MFSO Capital Region and Bay Area chapters spoke out for truth in recruiting

The Capital Region and Bay Area chapters of MFSO spoke for truth in recruiting at a conference at UC Berkeley on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005. The "On the Frontlines: Options for Youth in Times of War" conference was co-sponsored by the Campus Antiwar Network and Military Out of Our Schools-Bay Area. Aidan Delgado, an Iraq War veteran and conscientious objector; Pablo Paredes, a Navy resister who was just discharged after refusing deployment; parents who lost their children in the war on Iraq; and students, parents, educators, and community activists joined veterans and military families to present 45 workshops beginning on Friday and ending on Sunday.The conference exposed the lies that military recruiters tell young people, examined ways to get recruiters out of schools and provided alternatives to military service. An incredible number of college and high student attended with some class rooms filled to standing-room only. MFSO speakers told their personal struggles and brought tears to the eyes of the audience.