CAMS is an organization of students, activists, parents and teachers.
Rosa Furumoto
Teri Klass
CAMS ADVISORY BOARD April Fitzsimmons - Veterans for Peace Ashley Moon Stanfield- Youth Activist, Writer Blase Bonpane - Office of the Americas Cindy Sheehan –Gold Star Families for Peace Frank Dorrel - Addicted to War James Lafferty - National Lawyer's Guild Luis Rodriguez - Tia Chucha's Café Cultural Marcy Winograd- Progressive Democrats of LA, President Maricela Guzman-Iraq Veterans Against the War, American Friends Service Committee Norma Bowles- Fringe Benefits Theatre Ron Kovic-Vietnam Veteran, Author, “Born on the Fourth of July” Rosa Romero-Food Not Bombs Tom Hayden- Professor, Anti War Advocate
CAMS is a program of the International Humanities Center under Section 501[c](3) of the Internal Revenue Code. CAMS has received grants for 2007 from: A.J. Muste Memorial Institute ($2,000), RESIST ($2,000), In Memory of Henry Siegel Memorial Fund and primarily from individual supporters and contributors. Additionally in previous years, CAMS was awarded grants from Liberty Hill and the Tides Foundation. CAMS has been awarded the Season of Nonviolence LA Award presented by Agape International Spiritual Center in 2005, the CTA Human Rights Award in 2006, and the Office of the Americas Lotie Wexlar Peace and Justice Award in 2006.
MISSION STATEMENT OF THE COALITION FOR ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARISM IN THE SCHOOLS To inform and educate the public, especially students, parents and school personnel about the growing militarization of our schools, and to create and present positive nonviolent alternatives which promote the value of human life, justice and equity for all persons. We envision accomplishing this in the following ways: By bringing together a network of organizations and individuals to oppose the growing intrusion of the military commonly present in the lives of young people throughout Southern California, and to present organizing strategies, campaigns and actions. By sharing information, legislation, advocacy efforts, and resources in order to raise awareness and mobilize against the aggressive and deceptive tactics of the military, which especially target African American and Latino males and females. By bringing awareness about these issues through a speakers bureau, workshops and presentations, along with written articles, media contacts, school board actions, brochures, educational curriculum (e.g. Addicted to War), online resources and multimedia. By providing resources for youth activists and encouraging youth leadership roles and mentoring in the movement to demilitarize our schools. By facilitating the sharing of alternatives and exposing the myths and realities to militarism and war. By collaboratively working to ensure equal access in all public school areas and spaces regarding the presence of counter recruitment literature, presentations and nonmilitary options. By working to eliminate the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corp in our High Schools and the California Cadets in our Middle Schools, along with the school community. By sponsoring and co-sponsoring events and activities with students, families, educators, and community/labor organizations to include conferences, teach-ins, forums and workshops. By reinforcing and promoting through training's and workshops the values of critical thinking, dialogue, conflict resolution and nonviolence.
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CAMS Grant Application Coordinator: Paul Wicker is a volunteer who has taken on the responsibility for coordinating the CAMS grant application process. He has spent many years as a Red Cross Disaster volunteer. He is known in the Los Angeles school community for his astronomy work as "The Galileo Guy". He is a scuba diver, bike rider, backpacker and world traveler. He is currently self-employed as a private fiduciary
Sandra and Ulis Williams head up the CAMS Leafleting team and are active members of Palisadians for Peace, School of the Americas Watch-Los Angeles., and EMERGENCY. As activists, they participate in many peace and justice causes such as the yearly vigil/protest to close the 
Maureen Cruise - CAMS Counter Recruitment Team & Progressive Dems of LA Liaison has been involved with liberal political and social justice movements for over 50 years. A UCLA grad and RN formerly of LA Co Public Health Dept, Maureen retired from five years as a program coordinator for Palisades Charter High School. She enjoyed 17 years volunteering with LAUSD in areas of student services, parental involvement, program development, special events, teacher support, school governance, public relations and fundraising. 
Robert and Lupe Lujan were initiated into the peace movement by joining Proyecto Guerrero Azteca on their Peregrinacion from Tijuana to San Francisco. Since then they have participated in various peace projects finding special gratification in being able to reach out to the Spanish speaking community.
Scott Ratigan is a safety inspector with Cal/OSHA. He organizes events, actions, and teach-ins--often with a counter-recruitment emphasis--in the larger Whittier area in conjunction with the Whittier Area Peace and Justice Coalition www.WhittierPeace.org.