Pat Elder
Pat Elder was a co-founder of the DC Antiwar Network (DAWN) and a member of the Steering Committee of the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth, (NNOMY). Pat is currently involved in counter-recruitment projects in a dozen jurisdictions in the DC metropolitan area. Pat’s work has prominently appeared in NSA documents tracking domestic peace groups.
Documents:
Pat Elder - National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth
A Call To All Activists to Shut Down the "Army Experience Center"
Pat Elder - The children of Sparta were drilled in battle using knives and swords. At the Army Experience Center in Philadelphia the same kind of training for warfare is taking place, except children use simulated M-16 automatic rifles and M-240B light machine guns. The training in each scenario is appropriate for different kinds of battle -- facing the dreaded Athenians in hand to hand com...
Another Cover for Army Recruiting
From Draft NOtices, July-September 2006 Pat Elder -The pressure is on. You’ve got a lot of things you want to do in your life and all too often, you’re going ...
Read more...Tags JROTC | March2Success.com | Pat Elder | www.goarmy.comCounter-Recruitment Deserves Higher Priority on the Peace Agenda
Pat Elder - The mainstream peace and justice movement is beginning to see that countering military recruitment deserves a higher priority and should be viewed in strategic, rather than tactical t...
Forced Military Testing in America's Schools
Pat Elder - The invasion of student privacy associated with military testing in U.S. high schools has been well documented by mainstream media sources, like USA Today and NPR Radio. The practice o...
Read more...How the U.S. collects data on potential recruits
Pat Elder - The US military maintains an Orwellian database containing intimate details on 30 million youth between the ages of 16 and 25, providing local recruiters with personal information to use ...
Read more...Tags America's Army 3 | ASVAB | ASVAB Database | asvab test | JAMRS | Option 8 | Pat Elder | President George W BushM-1's and CMP and Lead
January 03, 2012 Report by Pat Elder - I’m following up from the NNOMY Steering Committee call last week. We all agreed to come up with ideas for a campaign for the upcoming year. I started resea...
Military Recruiting Vans Draw Fire
Monday, 26 November 2007 Pat Elder -A ninth grader in a suburban Washington DC classroom is delighted to be excused from Algebra class to spend a half hour shooting a life-like 9 MM pistol a...
Read more...NNOMY In Solidarity with Occupy Movement
December 18, 2011 NNOMY is a national network that serves to unite national, regional and local organizations that oppose the growing intrusion of the military in young people's lives. We seek...
Read more...Categories Pat ElderTags ASVAB | JROTC | Militarism | Military Recruitment Issues | nationalism | NNOMY | Occupy movement | racism | weapons training
Pat Elder of the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy (