De-recruiter wins Long Haul Prize-SF Chron

[fed-up]

Go ELizabeth!!!

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/16/BAG4CL6OFN1.DTL


De-recruiter wins Long Haul Prize
Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, September 16, 2006

When military recruiters set up a table at a high school in Sonoma County, chances are Elizabeth Stinson is taking a seat right next to them, to try to urge youngsters not to enlist.

The director of the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County counts at least 400 people she's "de-recruited" from the military, a statistic that helped her win this year's Long Haul Prize, given to the most active activist in politically active Northern California.

"Teenagers are trying to separate from their parents as individuals, so they're vulnerable to a recruiter," said the 57-year-old Forestville mother of three, surrounded by posters of Malcolm X, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. in her Santa Rosa office.

"It's only fair we show them there are other alternatives," she said.


...more at link

[acmejack]

1. Now that gave me goosebumps.

Especially the part about the kid who had spit on her...

[gratuitous]

7. "I was the one who spit on you"

"I'm in the Marines now, and I need your help." And you know what? That young man probably got her help. Compare and contrast with certain other segments of our society. Segments that filled this young man's head with false visions of heroism and patriotic derring-do.

[derby378]

2. Now that's hardcore...

Any chance we can clone Elizabeth and put the clones to work in Texas around Fort Hood?

[Vidar]

3. What a wonderful woman!

[mike_c]

4. wow-- a real American hero....

Go Elizabeth!

[VegasWolf]

5. Wow, what a courageous woman!!! Hat off to her!! nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Another great person.

The difference between good and great...

[freeplessinseattle]

8. kick for courage n/t