09-02-2005, 03:05 PM
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Protect Your Kids from the Pentagon
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Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over students' private contact information to military recruiters. If a school does not comply, it risks losing vital federal education funds. As if that weren't bad enough, the Pentagon has now built an illegal database of 30 million 16 to 25-year-olds as another recruitment tool.
What can you do??
Action 1: Protect our Children - "Opt Them Out!"
Sojourners is partnering with Working Assets and others in The Leave My Child Alone Coalition to make it easy to protect children from unwanted military recruiting by getting their names off both Pentagon and high school recruiting lists.
»Click on this link to opt out your child
http://www.leavemychildalone.org/ind...3&mktcode=SOJO
Action 2: Host a Back-To-School Event
Because most high schools turn over their student lists to military recruiters in October, it's imperative that we get as many kids as possible "opted out" during the month of September. Parents, teachers, grandparents, and concerned citizens are planning Leave My Child Alone back-to-school events from September 7 to 30. It's easy to host an event at your home, church, or local coffee shop - we provide you with the forms and information you need, plus a FREE DVD (http://www.leavemychildalone.org/DVD) on opting out, featuring Cindy Sheehan and former recruiter Jim Massey.
»Click on the below link to register an event now and help local families opt out! Consider making "Opt Out" the subject of a religious education class, youth group gathering, book club, or other community activity you already participate in.
http://www.partylaunch.com/workingassets/
Action 3: Pass it on
Most parents don't even know about the need to opt out. Please pass this information onto parents, grandparents, and teachers you know. Tell them to visit LeaveMyChildAlone.org for more information and all the forms needed to opt out.
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http://www.leavemychildalone.org/ind...3&mktcode=SOJO
I wasn't aware of this. If i was a parent, i would be opting my child out right now.
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