De la resolución a la resistencia: el legado de la lucha contra el reclutamiento en San Francisco, 2003-2025
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From resolution to resistance: San Francisco’s counter-recruitment legacy, 2003–2025
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Changing Recruitment Policies in Schools: One Phone Call and Email at a Time
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Workshop: Working from the Top Down: Changing School Board Policies
The military recruiters’ training manual says “school ownership is the goal.” Not if we can help it! Counter recruiters from Los Angeles to New York and Florida to Seattle have changed school board policies to protect students from military recruiters. Come hear how we did it. What worked and what didn’t. Learn what pitfalls to watch out for and share creative solutions to bureaucratic problems.
Presenters: Judy Alves, Nancy Howell, Amy Wagner
Op-out and ASVAB Policies, Monterey, CA
SUGGESTIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD ADVOCACY ON ASVAB AND OPT-OUT POLICIES
By Pat Hanson with Jeanne Turner, Lynn Hamilton and Macgregor Eddy
Changing Local Laws/ Ordinances
Activists in Humboldt County, California, in 2007, had experimented with a different approach to regulating military recruitment: a city ordinance introduced via citizen initiative.
Enforcing Policies
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Changing School District Policies
Activists in a number of communities across the U.S. have succeeded in gaining restrictions on recruiting at the school district level.
Some school districts are governed by popularly elected boards, others are governed by boards or administrations appointed by city mayors. Each of these can require a different approach.
