Peace Action
Julia Ward Howe wrote in her Mother’s Day Proclamation, “Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”
To commemorate this original Mother’s Day call to Action, Peace Action invites us help protect American youth from the Pentagon’s predatory and illegal recruitment tactics. Kevin Martin, Executive Director of “Peace Action,” insists that we have the power to fight the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
The ASVAB is given to more than a half million public high school students every year under the guise of “career testing.” Unfortunately, ASVAB only tests for military careers and all of the results from the four-hour test, along with sensitive personal information, are released to military recruiters, unless schools take steps to protect student privacy.
The military markets tests as a public service, a free “Career Exploration Program” to assist kids in finding appropriate career paths. Regrettably, most schools aren’t aware of “ASVAB Release Option 8,” which allows schools to have the military proctor the test while keeping scores and personal information private.
Four of the nation’s largest school systems have already been persuaded to protect student privacy by selecting Option 8. Privacy advocates in Maryland recently passed legislation requiring public high schools to notify each student and their guardian of their right to prevent students, names and contact information from being released to military recruiters.
All adults should rise up to Julia Ward Howe’s original call to “promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.”
Write our School Boards, Superintendents, and Principals to tell them about the ASVAB and Option 8, which would protect our children from predatory military recruiting practices.
To commemorate this original Mother’s Day call to Action, Peace Action invites us help protect American youth from the Pentagon’s predatory and illegal recruitment tactics. Kevin Martin, Executive Director of “Peace Action,” insists that we have the power to fight the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
The ASVAB is given to more than a half million public high school students every year under the guise of “career testing.” Unfortunately, ASVAB only tests for military careers and all of the results from the four-hour test, along with sensitive personal information, are released to military recruiters, unless schools take steps to protect student privacy.
The military markets tests as a public service, a free “Career Exploration Program” to assist kids in finding appropriate career paths. Regrettably, most schools aren’t aware of “ASVAB Release Option 8,” which allows schools to have the military proctor the test while keeping scores and personal information private.
Four of the nation’s largest school systems have already been persuaded to protect student privacy by selecting Option 8. Privacy advocates in Maryland recently passed legislation requiring public high schools to notify each student and their guardian of their right to prevent students, names and contact information from being released to military recruiters.
All adults should rise up to Julia Ward Howe’s original call to “promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.”
Write our School Boards, Superintendents, and Principals to tell them about the ASVAB and Option 8, which would protect our children from predatory military recruiting practices.
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