Speaker: John Judge
John Judge, a founding member of the National Network Opposed to Militarization of Youth and a board member of the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy has been taking combat veterans into high schools since the late ’60s. Since 1985 he has organized a presence in DC public and charter schools to counter military recruitment, present a realistic view of military life and combat, and address the special problems veterans, women and people of color face when they join today’s military. He has also worked to change school policies relating to recruiter access, student privacy and other tools like JROTC and ASVAB testing, with some success.
The costs of modern warfare are immense, both at home and abroad, and include ethnocide, ecocide and genocide. The coming generations deserve a better legacy than a world of perpetual warfare and the limited job and educational opportunities that result from it.
