Category: Truth in Recruitment
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Vigil for Vanessa Guillen
Friday, July 24, from 5-6pm, we joined together to take part in a conversation on healing and justice for Vanessa Guillen. Vanessa was murdered this year while she was a soldier at Ft. Hood, Texas. She had previously told her family that she had been sexually harassed and assaulted by her commanding sergeant. Truth in
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Draft Women? Hell No!
A bill introduced to Congress proposes expanding the Selective Service System (SSS), mandatory registration for military conscription (the draft), to women. Supporters of the bill claim that it is a step toward equality, but we believe that the best way to promote gender equality and fairness is to free men from military conscription and end draft registration
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Truth in Recruitment calls for the Abolition of the Selective Service System
Military Draft Expanded to Women? Ended by President Gerald Ford in 1975, President Jimmy Carter again made registration with the Selective Service System (SSS) for military draft/conscription mandatory for males/people identified male at birth, ages 18-25. On March 25, 2020, the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) recommended that Congress expand SSS registration to women.
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Summit on Youth and the Military
On October 12 in the Santa Maria Public Library, I was the emcee for Truth in Recruitment’s Summit on Youth and the Military. We had different panelists talking about the Selective Service System, their experiences in the US Army, as well as members of the Unified U.S. Deported Veterans Support House in Tijuana. We started
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Selective Service System Registration Comes Under Fire Again
“Despite the all-volunteer military, men in the U.S. still have to register for the draft when they turn 18. But the fairness of the system, and its very existence, are again being questioned.” David Welna, National Public Radio, Washington DC. On April 24 and 25, 2019, a group of witnesses testified in favor of ending draft
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The Second Annual Social Justice Education Conference
Last Saturday, May 4th, the Central Coast Coalition for Undocumented Student Success hosted the 2nd Annual Social Justice Education Conference at Santa Maria High School. Truth in Recruitment was honored to be part of such an inspiring program. The Conference featured over a dozen organizations which lead public workshops on the necessity of education that
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Selective Service Registration
The cover of a booklet published in 1951 by a couple of Army veterans on how to survive after being drafted. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service iscontinuing to work toward recommendations to Congress and the President onwhether draft registration should be ended, extended to women, modified toinclude people with skills in
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National Counter Recruitment Strategy Summit in Chicago, June 23-24, 2018.
As an intern for Truth in Recruitment in Santa Maria, I had the opportunity to attend the National Counter Recruitment Strategy Summit in Chicago with our coordinator, Kate Connell. The summit consisted of learning the history of the counter recruitment movement along with developing goals and strategies that can be implemented by counter recruitment activists.
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Difficulties Limiting Recruiters in Santa Barbara Schools—Even with a policy!
The military has an enormous budget for recruiting and pressuring school districts that limit recruiter visits….Vigilance is necessary. During the school year 2017-18 Truth in Recruitment (TIR) leadership and staff met with Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) school board members Ismael Ulloa, Wendi Sims-Mooten and Jackie Reid as well as Assistant Superintendent Shawn Carey
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Santa Barbara High School Band Presentation June 4th, 2018
Lisha and Stephen presented to a class of the Santa Barbara High School Band. There were about a dozen students present, including a mix of gender, race and attitudes toward the military. After brief introductions, Lisha queries the students about their relationships to military service and feelings about, stressing that we were not there to shame
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