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Parents Worry About Military Recruitement

Posted on June 07, 2005

In the film All That I Can Be William chooses to enlist in the military when he seems to have no other options, especially since his mom passed away.

Parents are becoming increasingly concerned of the presence of military recruiters in their children's classroom and are demanding the schools be more vigilant as to what military messages are being proliferated.

Read the New York Times article, Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents

Learn about your right to opt-out of recruitment practices from the National Youth and Militarism Program of the American Friends Service Committee.

Related Films: All That I Can Be

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