[Peace] Recruiting @ UHS

[jencart at mailstation.com]

Susan,

UHS is a great place to start.  However, since a peace presence has been turned down, I do think a job fair is a legit way to compete w/ Military recruitment.  It could be sponsored by several peace groups, but the jobs wouldn't have to be peace-group connected in any way, just jobs that offer an alternative to military service. 

I can't meet to organize this, but I can definitely help w/ the final decision.  

I HATE this.... These kids can't legally buy a beer, but they can sign their young lives away. 

Jenifer C.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Davis <sgdavis at uiuc.edu>
Sent: Apr 7, 2005 10:30 AM
To: jencart <jencart at mycidco.com>, peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net, 
	peace at lists.chambana.net
Subject: Re: [Peace] Recruiting @ UHS

Jen and all concerned,

We are proceeding slowly at this point and are still in information 
gathering-mode about what's going on locally, what's needed and what's 
possible. We plan to meet with the guidance counselor soon. I suspect the 
issue is much bigger and the job much tougher outside Urbana.  But we 
decided to take it one school at a time and to be "consumer informational". 
Anyone who'd like to come to our working group meetings, let us know.  Thanks!

Susan

At 08:35 PM 4/6/2005, jencart wrote:
>Friends,
>
>I see UHS's point about AWARE, KKK, Young Nazis, and other groups 
>promoting their agenda countering the Military recruiters, a group 
>offering jobs -- not just ideas -- to graduating students.  So, can we 
>have our own table offering peaceful jobs?  I'm sure that @ least 5 local 
>church groups could find a number of jobs nation- and even world-wind to 
>advertise w/ us.  We also could look @ the job listings in the back of The 
>Nation, etc, etc, and in other progressive mags...   There are TONS of 
>listings in the NG and other local papers, and in national 
>newspapers...  We could list 'em all, divide the list into 4, and set up 
>our own table offering peaceful jobs  We might even find some jobs someone 
>wanted to apply for, but that's not the main point.  Maybe also include 
>job training, eg Parkland, apprenticeships....
>
>I'd certainly help staff the table on this one, AND walk a picket line 
>outside the school if they refused us.  We don't have to limit ourselves 
>to Urbana High School, do we?
>
>In solidarity,
>Jenifer C.
>
>
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