National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups & Information

National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups & Information (NNOMY G&I)
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https://nnomy.org/organizations

The NNOMY G&I Directory provides access to peace and counter-recruitment groups nationally that reflect a concern for the militarization of our youth in their public activism.

Listings in the National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups & Information provide essential information about national, and regional organizations that have youth demilitarization activism as a focus area of their activity. The peace organizations listed on this page have truth-in-recruitment or counter military recruitment activism as a primary activity within their organizations or resources represented to support youth demilitarization as an additional concern for action. Some international groups are listed that have had collaboration or contact with NNOMY.

To list your organization in the National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups, email your group information to admin(at)nnomy.org. NNOMY ONLY LISTS Peace Groups that do youth demilitarization activism or host related materials on their online platforms. Put the name of your organization in the subject of the email and your contact information in the message and notify NNOMY that you want your organization listed! You can reference the type of activism we list by reviewing the groups below.

NOTE TO PUBLIC: If a group listed is not currently maintaining an active counter-recruitment project, you can still contact them for a referral to another group active in your region or to a national group that can address your inquiry. You can also contact NNOMY at admin(at)nnomy.org and make your inquiry with the NNOMY steering committee.

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National-organizations | HOME

(Listed alphabetically)

About Face: Veterans Against the War (AFVAW) / National / Contact

Information included:

Request a Veteran Speaker / information / undated
DecolonizeU Course: Militarism on Turtle Island / article / Nov. 20, 2020
Troop Report and Support Request Form / information / undated

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) / National / Contact /

Information included:

Soldiers of Misfortune: Abusive U.S. Military Recruitment and Failure to Protect Child Soldiers / counter-recruitment resource / May 13, 2008
Soldiers of Misfortune (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / May 13, 2008

American Friends Service Committee / National / Contact /

Information included: Five ways to counter military recruitment in your school district / counter-recruitment resource / January 14, 2020

Peace Works: Alternatives to military service / From conscientious objection to counter-recruitment / counter-recruitment resource / 2015
Before You Enlist and After You Say No. A Counter-Recruitment Training Manual / counter-recruitment resource / 2006
Ten Points to Consider Before You Sign a Military Enlistment Agreement (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2001
Before You Enlist! Video (2016 revision) / counter-recruitment resource /2016
Campaign for an ordinance for equal access in your school district /
Distribute opt-out forms at local high schools / counter-recruitment resource / May 24, 2017
It’s My Life: A Guide to Alternatives After High School (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2009
Join the NNOMY Network / counter-recruitment resource / undated

Antiwar.com / National / Contact /

Information included:

Students Fight the War Machine on College Campuses - Antiwar.com / news article / June 18, 2021
Counter-recruitment the Time of Covid - Antiwar.com / news article / September 29, 2020
Hearing on the Draft and Draft Registration / news article / Aug 31, 2018
Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools - Antiwar.com / news article / December 05, 2007
Student Protest Stops CIA at NYU - Antiwar.com / news article / April 04, 2005

Asktherecruiterthis.com / National / Contact /

Information included:

BEFORE YOU ENLIST IN THE MILITARY, ASK THE RECRUITER THIS / counter-recruitment resource / undated

Before You Enlist! Video: Telequest Inc. / National / Contact /

Information included:

Before You Enlist National Website / counter-recruitment resource / 2018-2020
Before You Enlist YouTube Channel / counter-recruitment resource / 2018-2020
Before You Enlist! Video on YouTube / counter-recruitment resource / 2018 revision
Before You Enlist Video on Vimeo / counter-recruitment resource / 2018
Antes de Alistarte / counter-recruitment resource / 2020

Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) / National / Contact /

Information included:

CODEPINK's Divest from the War Machine campaign / counter-recruitment resource / October 21, 2017
Before Enlisting Testimony / article / March 31, 2023
Before You Enlist / counter-recruitment resource / 2018

Catholic Peace Fellowship / National/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information included:

Recruitment Promises & Reality: AFSC (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2006
CPF Training: How to give interactive presentations to high school youth on the Draft, War, and Conscience / counter-recruitment resource / 2016
Conscientious Objection / conscientious objection resource / 2015

