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Actions: Picket, Protest, Pass a Resolution
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Students: Whose Schools? OUR Schools!
Students: Taking Back YOUR School
Students: Pass a Resolution in Your School District
Activist: Leafleting & Petitioning In Front of NYC Public High Schools
Activist: Picketing at Recruitment Centers
Whose Schools? OUR Schools!
1- Get Involved!
2- Join or start a social justice club at your school.
3- Hold workshops & have your school invite counter-recruiters to give presentations.
4- Hand out materials at your school.
* Need help getting started? Email recruit@unitedforpeace.org
Taking Back YOUR School!
Because many students and parents as well as school administrators are not informed of their rights to opt-out we recommend the following steps to pass policy in your community and have it implemented:
Pass a Resoultion in YOUR School District!
* Educate Yourself! Visit one of many counter-recruitment websites campaign contacts or vist our reading materials or resources sections. We have samples of successful policies listed.
* Build Awareness! Go out into the community (in front of supermarkets, schools to educate people).
* Create Connections in order to set up a meeting with city council members or school board and submit the proposal.
* Meet with Superintendent/School Boards to make sure they are fully aware of the issue (present informational packets that includes copy of policy, description of section 9528, sample forms), ask questions and be sure to have a full understanding of the policy making process.
* Present the Policy that You Created and go to the Board/Council with a wide range of representatives (teachers, students, PARENTS and community activists.) Be prepared to answer questions. Get a confirmed date at which the board will be able to begin discussion.
* Get Publicity by holding a press conference or having a reporter present as it will help get more people involved.
* Follow Up with the board once the policy is passed. Set up meetings to write reminder letters etc. Attend public hearings with community support
Suggested items to include in proposed resolutions:
* Build into the structure a way to ensure that students are given a fair chance to opt-out by including the opt-out forms with class registration forms that students must receive in order to sign up for classes
* Make sure the proposal includes language that guarantees the availability of opt-out forms are available in multiple languages
* Ensure military recruiters get "same access" in schools as college recruiters and counter recruiters get, not unlimited access.
*Be sure a person with military alternatives (possibly a vet or military family member) would be present at career fairs.
Leafleting & Petitioning In Front of NYC Public High Schools
NYC groups are currently trying to pass a law in New York City that limits military recruiters to career fair appearances only. Any progress reports will be posted on this section of our website. www.unitedforpeace.org
Victory for NYC!
On March 29th 2005, the NYPD settled a lawsuit brought against them by the NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) on behalf of the Ya-Ya Network (Youth Activists Youth Allies)
For years the NYPD has kept a Red Zone in front of public schools. In this settlement, the NYPD has agreed to end this policy, which prohibited all First Amendment activities on public sidewalks in font of schools including leafleting, petitioning, press conferences, picketing etc.
The NYCLU brought the case on behalf of the Ya-Ya Network in October 2003 after a number of incidents in which students were threatened with arrests after leafleting & talking with students in front of schools about their rights to privacy from the military.
Ya-Ya Network Executive Director Amy Wagner, who also was a plaintiff in the case, said, “As the public controversy over military recruiting in schools intensifies, it is particularly important that students have access to facts which are not included in the recruiters’ sales pitch. So long as recruiters are given free access to students inside of schools, we must have free access to students outside of schools.”
For those in NYC, if you are harassed by the police or by school security, please contact one of the following:
Ya-Ya Network yayanetnyc@aol.com
NYCLU (212) 344-3005
While this is happening in NYC, you can make it happen in your city too!
Picketing at Recruitment Centers New York and New Jersey Locations Provided Below
New York City
Bronx Recruitment Centers
Melrose
560 Melrose Ave. 2nd floor
Bronx, NY 10455
718-742-1018 (Army)
718-665-1070 (Air Force)
Melrose 423a East 149th St.
Bronx, NY 10455
718-665-3092 (Navy/Marines)
Westchester
52 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10361
718-824-9145 (Air Force)
Bronx Westchester
120a Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461
718-792-8300 (Army)
Westchester Square
38 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461
718-409-0300 (Navy/Marines)
Fordham
Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10468
718-365-2692 (Air Force)
Fordham
226 E. Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458
718-365-4849 (Air Force)
718-295-6923 (Navy/Marines)
Bronx Fordham Road
2488 Grand Concourse
2nd Floor (room 201)
Bronx, NY 10458
Fordham Univ.
