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Governments around the world target youth for military recruitment and service. In response, human rights organizations have developed innovative ways of introducing youth to non-violent alternatives to military service and combating the culture of militarism. This tactical dialogue is a space for those working with and interested in engaging youth in non-violent alternatives to militarism to share their stories, challenges, resources and ideas.

New Tactics is pleased to host this dialogue with the help and engagement of students from the St. Thomas University, Conflict Resolution studies course. 

Our featured resource practitioners leading this dialogue so far include:

• Oskar Castro of the American Friends Service Committee - Youth and Militarism Program, United States
• Amjad Ali of the Swat Youth Front, Pakistan
• Mike Ferner of Veterans for Peace, United States
• Daniel Lakemacher and Patrick Spahn from the Center on Conscience, United States
• Pernille Ironside - Child Protection Specialist in Emergencies Programme Division UNICEF

Tactical Dialogues

Got a question? Got an idea? Need some advice? Want to connect with other people doing human rights work? The New Tactics dialogues area is a collection of featured dialogues and community member blogs, and is the right place for all of those things. Join an ongoing discussion. Start a new one. Agree. Disagree. This is a forum that will help you discover and shape ideas for your work.

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