Fight Military Recruitment in Schools
By Shira | Mar 1, 08 07:21 PM
The New York Coalition of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) have recently released a curriculum that helps teachers educate their students about military recruiting tactics. The goal is to empower students with concrete information and to make sure they know about alternative ways to access education and career-building tools after high-school.
Ari and I had the pleasure of designing the cover for Camouflaged: Investigating How the U.S. Military Affects You and Your Community, which you can preview and buy online through Lulu.com.
If you're a teacher who want to get involved, you should come to the meeting this week...
NYCoRE's Counter Recruitment Project Meeting
Thursday, March 6, 5:30-7:30
CUNY Graduate Center 34th St. & 5th Ave., Room 5489
Please bring ID
Topics of discussion include:
- Bringing teachers together to develop a workshop for other teachers around unpacking military recruitment in New York City Schools and across the country
- Outreach to bring teachers and administrators from Upper Manhattan neighborhoods to the workshop
- Strategizing ways to share the ideas developed by New York City teachers in NYCoRE's recently released curricular guide Camouflaged
- Developing ways to be a voice in the events acknowledging the anniversary of the war in Iraq
And here are some great videos about recruiting and the impact of war on veterans from Media That Matters: No Child, All That I Can Be and Night Visions
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