Thanks to numerous donors contributing in amounts from $5 – $5,000 (in matching funds), our goal of $10,000 to get the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour back on the road was exceeded!
This will not be the last time you are asked to contribute to this project – we raised $7,130.15 before matching funds this weekend, but are up against a military with a recruiting budget of $7 billion. This is going to be an uphill battle, but what we have going for us is reality, morality, and a vision of a truly better world.
The We Are Not Your Soldiers tour is getting ready to hit schools in Ohio this weekend, with more requests coming in from Seattle, Massachusetts and Connecticut. This tour brings Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to the schools to talk to students about the on-the-ground reality of the wars and the need for students to stop military recruiters.
We want military recruiters out now and we want to turn schools into hot spots of resistance, creating a situation where military recruiters are met with daily protest by the students themselves in all areas where they recruit. There is great need and a demand for this from teachers, parents and students. Watch some of the previous presentations.