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Support the Teen Peace Project, www.teenpeace.org. Check out Teen Peace stuff below. "Army Wrong" Counter-Recruiting shirts, etc at www.cafepress.com/armywrong My name is Liz Rivera Goldstein. I am an anti-war activist, a member of the national Steering Committee for United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). Most of my work is in the Counter-Recruiting movement, which I think is one of the most effective ways to oppose war. As a mother of two home schooled teens, I began to be concerned that my children may be drafted in the near future. After viewing the movie, "The Good War", about conscientious objectors during World War II, I began to investigate what it means to be a CO. One of the first comments I heard was, "Well, you get their teachers to write letters, and you submit school essays that show they are conscientious objectors." How could my children, as homeschoolers, get such documentation? Other homeschoolers have similar concerns, and I have heard from other families in Port Townsend, where I live. I feel that I cannot do this only for my own children. Reflecting on how the Vietnam War affected my childhood, and the world around me, I hope I can try to make my children's lives, and the lives of their friends and families more compassionate and less torn by world violence. I have worked to make the world better for children as a midwife, a volunteer with Girl Scouts for over 13 years, a preschool teacher, and conflict resolution school playground mediator. I have worked with kids from birth to teen, and especially enjoyed 10 years on the staff of a day camp (4 years as camp director). I believe in listening to young people and helping them to make their dreams and ideas a reality.