Recruit for Peace!
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To help set up an event with a veteran at a high school near you, contact Kate by emailing kate@globalexchange.org or calling her at 415-575-5550
While education budgets are slashed and teachers are laid off, the US is spending $4 billion annually on military recruitment. Recruiters target low-income communities and communities of color by promising economic and educational incentives, but 65% of enlistees never see a dime for college and 88% of male veterans say they did not learn any useful civilian skills. Through the speaking events, we also talk to youth about alternatives to the military (download the guide to the left!).
The military says that they just made their recruitment goals 2007, even though they failed to meet them in 2005. Find out about their current tactics with these recent articles on military recruiting:
*120 US war veteran suicides a week
*Refuting military recruiting. Protect your kids!
*Recruiters are targeting undocumented migrants by offering them citizenship
Let's keep working until it's an army of none!
Organizations Working on Counter-Recruitment
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
American Friends Service Committee
Campus AntiWar Network/College Not Combat
Project on Youth & Non-Military Opportunities
Coalition Against Militarism In Our Schools