A mock cemetery of the U.S. Military Teen casualties was done in Santa Barbara, California on Friday, May 15, 2009. The Local event began @ 10am-3pm at SBCC West Campus Lawn across from the campus library overlooking Ledbetter Beach on the Pacific Ocean. "Tombstones" were set up by volunteers from the SB Vets for Peace, Chapter 54 and SBCC students. Staff, students & visitors were asked to come down on the lawn to place placards of colored photos & information of 18 & 19 year old casualties from the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts. To date 314 teenage warriors have perished. Information about the cost of war and the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine were shared. An SBCC form for students to be taken off the military's recruitment list, in opposition to the Solomon Amendment was given out. The Solomon amendment is the Congressional authority that mandates U.S. colleges and Universities that receive federal funding, excluding federal financial aid, to give Student names, phone numbers and other private information to U.S. Military recruiters (17 distinct Military Units) each semester or term including summer sessions. Federal funding will be withheld from colleges & Universities if they don't comply with the Solomon Amendment. Students may obtain specific forms from their Admissions & Records offices at 2 year colleges and the Registrars Office at 4 year colleges. These forms will allow students to withhold the release of their "Directory Information" under the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, THEN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES MAY NOT RELEASE IT TO THE MILITARY EITHER.
"Teen Memorial" Santa Barbara, California
A mock cemetery of the U.S. Military Teen casualties was done in Santa Barbara, California on Friday, May 15, 2009. The Local event began @ 10am-3pm at SBCC West Campus Lawn across from the campus library overlooking Ledbetter Beach on the Pacific Ocean. "Tombstones" were set up by volunteers from the SB Vets for Peace, Chapter 54 and SBCC students. Staff, students & visitors were asked to come down on the lawn to place placards of colored photos & information of 18 & 19 year old casualties from the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts. To date 314 teenage warriors have perished. Information about the cost of war and the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine were shared. An SBCC form for students to be taken off the military's recruitment list, in opposition to the Solomon Amendment was given out. The Solomon amendment is the Congressional authority that mandates U.S. colleges and Universities that receive federal funding, excluding federal financial aid, to give Student names, phone numbers and other private information to U.S. Military recruiters (17 distinct Military Units) each semester or term including summer sessions. Federal funding will be withheld from colleges & Universities if they don't comply with the Solomon Amendment. Students may obtain specific forms from their Admissions & Records offices at 2 year colleges and the Registrars Office at 4 year colleges. These forms will allow students to withhold the release of their "Directory Information" under the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, THEN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES MAY NOT RELEASE IT TO THE MILITARY EITHER.
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on the Third Friday and/or the Third Weekend of every month, I will break my daily routine and take some action, by myself or with others, to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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