Center on Conscience & War / National / Contact /

Information included:

Selective Service: Military Draft Registration| / counter-recruitment resource / March 8, 2002
Advice to Those Considering Military Enlistment / counter-recruitment resource / 2020
Alternatives to Military Enlistment / counter-recruitment resource / 2020
Recruiter Abuse Reporting / counter-recruitment resource / 2020
State Laws on Military Draft Registration / counter-recruitment resource / 2020
Counseling and Legal Support / counter-recruitment resource / 2020
Military Conscientious Objectors / counter-recruitment resource / 2020

Church of the Brethren / National / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information included:

Worksheet: Questions about Conscientious Objection (PDF) / c/o resource / 2013
Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy (Facebook Page) / 2025
Center on Conscience and War / conscientious objection & counter-recruitment resource / 2025

Codepink / National / Contact /

Information included:

A Guide to Countering and Resisting the Militarization of Youth / NNOMY counter-recruitment resource / 2017 - 2018
Counter-recruitment Youth & Military / article / July 22, 2009
Counter-Recruitment / counter-recruitment blog / 2009 - 2014

Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft / National / Contact /

Information included:

Article Archive / counter-recruitment resource / 2000 - 2025
Publications relating to military recruitment and counter-recruitment in schools / counter-recruitment resource / 1984 - 2011
Publications to help you educate, agitate, and organize! / counter-recruitment resource / 2009 - 2015
School Policy Documents / counter-recruitment resource / 2005 - 2016
Draft NOtices is COMD's quarterly printed newsletter / counter-recruitment resource / 1980 - 2025

Common Dreams / National / Contact /

Information included:

National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) / NNOMY listing / undated

Courage to Resist / National / Contact /

Information included:

Military Recruiting & Counter-Recruiting / counter-recruitment resource / 2022 - 2023
Selective Service, Conscription & the Draft / selective service, conscription & the draft resource / 2021- 2023
Providing counter-recruiting or “Truth in Recruiting” services in your community. / counter-recruitment resource & truth in recruitment resource / 2023

Everyday Peacebuilding / National / Contact /

Information included:

Groups mobilizing against military recruitment and the draft / conscientious objection and counter-recruitment resource / 2024

GI Rights Hotline / National / Contact /

Information provided:

Before You Join Fact Sheet / military recruitment information / undated
Delayed Entry Program Discharge (DEP Discharge) / delayed entry program information / undated
Other Organizations / military support and antiwar organizations including NNOMY / undated

Global Campaign for Peace Education / National-International / Contact /

Information included:

How to Counter Recruitment and De-Militarize Schools / counter-recruitment information / 2016
U.S. OPT-OUT CAMPAIGN: Protect Kids from Military Recruiters in High Schools / opt-out campaign information / undated
The Tide it is a Changin’: Mainstream media starts reporting on the militarization of America’s schools / article / 2018
Should STEM providers stop teaming up with weapons manufacturers? (Australia but applies to US) / article / 2023
Winning the Peace: a new US national counter-recruitment effort / NNOMY counter-recruitment campaign/ 2016
A Soldier’s Life: a film developed by students questioning military enlistment / Counter-recruitment video / 2016

Mennonite Church: Central District Conf. / National / Contact /

Information included:

POTC mobilizes counselors to counter military recruitment of young adults / counter-recruitment resource / 2024
Responding To Military Recruitment / counter-recruitment resource / 2024
Mennonites Against Militarism reignites active peace witness / counter-recruitment resource / 2024
Behind the Camouflage: A Primer on Military Enlistment for Youth Pastors, Mentors, and Counselors by Titus Peachey (PDF)
CDC Military Counter Recruitment Resolution(PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2024
Military Counter Recruitment Packet (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2024
Other Resources (PDF) / counter-recruitment resource / 2024

Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) / National / Contact /

Information included:

MFSO links to: List of antiwar and counter-recruitment organizations / 2025
- Veterans For Peace
- About Face Veterans Against The War
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War
- G.I. Rights Hotline
- Courage to Resist
- War Resisters League

