Counter Recruitment
Recommended Resources
These resources are recommended by members of our counter-recruitment network as ones they use for work in high schools. Send your favorite resources to mguynn@onearthpeace.org
At the bottom of this page, you will also find some criteria for sorting between the many resources available online. How to choose?
Daily news updates about counter-recruitment. One of the best news sources for the counter-recruitment movement is the YahooGroups list on counter-recruitment. Subscribe online.
Truth in Recruiting
Comics/Graphic Novel
Mixed Signals Sabrina Jones' new counter-recruitment tool in comic book form
Brochures
1) "Sgt. Abe the Honest Recruiter Explains the Enlistment/Reenlistment Document of the Armed Forces of the United States,"
2) "Sgt. Abe Speaks to Parents"
Source: Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
On-line Counter-Recruitment Workroom: pamphlets, info, more
Source: AFSC -- SE New England Office
Pamphlet: “Who is a C.O.?”
Source: Center on Conscience and War
Pamphlet: "Basic Draft and Registion Information"
Source: Center on Conscience and War
Poster: “You can’t ‘be all you can be’ if you’re dead.”
Source: Syracuse Cultural Workers (Also, several other posters, postcards, brochures, videos, etc., available for purchase.)
Pamphlet: “The Military is Not Just a Job” (available in color, black & white, English, Spanish)
Source: Project on Youth and Nonmilitary Opportunities
Brochure: “Myths about recruiting” (tri-fold, 8 ½ x 11). Available from Alternatives to Military Service Network, 438 N. Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130, or visit their website.
Brochure: "Do you know enough to enlist?"
Source: American Friends Service Committee’s
Military Recruiting FAQ
Source: Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
Video: Before You Enlist Available on YouTube and for DVD purchase
Source: AFSC
Card: “Questions for Military Recruiters”
Source: AFSC
Brochure: “What Every Girl Should Know About the U.S. Military”
Source: The Coalition Against Militarism In Our Schools
Self-Study Guide on counter-recruiting -- Lots of basic info!
Source: Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
Opt Out and Limiting Military Access to Schools
Form: Opt-Out form for students
Source: Military Free Zone
Brochure: “Make Our Schools Military-Free Zones”
Source: AFSC
Leave My Child Alone – “A Family Privacy Campaign to Protect Our High School Students From Unwanted Military Recruiting” – website contains a blank, sample “opt out” form in both English and Spanish that you can download (From Links page)
Positive Alternatives
48 sources for college scholarships
Source: The Project on Youth and Nonmilitary Opportunities
Book: A Guide to Alternatives After High School
Source: AFSC
Brochure: “Great Careers” 28 pages of career options for high school students
Source: CAMS and AFSC
Faith-based Conscientious Objection
Brochure: Different Types of Conscientious Objection
Source: AFSC
Form: “What Do I Believe About War?”
Source: Church of the Brethren Washington Office
Packet: Conscientious Objector Resource Packet
Source: Church of the Brethren Washington Office
Resources on Counter-Recruiting
Daily news updates about counter-recruitment. One of the best news sources for the counter-recruitment movement is the Yahoo Groups list on counter-recruitment. Subscribe online.
Self-Study Guide on counter-recruiting -- Lots of basic info!
Source: Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
On-line Counter-Recruitment Workroom: pamphlets, info, more
Source: AFSC -- SE New England Office
Lesson plans and ideas for teaching about peace and social justice in public school setting, also links to other websites providing teaching materials.
Getting a Voice at Your Public School
Source: AFSC
Booklet: CAMS ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROJECT GUIDEBOOK:
Demilitarizing Schools and Presenting Alternatives
Source: CAMS
Criteria for selecting relevant and useful literature/materials
- Think about how students will respond to pamphlets and information – is it attractive, catchy, good info, relevant, etc.?
- Expenses - ease of copying
- What kind of ethnic diversity is the brochure showing?
- Are the materials available in Spanish?
- Does it give youth something they can USE?
- Look for materials that aren’t too “preachy;” draws attention to the info, but not “in-your-face” message; creative - draws eyes, piques interest; not negative about the military
- Info from people who have “been there” is most effective and more believable (e.g. Veterans for Peace, CCCO, GI rights hotline).
