This new training manual contains:

* Fifty group exercises
* Eight complete workshops
* Handouts and support articles

All tools designed with the direct education approach, which uses group exercises that emphasize participants' empowerment and taps their wisdom as much as possible, not a boring lecture-based teaching approach.

For more information about ordering a copy along with the companion DVD, see our publications page ($15).

Background

We asked The Ruckus Society and Training for Change to help us create a training manual to assist the growing counter-recruitment movement. The Ruckus Society has played a lead role in the Not Your Soldier counter-recruitment camps. Their experience, coupled with Training for Change's direct education approach, produced a result that is a pedagogically sound, information-packed series of workshops with a skill-building emphasis. Matt Smucker of the SmartMeme Collective and Beyond The Choir also contributed by writing the Media and Messaging workshop.

What is in This Manual?

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• What Is The American Friends Service Committee?
• What Is AFSC's Youth And Militarism Program?
• What Is This Manual? How Do I Use It?
• What Are The Contents Of Each Workshop?
• What Is The Training Methodology?
• Who Wrote The Manual?
• Workshops
• Elements Of Each Workshop
• Before You Enlist: The Truth Of Military Recruitment
• The Poverty Draft
• How A Recruiter Gets Your Number
• Core Organizing Skills
• Creating And Expanding Your Group
• How To Build A Campaign
• The Big Picture Of Counter-Recruitment
• Media And Messaging
• Support Documents
• Beyond Just Education: Why Our Approach To Teaching Makes All The Difference In Social Change (at trainingforchange.org)
• Tips For Facilitators
• Tailoring Workshops
• How To Design A Workshop
• Index Of Tools And Handouts