Tag: NNOMY

  • National Leafleting Inaugurates for International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    National Leafleting Inaugurates for International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    Winning the Peace is a national leafleting campaign. In cooperation with War Resisters' League and the Project on Youth and Non-military Opportunities, The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth inaugurates the first national youth intervention against school militarization and military recruitment in U.S. National public schools to be offered for smartphones and mobile devices. Wi ...

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    Winning the Peace | War Resisters' League | War Resisters' International (WRI) | Project YANO | NNOMY
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  • 2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth

    The National Call to Save Civilian Public Education is participating with other actions for the 2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth. National Call: Save Our Civilian ...

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    War Resisters' International | National Call: Save Our Civilian Public Education | International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth | Counter-recruitment | NNOMY
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  • In Chicago schools' Junior ROTC programs, some see a troubling trend

    In Chicago schools' Junior ROTC programs, some see a troubling trend

    Matthew Kovac - Beate Medina was returning home from walking her dogs one evening in May 2004 when she saw two Army officers standing at her door. The sight did not immediately register. Uniformed of ...

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    Beate Medina | Chicago | Colombia | Jesus Palafox | Matthew Kovac | Public Military Acadamies | JROTC | militarization of youth | NNOMY
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  • Sustainable Options for Youth: First Fall Visit to Austin High School

    Sustainable Options for Youth: First Fall Visit to Austin High School

    Jeff Webster and Susan Van Haitsma - Last week, we made our first SOY visit of the new school year to Austin High School. Tami and I were pleased to be joined by Ben, a Marine Corps veteran and membe ...

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    Susan Van Haitsma | SOY | Jeff Webster | IVAW | Iraq Veterans Against the War | Austin High School | Sustainable Options for Youth | NNOMY
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  • Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Activism: From Past Victories to the Challenges Ahead

    Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Activism: From Past Victories to the Challenges Ahead

    Rick Jahnkow - Counter-recruitment and school demilitarization work in the U.S. has gone through several cycles of expansion and contraction during the last few decades. The first expansion was durin ...

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    Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors | Rick Jahnkow | National Lawyers Guild | JROTC Shooting Ranges | COMD | demilitarization | ASVAB | JROTC | Project YANO | NNOMY
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  • NNOMY In Solidarity with Occupy Movement

    NNOMY In Solidarity with Occupy Movement

    December 18, 2011 NNOMY is a national network that serves to unite national, regional and local organizations that oppose the growing intrusion of the military in young people's lives. We seek to pro ...

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    weapons training | Occupy movement | nationalism | Militarism | racism | ASVAB | JROTC | Military Recruitment Issues | NNOMY
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  • Military Recruitment in Our Schools- Students’ Rights and an NYCLU Guide

    Military Recruitment in Our Schools- Students’ Rights and an NYCLU Guide

    November 27, 2011 Peace and Justice Online - 11:12:05 The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) reports, “The US Military is aggressively recruiting young people for military service.” “Recruiters,” ...

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    Peace and Justice Online | The New York Civil Liberties Union | NYCLU | immigrants | American Civil Liberties Union | opt-out | Opt Out | ACLU | New York City | Military recruiters | NNOMY
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