Fordham University ROTC
441 E. Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
718-367-4964 (Army)
Gun Hill Road
1345 East Gun Hill Road
Bronx, NY 10469
718-882-3334 (Army)
White Plains
4012 White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10466
718-515-4638 (Navy/Marines)
Brooklyn Recruitment Centers
Utica
269 Utica Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718-363-5112 (Air Force)
718-773-4059 (Army)2ndFL
Flatbush
1465a Flatbush Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-859-7080 (Air Force)
Brooklyn Time Plaza
41 Flatbush Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-858-2170 (Army)
Brooklyn Flatbush
2174 Nostrand Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-434-2700 (Army)
Brooklyn
102 Flatbush Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-330-7665 (Navy/Marines)
Brownsville
1125 Eastern Parkway
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718-773-6414 (Navy/Marines)
Flatbush
1427 Flatbush Ave.
Flatbush
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-434-2077 (Navy/Marines)
Kings Plaza
1978 Flatbush Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11234
718-421-4951 (Navy/Marines)
Church Avenue
5322 Church Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11203
718-485-7462 (Army)
Greenpoint
678 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-338-8346 (Army)
East New York
3410 Fulton St.
Brooklyn, NY 11208
718-942-1257 (Army)
Coney Island
1202 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718-449-3839 (Army)
Sheepshead Bay
1323 Ave. Z
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Bayridge
85-16 4th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11309
718-238-0046 (Air Force & Army)
Bayridge
615 86th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718-238-1696 (Navy/Marines)
Manhattan Recruitment Centers
Harlem
76 West 125th St.
New York, NY 10027
212-427-4260 (Air Force)
212-384-2650 (Navy/Marines)
Broadway
43rd St. & Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-575-0080 (Air Force)
Chambers
157 Chambers St.
New York, NY
212-346-9210 (Air Force)
888-999-9943 (Navy/Marines)
212-233-5770 (Army)
NY Harlem
76 West 125th St.
New York, NY 10027
212-860-5084 (Army)
NY Lincoln Center
141 West 72nd St. 2nd FL
New York, NY 10023
212-787-0404 (Army)
Union Square
688 6th Ave. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-255-8229 (Army)
NY Washington Heights
560 West 181st St. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10033
212-781-4650 (Army)
Queens Recruitment Centers
Elmhurst
91-31 Queens Blvd.
Elmhurst, NY 11373
718-478-0845 (Air-force)
718-205-1094 (Army)
718-497-3737 (Navy/Marines)
Flushing
36-54 Main St.
Flushing, NY 11354
718-358-4475 (Air-force)
Flushing
134-34 Northern Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11354
718-460-4138 (Navy/Marines)
Long Island City
2515 Bridge Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101
718-392-2424 (Army)
718-937-9640 (Navy/Marines)
Jamaica
16630 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica, NY 11432
718-657-3955 (Army) 2nd Floor
718-657-7489 (Navy/Marines)
718-523-5550 (Air-force)
Flushing
36-40 Main St.
Flushing, NY 11354 Richmond Hill
103-47 Lefferts Blvd.
So. Richmond Hill, NY 11419
718-845-0106 (Army)
718-843-4380 (Navy/Marines)
Staten Island Recruiting Centers
Bay Street
45 Bay St. 2ndFl
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-981-2011 (Air-force)
718-981-1133 (Army)
South Shore
3233 Richmond Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-967-4572 (Army)
Staten Island
3229 Richmond Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10312
718-967-7009 (Navy/Marines)
New Jersey Recruitment Centers
Military PK
Military PK Building
Newark, NJ 07103
973-643-5470 (Air-force)
University Plaza
University Plaza
Merceville, NJ 08109
609-586-0869 (Air-force) Northfield
561-563 Tilton Road
Northfield, NJ 08225
609-484-0161 (Army)
Freehold
Chadwick Square Mall, Unit 16
3333 Route 9
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-780-1191 (Army)
Bradley Beach
704a Main St.
Bradley Beach, NJ 07720
732-774-1346 (Army)
Paterson
386b Main St.
Paterson, NJ 07510
973-357-0814 (Army)
Woodbury
9 South Broad St.
Woodbury, NJ 08096
856-845-1769 (Army)
Elizabeth
1115 Elizabeth Ave.
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
908-354-2888 (Army)
Hackensack
20-22 Banta Place
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-343-4444 (Army)
201-487-6055 (Navy/Marines)
Jersey City
2815 Kennedy Blvd. 2nd Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-946-7730 (Army)
Vineland
500 Landis Ave.
Vineland, NJ 08360
856-691-5547 (Navy/Marines)
Trenton
5 South Broad St.
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-989-5268 (Navy/Marines)
East Brunswick
275 Route 18
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-238-5840 (Air-force)
732-238-5128 (Navy/Marines)
718-939-6330 (Army)
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