This workshop will look at methods for securing access to high schools for the purpose of providing a balance to military recruiters and ensuring that information on alternatives is accessible to students. It will focus on overcoming challenges that community groups and non?student activists face when trying reach out to students through the school system, on planning that will optimize the chances for success, and on alternative approaches when equal access is not possible, including developing effective working relationships with students and student groups. We'll cover legal principles and methods for using them to leverage access. The focus will be on what has worked, based on actual organizing experiences, with some strategizing around specific questions raised by participants.
Presenters: Rick Jahnkow, Nancy Cruz, Susan Van Haitsma
Below are the documents from the Workshop: Securing Access to School for Counter-recruitment
Securing Access to School for Counter-recruitment
- Austin Policy Regarding Recruiters in Schools
- Austin School District Equal Access Memo
- Excerpts from the 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court ruling in favor of equal access