Military Law Task Force / National / Contact /

Information included:

Anti-Draft Program Work / military rights resource / 2024
Statement On Military Racism / military rights resource / 2024
GI Rights & Counseling / military rights resource / 2024
Counter Militarization Organizational Links / list of antiwar and counter-recruitment organizations / 2024

Military Truth / National / Contact /

Information included:

Delayed Entry Program Discharge (DEP Discharge) Fact Sheet / delayed entry information / 2016
Questions for Military Recruiters and Answers Military Recruiters Should Give You / military recruitment information / 2018
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) / armed services vocational aptitude battery information / 2018

National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth / National / Contact /

Information included:

National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups & Information / Counter-recruitment Directory of Organizations / multiple dates
Winning The Peace: A National High School Intervention | en español / Counter-recruitment Campaign / 2016
Divest “Your Body” from the War Machine | en español / Codepink Counter-recruitment Campaign / 2021
A National Call: Save Civilian Public Education | en español / Counter-recruitment Campaign / 2014
2025 Activist Back-to-School Kit / Counter-recruitment Resource / 2024 - 2025
Start a Peace Club at your school / July 05, 2022 / Student Peace Club Resource / 2022
Careers in Peacemaking and Social Change / Military Alternatives Resource / September 30, 2021
Peaceful Career Alternatives / Military Alternatives Resource / 2022 - 2025
Información en español / Counter-recruitment Resource in Spanish / 2023 - 2025

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation / National / Contact /

Information included:

Military Recruiters Getting a Foot in Door: Federal Education Bill Requires High Schools to Share Student Data / article / 2002
Military Recruiting Law Puts Burden on Parents / article / 2002
No Child Left Alone By Military Recruiters / article / 2002

On Earth Peace / National / Contact /

Information included:

The Truth About Youth Military Recruiting: A Dialogue with Veterans / counter-recruitment event / August 20, 2021
Stop Recruiting Kids / counter-recruitment campaign / 2013
Stop Recruiting Kids on Facebook / counter-recruitment campaign / 2021
JROTC Campaign with Sebastian Muñoz-McDonald / counter-recruitment campaign / 2021
The Stop Recruiting Kids Campaign (SRK) / counter-recruitment campaign / 2020

PBS Digital Studios / Public Broadcast System (PBS) / National / Contact /

Information included:

Above the Noise: Should the U.S. Military Recruit on High School Campuses? / television report / March /31/2023

Peaceful Options for Training and Careers (POTC) / National / Contact /

Information included:

Alternatives to the Military / alternatives to the military resource / 2025
Nonmilitary Career Coaching / non-military career counseling / 2025

Popular Resistance / National / Contact /

Information included:

Army Admits: Counter-Recruitment Works / article / March 21, 2014
Back To School: Get Your Counter-Recruitment Kit / NNOMY counter-recruitment resource / September 2, 2013
US Veterans Try To Stop Students From Joining Up / Article / July 28, 2023
AOC, The Fraud Squad, Military Recruiters And US Imperialism / article / April 13, 2023
Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment In Schools / article / April 13, 2023

Project Censored / National / Contact /

Information included:

The Pentagon's Child Recruiting Strategy / Article / December 8, 2023
Reinstating the Draft / Article / July 22, 2024
E-girls and Truth in Military Recruitment plus Gun Violence and the Intersections of Patriarchy and Capitalism in the US / article / February 16, 2024
US Army Launches Virtual Reality Recruitment Campaign / article / May 22, 2023
Military Personnel Using Lurid Social Media Tactics to Target Gen Z Recruits / Article / February 20, 2024

Quaker House/ National / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./

Information included:

Before Joining: Hope, Support, and Pathways to Possible Impossibilities / article / June 4, 2019
Selective Service Registration Form / Information You Need About Enlisting / selective service registration information / undated
SGT. Abe: The Honest Recruiter (PDF)s / counter-recruitment resource / undated

Resisters.info / National / Contact /

Information included:

The Draft, Draft Registration, Draft Resistance, and "Selective Service" / military draft information / multiple dates
"Automatic" registration for a military draft / information about the military draft / undated
Opt out of automatic draft registration by asking for an “X” gender marker on your driver’s license / opt-out and military draft information / undated

Seven Stories Press / National / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information included:

Army of None: Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias / counter-recruitment publication / July 11, 2007

"Army of None is a direct challenge to the militarization of American youth. It's a toolkit, a practical how-to manual, for the emerging politics of non-cooperation and direct action. Army of None is published at a pivotal moment in the peace movement."
- Paul Rockwell, CounterPunch

Taskforce to End Compulsory Military Training in Schools / National / Contact /

Information included:

The JROTC Organizing Packet / counter-recruitment resource / August 2023
Press Coverage / counter-recruitment campaign / 2021 - 2023
Documents / counter-recruitment PDF documents / 2023 - 2024

U.S. NIH's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) / National / Contact /

Information provided:

Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health? / counter-recruitment resource / January 2011

Vietnam Veterans Against the War / National / Contact /

Information provided:

Speaking Truth to Students / "truth in recruiting" resource / undated
VVAW Counter-Recruitment Fair / "truth in recruiting" video / May 22, 1999
Champaign-Urbana Counter Recruitment Fair / article / 1999
The Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools / article / 2015
Chicago High School Debates Enlistment / article / undated
Creating a Pain in the Brass: Counter-Recruiting in Chicago / Article / undated
Stopping The Pentagon In High Schools / article / undated
Taking Back Our Schools / article / undated
Veteran At Urbana High School: Soldier No More / article / undated
No Skills, No Jobs, No Future: Recruiters' Promises / article / undated
Truth in Recruiting: Questions / article / undated

Veterans For Peace / National / Contact /

Information provided:

Truth in Recruiting - Student Information / "truth in recruiting" & military alternatives resources / undated
Truth in Recruiting - Information for Active G.I.s / "truth in recruiting" & information for active G.I.s / undated
Truth in Recruiting - VFP Chapters and Members / "truth in recruiting" & chapter information / undated

War Resisters League / National / Contact /

Information provided

The Military is Not Just a Job, It’s 8 Years of Your Life (in English and Spanish) / Brochure / November 3, 2023
Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World / book / July 11, 2007
Counter Recruitment Resources / counter-recruitment resources / multiple dates

We Are Dissenters / National / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information provided:

Student Campus Demilitarization Training / youth anti-militarist training / undated
We are Dissenters Work / counter militarist campaigns / 2021
Dissenters Facebook / social media resources to network / 2025
Dissenters Instagram / social media resources to network / 2025
Dissenters X (Twitter) / social media resources to network / 2025

We Are Not Your Soldiers / National / Contact /

Information provided:

Antiwar Veteran Class Presentations (videos) / student feedback / multiple dates
Counter-recruitment resources / counter-recruitment resources / multiple dates

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPFUS) / National-International / Contact /

Information provided:

Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee: Militarism and/or Military Counter-Recruitment in Public Schools / 2018

Winning the Peace / National-International / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / Website formatted for Smartphones

Information provided:

What Everyone Should Know Before Joining the Military / counter-recruitment resources / 2016
Lo que deberías saber entres de enrolarte en las Fuerzas Armadas (FF.AA.) / recursos contra el reclutamiento / 2016

World Beyond War / National-International / Contact /

Information provided:

Military Recruiting, Official Pronouncements, and the Vlogosphere / article /2016
No To Military Recruitment / counter-recruitment resources / 2013
- Why not enlist in the U.S. Army?
- How do you stop schools giving info to militaries?
- No to the Draft! / counter-conscription article / 2013
- Counter-Recruitment In The Time Of COVID / counter-recruitment resources / 2013
Talk Show Radio: How to Reduce Military Recruitment Even More / counter-recruitment video / August 14, 2023

Starting up a Project to Counter Military Recruiting

Groups Listed by State or Territory

Northeast-region | HOME

Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice / Massachusetts / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Counter-recruitment posts on Social media / April 9, 2025

