[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [uslaw_educationworker_taskforce] Counter Recruitment Update & Invitation

[Al Kagan]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "U.S. Labor Against the War" <uslaw at igc.org>
> Date: July 29, 2005 11:44:09 PM CDT
> To: uslaw_educationworkers at lists.riseup.net
> Subject: [uslaw_educationworker_taskforce] Counter Recruitment Update  
> & Invitation
> Reply-To: uslaw_educationworkers at lists.riseup.net, "U.S. Labor Against  
> the War" <uslaw at igc.org>
>
> Counter Recruitment Update & Invitation
>
>  Dear UFPJ Member Groups,
>
>  There are 3 new items on the Counter Recruitment Campaign Page: The  
> Counter
>  Recruitment working group's involvement in UFPJ'S September  
> Mobilization,
>
>  work to pass the Honda Bill, HR551, and new JROTC data. Please take a  
> minute
>  to read through our newest projects in our campaign section,
> http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=76
>
> 1) September Mobilization: UFPJ and COUNTER-RECRUITMENT working group
>  members are planning for the 3 Days of Action in Washington DC from  
> Saturday
>  September 24th to Monday September 26th.  We are planning a  
> contingent,
>  interactive tents at the No War Fair, and involvement in the Grass  
> Roots
>  Lobby Day.  To learn more and get involved, please visit
> http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3012
>
> 2) Legislative Action: HR551 Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005  
> (a.k.a.
>  The Honda Bill).  HR551 is a bill that was introduced by Rep. Mike  
> Honda in
>  February this year that would amend the No Child Left Behind Act  
> (NCLB) and
>  turn it from an opt-out policy to an opt-in policy. Under the current
>  provisions of the NCLB, recruiters automatically get access to high  
> school
>  students' contact information unless students or their parents sign a  
> waiver
>  (an opt out form).  If the Honda Bill is passed, recruiters would not  
> be
>  given this information unless parents specifically sign forms giving
>  recruiters this right. Our Counter Recruitment working group has  
> initiated
>  this new legislative campaign to support this bill.  We are asking  
> you all
>  to join our letter writing/email campaign and to contact the members  
> of
>  Congress we feel could be persuaded to sign onto HR551.  To learn  
> more and
>  get involved, please visit
> http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ufpj/campaign.jsp? 
> campaign_KEY=10
> 11
>
>  3) JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps) has been a major  
> focus of
>  counter recruitment work for decades. As the Bush Administration  
> steps up
>  its tactics to recruit the youth of our country to fight and occupy  
> other
>  countries, we must be equally tactical and persistent in preserving  
> schools
>  as a place of education and rejecting efforts to turn them into  
> military
>  recruitment centers.  Our friends at Peaceworks Magazine
> http://www.afsc.org/peacework have received information via Freedom of
>  Information Act (FOIA) requests which included the names and  
> addresses of
>  over 250 schools that will open new JROTC programs this fall, as well  
> as the
>  20 schools where the current JROTC programs have a low enrollment and  
> are
>  most likely to be closed, if action is taken. To learn more and get
>  involved, please visit  
> http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2961
>
> If you'd like to join the counter recruitment working group, please  
> send an
>
>  email to: ufpj-recruit-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
> http://us.f605.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ufpj-recruit- 
> subscribe at yahoogrou
> ps.com
>
>  Our next conference call will be on Tuesday, August 2nd at 5pm EST.
>
>  Call info is: (605) 990-0001  Access Code: 759022#
>
>  In Solidarity,
>
>  Yvonne Lewis
>
>  UFPJ Staff, 212-868-5545
>
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Al Kagan
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University of Illinois Library
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