Today: Resisting Recruitment in NC Workshop in Raleigh

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From Code Pink in NC:
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Resist Military Recruiting in North Carolina
Organizing Meeting and Strategy Session

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18. 2-5PM

Meet in the Lower Level of 822 Chamberlain St. in
Raleigh
(Raleigh F.I.S.T. office at the A.C.R.E. space)
Corner of Chamberlain and Mayview in Raleigh


For the last two years dedicated activists and
groups in NC have been focusing on Counter-Recruiting
work, both to expose the racist practices and lies of
the recruiters, and as a practical step toward ending
U.S. wars by cutting off the flow of youth into the
military machine. From the recent training camp
sponsored by Not Your Soldier, to the important work
Code Pink has done fighting the recruiting clause of
the No Child Left Behind Act, Raleigh F.I.S.T.'s
direct picketing of recruiting stations, and the work
by the Campus Greens at NCSU with F.I.S.T. to drive
recruiters off State's campus, many folks have made
important, but too often isolated contributions.

We offer this afternoon meeting as an opportunity
to share experience and strategies about
counter-recruiting work, but also to forge deeper
relationships and communication to offer a more
disciplined and concerted fight-back against this face
of imperialism.

Please plan to attend this Saturday. If you are
available and interested in helping to facilitate a
strategy session (see the schedule below) please call.
If you cannot come but would like to hear the results
of the meeting and keep in contact about this issue,
please let us know. Check out www.NoWeWontGo.org

Solidarity,

Raleigh F.I.S.T.
[phone] Elena [e-mail]
[phone] Dante [e-mail]
or [e-mail]


Schedule for the Day
2-2:30 Introductions and Goal Setting
2:35-3:35 Strategy Session 1
A: Parents and Educators -
*No Child Left Behind opt-out
strategies for parents
*demanding equal time on campuses
for alternatives to military.
B: Youth and Students
* dealing with recruiters on
campus, JROTC, ROTC
* alternatives to the military
* debunking recruiter lies
* sensitivity and solidarity with
low income students and people of color in ROTC
* direct action strategies for
confronting recruiters when they appear
* organizing quick response teams
3:40-3:55 Report Back
3:55-4:10 Break
4:10-5:00 Strategy 2: Week of Action (March 19-25),
Sustainable Direct Action
Infrastructure for ongoing work

[GreenInNC]

1. Elena

Elena is one of the best organizers I have ever run into. She walks the walk.