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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Students Not Soldiers
Students Not Soldiers is a new campaign co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and CHOICES, a project of the Washington Peace Center, which focuses on working with youths around issues of military recruitment such as the No Child Left Behind Act, JROTC and recruiter and counter-recruiter access to schools. Students Not Soldiers have developed a postcard that allows students to legally refuse to have their contact information released to recruiters. They want to collect hundreds of these and turn them over to DC Superintendent of Schools Paul Vance to convince him, the DC School Board and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton that all students and parents must be notified of their right to refuse to release information to recruiters. They need help with this campaign. Contact Trent Moyer, AFSC-DC, at 202/299-1050, or John Judge, Washington Peace Center, at 202/234-2000.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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