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- Bullying and Harassment in School
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- Military Recruitment
- College Student Military Recruitment FAQ
- New York City Military Recruitment Policy
- Alternatives to Joining
- Letters Regarding Issues of Recruiting and Students' Rights
- Links and Other Resources
- JAMRS
- No Child Left Behind
- Advocacy Groups and School Access Law Dictating Outside Groups' Rights at Schools
- Students or Soldiers? Coalition
- Report a Violation
- Information for Educators
- Military Myths
- Private Schools and the Rights of Private School Students
- The Rights of Student Groups
- Beyond Opting Out: Take Action!
- Human Rights and Military Recruitment
- ASVAB
- Training Materials From the Military and the Department of Defense
- Protect Your Rights: Opt Out!
- NYC Anti-Bullying Campaign
- School to Prison Pipeline
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Other Groups and Organizations
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YOUTH & MILITARISM PROGRAM, American Friends Service Committee. Works to reduce the impacts of war and military institutions on young people's lives. The site focuses on the presence of military recruiters in the nation's high schools student/parent awareness of military recruiters' access to student addresses and phone numbers.
- GI RIGHTS HOTLINE - Has been providing free, confidential, and accurate information on US military regulations and practices to servicemembers, veterans, potential recruits, and their families. 877-447-4487, www.girightsonline.org
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LEAVE MY CHILD ALONE CAMPAIGN, of Working Assets, Mainstreet Moms, and ACORN. A family privacy campaign to protect high school students from unwanted military recruiting. Site has excellent tools and support for parent organizers. This site provides resources you will need to opt-out of military recruitment in school.
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MILITARY OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN, Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors. Works with local community members nationwide to restrict recruiter access to schools and to gain equal counter-recruiter access.
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COMMITTEE OPPOSED TO MILITARISM AND THE DRAFT. Resources for students in relation to the draft, military alternatives, protest, and military recruitment in school.
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YOUTH ACTIVISTS--YOUTH ALLIES (Ya-Ya Network). A New York City network of diverse young activists and adult allies who do counterrecruiting and peace and justice work. Contact them at 212.239.0022 or yayanetnyc@aol.com.
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YOUTH & COUNTERMILITARISM PROGRAM, War Resisters League. Organizes a counter-recruitment training camp, produces an organizing manual for high school students interested in keeping the military out of schools, and runs programs both nationally and in New York City.
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NATIONAL NETWORK OPPOSING THE MILITARIZATION OF YOUTH. A national networking body that brings together national, regional and local organizations to oppose the intrusion of the military in young people's lives.
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PROJECT ON YOUTH AND NON-MILITARY ALTERNATIVES (YANO). A nonprofit community organization that provides young people with an alternative point of view about military enlistment.
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COUNTER-RECRUITMENT WORKING GROUP, United for Peace and Justice. The national protest organizing group's counter-recruitment campaign, with many links and resources. Seeks to unite groups working on military recruitment and students' rights issues.
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