Hearing on the draft & draft registration, Thurs., 9/20 in LA

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Edward Hasbrouck" <edward () hasbrouck org>
> Date: August 31, 2018 at 01:51:31 EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: (for IP?) Hearing on the draft & draft registration, Thurs., 9/20 in LA
>
> The "National Commission on Military, National and Public Service" has 
> announced that the final event in its year-long series of  "informal"
> open-mike public hearings on whether registration for a military draft 
> should be ended or extended will be at Cal State University, Los Angeles, 
> on Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 3-5 p.m.:
>
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-meeting-the-next-generation-of-service-in-america-tickets-49389735027
>
> Thursday, September 20, 2018
> 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
>
> California State University Los Angeles
> Golden Eagle Ballroom 1 & 2
> 5151 State University Drive
> Los Angeles, CA 90032
>
> Following presentations by an invited panel, members of the public will 
> get 2 minutes each to testify. This will probably be framed as an 
> opportunity to ask questions of the panel, but members of the public can 
> testify on any of the issues the Commission has been appointed to study.
>
> The Commission was appointed by the President and Congress to study and 
> report on the draft, compulsory national service, and "the feasibility... 
> of modifying the military selective service process in order to obtain for 
> military, national, and public service individuals with skills (such as 
> medical, dental, and nursing skills, language skills, cyber skills, and 
> science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills) for which 
> the Nation has a critical need, without regard to age or sex." 
>
> It's especially important for the Commission to hear from people of draft 
> age, women, health care workers, and people with others of these skills.
>
> Background on this Commission and why it is holding these hearings, 
> including information about earlier meetings of the Commission released in 
> response to my Freedom Of Information Act request:
>
> https://resisters.info/commission.html
>
> Podcast overview of what's happening with the draft, and why:
> https://couragetoresist.org/podcast-draft-registration/
>
> Web form for short written submissions:
> http://www.inspire2serve.gov/content/share-your-thoughts
>
> Longer written submissions can be sent to 
> "info () inspire2serve gov", mentioning "Docket No. 
> 05-2018-0" in the subject line of the e-mail message.
>
> Peace,
>
> Edward Hasbrouck
>
>
>
> --------------------
> Draft Registration and Draft Resistance:
> http://www.resisters.info
>
> Health Care Workers and the Draft:
> http://www.MedicalDraft.info
>
> Edward Hasbrouck
> edward () hasbrouck org
> http://hasbrouck.org
> +1-415-824-0214



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