This article appeared in our local evening paper on September 21. TAME, a counter-recruitment organization, is active in all of our city high schools. One of the things they do is inform parents of the need to "opt out" of having their children's records handed over to the military for recruitment purposes (one of the lovely provisions of No Child Left Behind.) And their efforts are paying off:
This year, 2,232 of about 8,000 Madison high school students withheld their names from military recruiters. [That's more than 1/4, for you mathematically challenged readers.] Four years ago, less than 500 students opted out.
What's happening on the counter-recruitment scene in
your community?
This article appeared in our local evening paper on September 21. TAME, a counter-recruitment organization, is active in all of our city high schools. One of the things they do is inform parents of the need to "opt out" of having their children's records handed over to the military for recruitment purposes (one of the lovely provisions of No Child Left Behind.) And their efforts are paying off:
3 comments:
This.
http://unrulymob.blogspot.com/2007/10/keep-their-bloody-hands-off-our.html
Woot woot for TAME!!!
Nice post! Let's go for 50% opting out!
Great article! Our peace group has been talking about doing something like this.
QuakerDave's link is great, too.
Yes, let's do something about this!
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