Ottawa Grans at Carleton Job Fair for Counter Recruitment

Posted Feb. 3, 2007

Ottawa Grans at Carleton Job Fair for Counter Recruitment

By Grannie Jo

On Wednesday, Jan. 31 there was a job fair at Carleton University. The military recruiters were there and so were the Ottawa Raging Grannies! We came armed with a great song by Grannie Pat and with leaflets for potential recruits, telling them to think before they sign anything.

The job fair was crowded, but not the recruitment table. The military personnel greeted us cordially, probably as relief from boredom. We sent Grannies Ria and Alma up to the recruiters to ask questions and provide lectures on the evils of war, particularly the war in Afghanistan.

Grannies Jeannette, Jo Anne, Jo, Rosalie, and Granny-in-Training Shannon mingled with the crowd, handing out leaflets, and breaking into frequent song.

In terms of lessons learned, the job fair was an excellent place to take action due to the large number of students present. (We had checked out the Recruiting Centre downtown, and it was not busy.) We had anticipated filling out application forms as a way of keeping the recruiters occupied, but they do not hand out forms at these events. They hand out
CDs for you to print your own. Next time (and there will be a next time!) we will come armed with our own forms.

Thanks to Shannon, you can see lots more photos of the gig here

COMMENT:

From: "alma"
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Gig report--Ottawa Grans Counter Recruitment Action

I suggest that next time we take printouts of the CPA's ten reasons why Canada should not be in Afghanistan. One of the recruiters who assured us that recruits were given history as well as
training, said that he's never heard that WarLords and Drug Dealers formed part of Karzai's government!

Granny Pat’s Song

Tune: Sweet Betsy From Pike

*TAKE US! *

*Ottawa** Raging Grannies Counter-Recruitment Song*

RECRUITERS TAKE NOTE WE ARE HERE TO ENLIST

WE'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO ADD TO YOUR LIST

WE WANT TO GET GOING, WE HEAR THERE'S A WAR

IN FAR-OFF AFGHANISTAN WE CAN'T IGNORE.

*JUST GIVE US EQUIPMENT, LIGHT-WEIGHT IF YOU PLEASE*

*AND WHEN WE DO PUSH-UPS DON'T MIND IF WE WHEEZE*

*JUST PUT ON OUR HELMET RIGHT OVER OUR HAT*

*WE WON'T HAVE TO SHOOT WHEN THEY SEE US LIKE THAT.*

*IF YOUNG ONES GET TEMPTED AND ANSWER YOUR CALL*

*WE'LL WISH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE GRANDKIDS AT ALL*

*TO A DUBIOUS WAR WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HEAD*

*SO TURN THEM ALL DOWN, TAKE US GRANNIES INSTEAD.*

*TAKE US!*

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