Massachusetts Peace Action

Tel: 617-354-2169

Local

Student and non student community based

 Work Issues:

Alternatives to the Military
ASVAB
College Counter recruitment Work
Equal Access for Counter recruitment
High school JROTC
Opt Out NCLB recruiting list
Pentagon Database JAMRS
Limiting Recruiter Access to Schools
CR trainings
School Board Policies and Accountability Monitoring
General Counter Recruitment Education
Research

Additional Info:

Massachusetts Peace Action is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that pushes for a just and peaceful foreign policy through grassroots education, community organizing and policy advocacy. MAPA is the statewide-affiliate of Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots membership-based peace organization, and collaborates with the national Student Peace Action Network (www.StudentPeaceAction.org) on youth empowerment and counter-recruitment organizing.

Mass Peace Action organizers and members support a variety of local counter-recruiting activities and are lobbying for comprehensive state legislation to better protect students' rights and privacy in schools by addressing issues such as ASVAB, equal access and the need for a more accessible opt-out system in schools across the state.

Our CR work involves collaboration with the Boston Youth Anti-War Network (a student network that connects several Boston-area college campuses) and the C-R working group of the United for Justice with Peace Coalition.

Additional priority issues include ending the occupation of Iraq, stopping an attack on Iran, pushing for nuclear disarmament and abolition, redirecting Pentagon spending to meeting human and environmental needs, and promoting real security through global cooperation, human rights, and nonproliferation.