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So you've opted out. You're as sure as possible that your name isn't going to be handed over to military recruiters. Now what can you do to protect your rights and empower your peers to do the same?
First of all, make sure you’ve opted out of both NCLB and JAMRS. Then...
- Help with street distribution. The NYCLU is looking for street team members to get the word out about students' rights, recruitment, and the opt-out process at the beginning of the school year and during Parent/Teacher nights.
- Organize. If you go to a high school where military recruiters spend lots of time recruiting, team up with the NYCLU to become a students' rights activist. You can start a club, bring in speakers, organize your peers, and distribute information, like the NYCLU's "No Student Left Unrecruited?" booklets on students' rights and recruiting. Contact the NYCLU's military recruitment and students' rights project organizer, Erica Braudy, at 212.607.3300 or ebraudy@nyclu.org, to get started.
- Get Involved. Become an Observer in the Support Our Students Military Recruitment Monitoring Project (link). Observers monitor schools compliance with military recruitment policies, speak regularly with students and teachers to find out information on recruitment activities and assist advocates in bringing change at the school and district levels. To sign up contact: Candis Tolliver, 212.607.3361 or ctolliver@nyclu.org.
- Change your school. You can bring a comprehensive policy on military recruitment to your school. A policy is the first line of defense to protect student privacy and guard against overly aggressive military recruiters. First, find out if your school has a policy on military recruitment. If it doesn’t, or it has a policy that needs to be strengthened, check out our model policy (link). Students all over the state have been successful in getting a policy adopted by principals and local school boards.
- Get Informed. The last few months have seen an incredible explosion of resources on military recruitment and students' rights. Suddenly, it's easier than ever to learn all about what the military is doing to convince students to join and what students are doing to fight back. Visit the NYCLU's Links and Outside Resources page for an index of places to learn about the issues and the groups working to affect change.
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