Pat Elder is the Director of the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy, an organization that works to counter the alarming militarization of America’s high schools. www.studentprivacy.org 

Elder is also a writer for Civilian Exposure, a group that documents poisonous contamination at military bases around the world.  www.civilianexposure.org.

Pat serves on the Coordinating Committee of World Beyond War, one of the world's largest antiwar organizations with members in more than 150 countries. www.worldbeyondwar.org . 

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