American Friends Service Committee’s Youth Leadership Development Program Statement on Commercialism in Schools

The Youth Leadership Development Program of the AFSC does not support commercialism in schools. We are against any kind of corporate advertisement, including logos. Logos are a form of advertisement which are inappropriate in schools, where students have the right to an education that is free of corporate influence. In addition, we demand the immediate removal of Channel One from our classrooms. Not only is it a form of advertisement, but it is used by military recruiters to draw more students into the army. Because we work to undo institutional racism, we oppose military recruitment in our schools because we recognize that militarism has clear, negative impacts on students of color. The fact that middle schools have to watch military recruitment ads is completely inappropriate. The Youth Leadership Development Program supports the work that is being done by the Citizens Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools in calling for no logos and the immediate removal of Channel One from our schools.

For more information contact: Dustin Washington at dwashington@afsc.org or 632-0500 x14