Tag: The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth

Peace Churches in the Orbit of Youth Demilitarization Activism

Gary Ghirardi / NNOMY – In my years working as a communications consultant to counter-recruitment organizations, now approaching twenty years for the summer of 2021, I have experienced personally and observed the organizing and activism of groups formed by historical peace churches make prolonged and concerted efforts to intervene against the militarization of our youth by departments of defense. ...

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Quakers | Truth in Recruitment (TIR) | Counter-recruitment | Historic Peace Churches | Church of the Brethren | Stop Recruiting Kids | On Earth Peace | American Friends Service Committee | The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth | Gary Ghirardi

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Bringing Truth to the Youth: The Counter-Recruitment Movement, Then and Now

Emily Yates | Originally published in Truthout - July 16, 2016 "Back when we started, recruiters were just blatantly lying to the kids," said Susan Quinlan, the co-founder and volunteer coordinator o ...

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June Brumer | The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth | Every Child Succeeds Act | Oakland Unified School District | BAY-Peace | Better Alternatives for Youth–Peace (BAY-Peace) | Susan Quinlan | Emily Yates | Chicago | Rick Jahnkow | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery | STEM | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | ASVAB | Seth Kershner | JROTC | Project YANO | Hart Viges

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