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OUR MISSION IS:
To bring together a network of organizations and individuals to counteract the growing intrusion of the military in the lives of young people in the North Texas area.
To provide information and resources to the North Texas community about non-military vocational and educational alternatives. 
Founded out of the grassroots concerns of North Texas Citizens, Peaceful Vocations has grown into an effective vehicle through which many students continue to learn the facts about military enlistment, war, and the many alternatives to the G.I. life.
We are an all-volunteer, consensus-based collective, made up of service industry employees teachers, artists, nurses, attorneys, union organizers, veterans, and students.
Peaceful Vocations is one of hundreds of organizations working across the nation to counter the military’s presence in public schools. We provide meaningful and necessary information about vocational and higher educational alternatives to military recruitment.
We reach students in Fort Worth public schools by tabling during lunch hours, making classroom presentations, having a presence at College Days and Career Fairs, hanging hallway posters, and placing our literature in the counselors’ offices. We provide all of these services at no cost to students. We attend numerous civic events; we provide street theater for the community, and presentations for churches, civic groups, and parents’ groups.
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Peaceful Vocations
PO Box 12282 Fort Worth, TX 76110-8282 www.facebook.com/peacefulvocations www.myspace.com/peacefulvocations Peaceful Vocations Poetry Slam 2011 A poetry slam is a competition for aspiring poets. You will have three minutes to recite an original poem or story. There will be five judges, who will judge your poem on originality, content, and performance of your work. Highest cumulative score wins. If your original poem is chosen, you will be invited to perform in front of a live audience and be judged to win either a brand new laptop, iPod touch and/or flip camera. Top three places will be invited back for the National Youth Poetry Team. As an applicant you agree to the following conditions: 1. That you are a Fort Worth ISD High School Student. 2. Poem must be no longer than 3 minutes maximum in length. 3. Original poem must be written about Peaceful Vocations themes: peace, recruiters in your school, poverty draft, loved ones in the military, etc. and how this affects you. 4. You will perform your poem in a family friendly environment. 5. Must submit final typed draft to Peaceful Vocations no later than 5pm on January 5, 2011. 6. Submissions can be emailed to
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or mailed to P.O. Box 12282, Fort Worth, 76110. 7. Please have good contact information for Peaceful Vocations when you submit your poem. For more information or questions, you can contact Yvette Richardson at 817.896.9084 or Michael Guinn at 817.412.3964. |
