Counter-Recruitment Packets Now Available for Students, Parents and Teachers.
Peace Action now has available counter-recruitment packets for students, teachers and parents. These feature things like information on limiting recruiter access to your school, information on misinformation given by recruiters, information on combating ASVAB testing in your school, examples of careers in peacemaking, informational cartoons, how to get out of the delayed entry program, questions to ask recruiters and more. We also have 2 sets of curriculum teachers can use. In addition, we have 4 counter-recruitment DVDs in varying lengths that can be borrowed. All of these items are available free of charge at the Peace Action Center, 1001 E Keefe Ave. For more information e-mail Liz at
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or call 414-964-5158. We also have a Truth In Recruitment Committee that all are welcome to join.Worried about Military Recruitment in High Schools?
Are you worried about:
- Military recruiters not being honest with students?
- Schools being required to hand over student contact information to military recruiters?
- JROTC programs replacing physical education classes?
- "Career Tests" where students' results are used as a recruitment tool?
- Limited opportunities to "opt-out" of being targeted by recruiters?
The goals of this committee will be to work with local high schools, the school board and the city council to prevent military recruiters from having easy access to high school students in Milwaukee, make sure recruiters are honest with students, and to educate students about some of the negative consequences of joining the army and present them with different options.
