We Are Not Your Soldiers

We Are Not Your Soldiers Veterans visit schools sharing stories of being affected by the military, of wars where so many have lost their humanity.
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NYC-area friends: Join us at this film screening which we're sponsoring on Tues. June16 at 6:30 pm.
06/10/2026

NYC-area friends: Join us at this film screening which we're sponsoring on Tues. June16 at 6:30 pm.

Joe Urgo had a long, busy We Are Not Your Soldiers day speaking to very engaged students in five classes at the high sch...
06/09/2026

Joe Urgo had a long, busy We Are Not Your Soldiers day speaking to very engaged students in five classes at the high school. Joe, a Vietnam veteran, beginning during his youth and his own formative high school experiences, spoke about how that led him to volunteer to go to Vietnam, what he experienced and witnessed while there and how that effected the rest of his life. Two students raised questions about patriotism and nationalism, wondering that in dealing with imperialism, can’t nationalism play a positive role? Doesn’t that relate to a positive role for patriotism as well?
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/may-visits/

06/09/2026

Will Griffin gave a wide-ranging We Are Not Your Soldiers presentation to the college students which you can watch above. It covered his personal story of growing up in a military family, failing to find safe and remunerative work after high school graduation and then his decision to give the military a go. He ended up being deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan, during both surges, first under Bush and then under Obama. The second part of Will’s presentation is a slide show dealing with U.S. military history, funding, bases, conditions for women in the military and more.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/may-visits/

05/25/2026

Ross Caputi spoke with psychology classes in NC. The professor wrote us after saying, "Ross, your presentation today was truly spot on. You delivered a powerful and necessary message in a way that was both gentle and deeply compassionate, creating space for reflection without alienating your audience."
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/a-very-active-month-in-april/

Some of the comments on evaluation forms following our We Are Not Your Soldiers visit to a Manhattan alternative high sc...
05/07/2026

Some of the comments on evaluation forms following our We Are Not Your Soldiers visit to a Manhattan alternative high school with Army veteran Joy Damiani:
*I liked how raw and real she was. I was aware of some of the things said. My views did change in terms of how morally right/wrong the things that are done in the military.
* Really nice to keep it light-hearted. The session was informative.
* I like how she was honest.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/students-speak-out-about-the-tour1/

“'How do veterans become homeless?' is a question that should not have to be asked in a healthy society. When addressed ...
05/06/2026

“'How do veterans become homeless?' is a question that should not have to be asked in a healthy society. When addressed to me by a teenager in a school in the heart of Manhattan, it spoke volumes of the world students are about to inherit. Not only are they witnessing and experiencing horrors in every direction, but they’ve got frighteningly little information about what the future is going to hold for them, and even less about the military..." Joy Damiani reflects on their April visit.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/a-wanys-presenter-reflects-on-a-day-in-a-nyc-high-school/

On Weds. 4/29, protesters demonstrated nonviolently against the presence of U.S. Army and Minnesota Army National Guard ...
05/01/2026

On Weds. 4/29, protesters demonstrated nonviolently against the presence of U.S. Army and Minnesota Army National Guard recruiters at the Hennepin County Career Fair held at Brookdale Library in MN. The recruiters packed up and left within minutes of the protest breaking out. With their demands met, protesters peacefully left the area. No arrests were made.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXuMnlJETnZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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