* please forward widely! - Campus Antiwar Network*
[Please note: The Counter-Recruitment Contingent for September 24th has been a student initiative. The Campus Antiwar Network - the democratic grassroots national network of independent campus organizations - made this call with its co-sponsors on June 13th. As a "contingent," the counter-recruitment march is part of the larger march that day. As students are the ones targeted by the military recruiters, it seems fitting that student counter-recruitment activists should organize this contingent. And it is fitting that non-student organizations support these students in this initiative.
CAN has done tremendous organizing this year, with counter-recruitment actions from coast to coast on campuses. Actions at Seattle Community College, City College (the City College 4), San Francisco State University (the SFSU 3) and NYU (concerning the CIA) are only a few of the more well known actions. The news media has covered these protests that have caused recruiters to leave campuses. Democracy Now has interviewed CAN activists, and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (NYU), Katrina Yeaw (SFSU 3), Hadas Thier (City College 4) gave a great workshop to an overflow crowd of students and others at Socialism 2005 on July 3rd. Jorge Torres, an organizer of the SCCC protests, moderated. See photos and download this great workshop at
http://www.traprockpeace.org/can_c-r_03july05.html
CAN is student-owned and operated. It is great, in my opinion, that students are taking the lead concerning counter-recruitment protests on September 24th. Let's give them our encouragement and support. The Peace Train is marching in solidarity side by side with the student contingent that day. See below on how you or your organization may co-sponsor or endorse this student led effort.
Thank you. Charlie Jenks]
A CALL FOR A COUNTER-RECRUITMENT CONTINGENT IN THE SEPTEMBER 24th PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND SAN FRANCISCO
MILITARY RECRUITERS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS!
U.S . TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ!
Sponsored by the Campus Antiwar Network, College Not Combat, Educators to Stop the War, Left Hook, Prospect-Lefferts Voices for Peace, Suffolk Peace Network's Counter Military Recruiting Committee, Traprock Peace Center, United Federation of Teachers to Stop the War
Endorsed by: ANSWER - New Hampshire; Bronx Greens; Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors; Chapter 60 Veterans for Peace; Coney Island Avenue Project; International Socialist Organization; Louisiana Activist Network; National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco/Bay Area; People Against the Draft; Vets Speak Out NYC; Carl Webb, military resister; Victor Paredes, brother of war resister Pablo Paredes; Cindy Sheehan, founding member of Gold Star Families for Peace; David Mitchell, Vietnam draft resister active in Rockland Coalition for Peace and Justice; Gloria Mattera, Green Party candidate for Brooklyn Borough President; Justino Rodriguez, Hadas Thier and Nick Bergreen of the City College 4 - who were arrested for opposing the military at their school; Katrina Yeaw, Michael Hoffman, and Pardis Esmaeili - the SFSU 3, who were targeted by the school administration for opposing recruiters
The sponsor/endorsement list is in formation.
ALL are welcome to co-sponsor or endorse to form an inclusive, strong and diverse contingent. To sponsor, endorse, or for more info, email: recruitersout@yahoo.com
For info on the Military Out of Our Schools buses from New York to D.C. on 9/24: Email: recruitersout@yahoo.com
For info on the Peace Train going to D.C. from across the South, contact the Louisiana Activist Network:
http://www.newdemocracyrising.com/
Exact time & location for buses and rally point in Washington D.C./San Francisco is t.b.a.
Charles Jenks
Advisory Board Chair and Web Manager
Traprock Peace Center
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