Counter Recruiting:

Save a Student:
"Parent Teacher Conference Night at NYC High Schools – Countering Military Recruitment,"
Report on Parent Teacher Conference Night, March 14, 2013

Our flyer ‘Non-Military Options for Life after HS’ provides information to help families get started on finding job skill training courses, college programs, financial aid, and scholarship opportunities, or to consider a community service option.

Military recruiters are actively recruiting students in under served New York City neighborhoods. On Parent Teacher Conference night, we provide parents and students with materials to protect student’s private information from military recruiters, focus on Non-Military Options for Life after High School and Truth in Recruitment – an organized effort to provide information about recruitment practices and promises to students and parents.

The Counter Recruitment committee has implemented an all-out campaign at high schools that were specifically targeted as good ‘hunting grounds’ by military recruiters. Volunteers joined us to provide students, parents and school administrators with vital information about Truth in Military Recruiting tactics, Options for Life after High School, and the Opt-Out option for students.

Watch counter recruiters in action in "Counter Recruiting on Parent Night"

• Read the Parent Teacher Conference Night action report.
• Note to Volunteers: Leafleting is permitted in front of public schools. Print and carry a "Stipulation and Order of Settlement" with you and if you are harassed please report it to the NYCLU.
• Download fliers and materials for Opt-Out actions (below)
  

Informed, Empowered Mural Project: Many of the young artists wanted to address the issue of military recruiting, and targeting youth in low-income areas.


JROTC: Military curriculum in public high schools supported by NYC taxpayers: The Mayor’s proposed budget has earmarked approximately $2.4 million for Junior Officer Training Corps (J-ROTC), a program that is now operating in 19 high schools in NYC. The J-ROTC program is an essential part of the military’s recruitment program that masquerades as an educational curriculum.

Join our campaign to get J-ROTC out of our schools.

More info on getting J-ROTC out of our schools.


And the recruiters lie...
For the top 5 Lies Recruiters Are Forced to Sell You to Make Their Quotas click here.

PDF files to download:
Opt Out Form - English/Spanish

Reach your Goals Without Joining the Military: Options for Life After High School

Brooklyn For Peace's very helpful Go To College or Work - Not War

Questions to Ask and Points to Consider Before You Enlist / Preguntas y Puntos a Considerar Antes de que Te Enlistes

TIPS for leafleting Opt-Out forms at high schools

Chancellor's Regulations for High School Administrators re DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND THE MILITARY