SALT LAKE CITY CODEPINK CONDUCTS COUNTER RECRUITMENT AT WEST HIGH SCHOOL

SALT LAKE CITY (May 20)-On May 20, the Army Recruiting Command “stood down” for retraining of its recruiters after numerous allegations of unscrupulous tactics by recruiters. Salt Lake City CodePINK, part of CodePINK, a national movement of women for peace and social justice, on Friday May 20, at 2 PM, in coordination with the American Friends Service Committee, MMOB, ACORN and Working Assets, and the Green Party of Utah “stood up” to conduct counter recruitment efforts at high schools across the country. They greeted West High School students as they exited classes for the day. They informed students of their privacy rights, under the “No Child Left Behind Act”, and encouraged them to seek balanced information and weigh all of their options. Our high schools should be Military Free Zones! Jodie Evans, one of the co-founders of CodePINK joined the local group at this action!

SALT LAKE CITY CODEPINK is an evolving women-initiated grass-roots peace and social justice movement that seeks a sustainable world through positive social change with proactive, creative protest and

non-violent direct action. SLCCodePink.

Nationwide, CodePINK has given “pink slips” to numerous public officials including President Bush for lying about weapons of mass destruction and to Arnold Schwarzenegger for his history of degrading women. They were active at the national conventions of both major political parties. Utah CodePINK has protested the country’s involvement in Iraq, Halliburton’s and Bechtel’s profiteering, and Wal-Mart’s low wages and oppression of workers. For more information see CodePink.