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 mattguynn@earthlink.net.
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.
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: Q & A about Draft Registration
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” Pamphlet (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
Self-Study Guide on counter-recruiting -- Lots of basic info!
Source: Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
Lesson plans and ideas for teaching about peace and social justice in public school setting, also links to other websites providing teaching materials.
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).
