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Campus Repression and Student Rights: the SFSU Case Campus Antiwar Network * Demilitarization and Counter-Recruitment Campus Antiwar Network * Do Military Recruiters Have a Right to Free Speech? Campus Antiwar Network * Does the US Need a Military? Campus Antiwar Network * Education & Job Training Options w/o the Military Jamie Kenner of Bay Area Youth Agency Consortium and Peralta Colleges, Maria Palafox, Jobcorps, Jonothan Dumas,City of Oakland Employment Services, Monica Montenegro, East Bay Consortium of Educational Institutions An overview of services available in the Bay Area for young people who are looking for job training and/or financial aid without joining the military. Will cover union apprenticeships, community college job training programs, Federal jobs programs and financial aid options for college. * Forum Theatre and Military Recruitment Rosa Gonzales, Luis "Xago" Juarez, Milta Ortiz, Levana Saxon, Aryeh Shell, PEACE-Popular Education and Action Collective Operation INLA'KESH" - 10 minute skit about military recruitment in communities of color Forum Theatre is a short scene that shows the problem and invites the audience to replace the characters and try out different solutions. This workshop will explore ways to use theater as a tool for youth to engage in dialogue and act out alternatives to military recruitment in their schools and communities. *
Ruby Butler Photo: Kevin Ramirez How to Counter Military Recruitment in High Schools Kevin Ramirez of CCCO, A basic introduction on how the military recruits in the public high schools and strategies for counter recruitment with High School students describing their successes in mobilizing to educate and organize their peers to resist dishonest military recruitment on their campuses and in their communities. * Lessons from the Movement That Stopped the War in Vietnam Campus Antiwar Network * Military Recruitment in Latino/a Communities Jorge Mariscal, Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities, San Diego; A report on on-going Latino/a-led campaigns to educate Spanish-speaking communities about military recruiting. The recent opt-out/ASVAB campaign initiated on August 29 will be described and follow-up activities outlined, e.g. high school leafleting, community forums, media work. * NOT YOUR SOLDIER: Kick Recruiters out of your High School The Ruckus Society Learn what direct action is and how to use it to get recruiters out of your school and community. Role play confronting a recruiter, practice talking to military supporters, learn how to get your message out! This is a great follow up to "NOT YOUR SOLDIER! Build power in your high school". We will define nonviolent direct action, learn how to plan a successful action, role play what it feels like to confront a recruiter. * Our Generation Won't Go! Students Connected to the Military Speak Out Campus Antiwar Network Download and hear this workshop in MP3. * Palestine and the Antiwar Movement Campus Antiwar Network * Panel Discussion with Veterans Aidan Delgado, Laura Slatterly, Joshua Casteel, Aimee Allison, Diana Morrison Veterans sitting on a panel to share their personal experiences of recruiting and war. First hand stories that fall somewhere between military propaganda and antiwar messages. * Preparing for Draft Resistance Max Ventura, Radical Families Collective, Will there be a military draft? A health care workers draft? National service? If so, how will it work? What can we do now -- personally and in our families, schools, and communities -- to prepare and mobilize for draft resistance, and to support those who may be subject to a draft? * Relief Not War: Eyewitness Report from New Orleans Campus Antiwar Network * The War on Terror: Who Profits? Who Loses? Jim Haber, Director War Resisters League West This presentation shows in detail the many ways that war profiteers have come to influence United States war-making policy. You'll find out how these corporations use the Defense Policy Board, Campaign Contributions, Public Relations and media blitzes, and insider access to make war for profit. You'll also find out how our Stop the Merchants of Death campaign plans to resist and end war-profiteering - starting with a counter-corporate-recruitment campaign against Halliburton * What Would Happen if the Troops Left Now? Campus Antiwar Network * Youth Organizing Workshop Youth Together |
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