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Tabling in schools: The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center has been offering high school youth this vital information since 2002. Veterans and other volunteers table one to four times per semester in each of Whatcom County’s public high schools to give our high school youth options. WPJC worked with the Bellingham School District to implement an “equal access” policy for WPJC and the military. Thanks to this partnership, high school students get exposed to enriching, exciting, and nonviolent opportunities for their futures.
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center Bellingham, Washington
https://www.whatcompjc.org/
The talk on military service and its ethical consequences presented an in-depth and thought-provoking look at the varied nature of military service. The speaker’s personal path from childhood to military service provided a unique perspective on the impact of patriotism and the scarcity of other opinions, shedding light on the complexity of military service. It exposed the psychological impacts of military training as well as the ethical quandaries that soldiers face, forcing me to ponder the enormous impact of military culture on individuals.
We Are Not Your Soldiers
New York City, New York
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/
In it's home region of San Diego County, CA, Project YANO engages in direct outreach to young people through local high schools. It also gives conference workshops for students and parents. Additional outreach is done via booths at public events like the annual Chicano Park Commemoration and San Diego EarthFair. Project YANO also works in various coalitions on policy issues that can have an impact on career and educational options for young people.
Project on Youth & Non-military Opportunities
San Diego, California
https://projectyano.org/
Social movement activists need first to be seen by the public as responsible citizens. They must win the respect and, ultimately, the acceptance of the majority of ordinary citizens in order for their movements to succeed. Consequently, effective citizen activists need to say “Yes!” to those fundamental principles, values, and symbols of a good society that are also accepted by the general public. At the same time, activists must be rebels who say a loud “No!” and protest social conditions and institutional policies and practices that violate core societal values and principles.
The Commons Social Change Library
Brunswick, Australia
https://commonslibrary.org/
Counter-recruitment essentials
Counter-recruitment essentials
Counter recruitment (CR) takes many different forms. At its core the goal is to present alternative views to young people in order to "balance" the narrative of military recruiters' by discussing the realities of military service and how it could potentially effect their future lives.
Counter recruitment often means that people set up tables in high schools to pass out flyers and talk to students about the military and their options. "Truth in Recruiting" is a form of CR that often involves veterans (and other activists) sharing their experiences in classrooms. Other CR activities include: Opt-out campaigns, organizing against JROTC programs, challenging ASVAB testing as data collection for recruitment, protesting at recruiting stations and most importantly, providing information about alternatives to the military. To counter recruit, you have to know what you are up against and what is appealing about the military and militarism to young people.
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Equal Access Struggle Counter-Military Recruitment on High Schoo.pdf
All we want to do is make students aware that there are other ways to find college money and serve your country without joining the military. But they're not getting the other side. Sally Ferrell, a counter military recruiter from Wilkes County, North Carolina. We're not going to allow her to do that anymore. We allow recruiters into the schools to recruit for post-high school opportunities. But she was not offering that.
Stephen Laws, Superintendent of Wilkes County High Schools, North Carolina
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UIC Law Review by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact repository@jmls.edu.
Phillip Ruben Nava, Equal Access Struggle: Counter-Military Recruitment on High School Campuses, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 459 (2011)
https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview/vol44/iss2/4
The Military’s Not Just a Job. . . It’s Eight Years of Your Life!
This essential counter military recruitment pamphlet, produced by Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) includes information that should be seen by every person considering joining the military. Activists across the country distribute this flyer in schools, at job fairs and community gatherings.
Before You Enlist
“Before You Enlist!” video provides a rational voice to counter the seductive and often deceptive recruiting practices of the U.S. military. The message is not “don’t enlist” but rather to provide young people and their families a more complete picture of the life-altering consequences of joining the military – especially in wartime. Latest version: 2018. Length: 16:34.
The Back-to-school Kit for Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Organizing
is a catalog of basic material useful to educating young people and school personnel about the realities of military enlistment and war. The catalog also includes some information on alternatives to enlistment, as well as items written for organizers seeking to reach out to local schools. All of the material in this catalog was carefully reviewed for relevancy and accuracy as of the January of 2024.
Peaceful Careers
The Peaceful Career Alternatives website has been developed with the support of multiple national, regional, and local peace and religious organizations to provide young people alternative career ideas and options without entering military service. School counselors, parents, teachers, and youth, should utilize this resource before recommending or deciding on a military career and to network this resource to those considering enlistment. View our options for Youth:
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