' International. In the ...

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    War Resisters League | Not Your Soldier Project | Militarism | Jessie Wallace Hughan | civil disobedience | Bayard Rustin | Counter-recruitment
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  • Counter-Recruitment Season

    Counter-Recruitment Season

    Kevin Young - “Counter-recruitment,” alternatively known as “truth-in-recruiting” or CR for brevity’s sake, involves providing young people and their parents with information about alternatives to ...

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    United For Peace and Justice | truth-in-recruiting | Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities | Project Great Futures | National Lawyers Guild | Kevin Young | counter-recruitment work | counter-recruiting movement | Brooklyn For Peace | ACLU | War Resisters League | Truth in Recruiting | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | Counter-recruitment activists | Counter-recruitment | Counter Recruitment in High Schools
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  • Army Makes Case Against Enlisting

    Army Makes Case Against Enlisting

    David Swanson - Remarkably, the U.S. Army War College has published a report (PDF) that makes an overwhelming case against enlisting in the U.S. Army. The report, called "Civilian Organizational ...

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    Quaker House | Mennonite Central Committee | counter-recruitment work | sexual assault | Veterans For Peace | Counter-recruitment activists | Counter-recruitment
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  • The Military’s View of Counter-recruitment

    The Military’s View of Counter-recruitment

    Seth Kershner - Over the past few years, my colleague Scott Harding and I have been chronicling the counter-recruitment movement from the perspective of activists. In this article, I’ll take a ...

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    Paula Hoffman-Villanueva | counter-recruitment work | ASVAB | Counter-recruitment activists | Seth Kershner | Scott Harding | Military recruiters | JROTC | asvab test | Project YANO | Counter-recruitment
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  • Theological Reflection on Counter-Recruitment

    Matt Guynn - These reflections were created and shared in the context of counter-recruitment networking calls organized by On Earth Peace, 2003-2007. On Earth Peace is an agency rooted in the Church ...

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    Church of the Brethren | peacebuilding | On Earth Peace | Matt Guynn | Counter-recruitment
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  • Portland high schools set to permit anti-war protesters to recruit students alongside the military

    Portland high schools set to permit anti-war protesters to recruit students alongside the military

    23 October 2011- Oregonian Betsy Hammond - The Portland school board is set to adopt a rule Monday to give "counter-recruiters" skeptical about the value of joining the military the same access to ...

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    Betsy Hammond | PUSD School Board | Oregon National Guard | Martin Gonzàlez | War Resisters League | Veterans For Peace | Counter-recruitment | Counter Recruitment in High Schools
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