The Youth and Militarism Program of the American Friends Service Committee, an independent Quaker organization founded in 1917, is seeking progressive thinking writers, lecturers, non-profit agency staff & leaders, as well as activists from all walks of life interested in contributing essays and articles to our online Youth and Militarism Magazine - http://www.afsc.org/militarismnews.htm. The magazine is a monthly online publication of the Youth & Militarism program. This is a non-paid opportunity and prospective submissions should relate to the overall mission of the Youth & Militarism program, which is to address the impact of war and military institutions on young people's lives. The issues the Youth & Militarism program works on are as follows: Alternatives to the Military Conscientious Objection Draft Registration/Resistance GI Bill Recruitment and Enlistment ASVAB Testing JROTC Student Rights Gays and Lesbians & the Military People of Color & the Military Women & the Military Child Soldiers US Military around the Globe You can find out more about our program and the broad range of issues we cover by going to our website at http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/. Anyone interested can respond by email to Oskar Castro at ocastro@afsc.org. Please indicate as much information about yourself, your writing background, your reason for wanting to submit and the type of article/s you are interested in writing. Youthful writers, a fairly subjective term but meant to specifically mean typical high school and college aged individuals, are strongly encouraged to submit ideas for articles as well.