Bronx Anti-War Coalition / New York / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Counter-recruitment posts on Social media / Counter-recruitment action / March 21, 2023

Chelsea Uniting Against the War / Massachusetts / Contact /

Information provided: Counter-recruitment Group in Chelsea, Massachusetts / Close to Boston / 2025

Counter-recruitment in Schools / Counter-recruitment information posted on Social-media / March 30, 2025

Feminists Against the Draft / New Hampshire / No Contact Info /

Information provided:

Shared Counter-recruitment resources / countering the draft campaigning / multiple dates

Granny Peace Brigade / New York City / New York / Contact /

Information provided:

Counter-Recruiting / general counter-recruitment information including option 8 for ASVAB testing / undated
Parent-Teacher Conference Night Peace Action / counter-recruitment organizing in schools / November 19, 2019
Options for Life After High School (PDF) / non-military options for student information / undated
Questions to Ask and Points to Consider Before You Enlist (PDF) / undated

Lepoco / Pennsylvania / Contact /

Information provided:

Alternatives to Military Service / counter-recruitment resources / 2015
Youth Peace Camp / peace education retreat for children through 7th grade / July 21–25, 2025

Massachusetts Peace Action / Massachusetts / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided: MAPA, Veterans for Peace, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Leafleting Palm Cards in high schools / counter-recruitment leafleting at Boston area high schools / November 21, 2023
Demilitarizing Civilian Life: Counter Recruitment at East Boston High School / distributed palm cards challenging JROTC / June 24, 2023
MAPA Palm Card /counter-recruitment resource / 2023

NYCLU / ACLU of New York / Contact /

Information provided:

Your Rights to Free Speech in Public Schools / student rights infomation / Sep 18, 2024

Veterans For Peace Maine / Maine / Contact /

Information provided:

Counter-recruitment links / counter-recruitment resources / multiple dates

War Resisters' League - New England Office / Connecticut / Contact /

Information provided:

Counter-recruitment resources / multiple dates
Nonviolence training / information about available training / undated
Speakers/Workshops / information about available speakers & workshops / undated

Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans For Peace - Green Mountains / Vermont / Contact /

Information provided:

Truth In Recruiting & Classroom Outreach / information about speakers for classroom presentations / undated

Southeast-region | HOME

Alternatives to Military Service / VFP Chapter 14 / Florida / Contact /

Information provided:

Alternatives to the Military /
A Resource Guide for Young People Considering Enlistment (PDF) /
Call the Gi Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 /

Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice / Virginia / Contact /

Information provided:

A Soldier's Life - Youtube Video
Wars Begin in High School Cafeterias - Article

Peace & Justice Coalition - Prince George County / Maryland / Contact /

Information provided:

Counter Recruiting /

The Truth Project / Florida / Contact /

Information provided:

Educates students about their choices regarding military enlistment /

Midwest-region | HOME

Chicago Veterans for Peace / Illinois / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Advocate for Peace Not Violence - My Lai Memorial Exhibit /

Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice / Illinois / Contact /

Information provided:

Veterans For Peace | Chapter 93 / Missouri / Contact /

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Peace Education Center / Michigan / Contact /

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Veterans for Peace - Chapter 50 / Michigan / Contact /

Information provided

Before You Enlist Video /

Veterans for Peace Detroit Metro - Chapter 74 / Michigan / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Veterans for Peace Madison - Chapter 25 / Wisconsin / Contact /

Information provided:

Truth in Recruiting /

Northwest-region | HOME

Veterans For Peace - Chapter 92 - Washington / Contact /

Information provided:

Before You Enlist Video /
Counter Recruiting Action Team /
Seattle Schools Policy (PDF) /
Mil IQ 11 2 23 (PDF) /
mil IQ 11 2 23 w answers (PDF) /
OptOutForm (PDF) /
Before Enlisting Introduces Online Truth in Recruitment Program (Video) /
Documentary: What I Want You To Know /
Military Families Speak Out and Servicemembers for Ceasefire /

Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane - (PJALS) - Washington / Contact /

Information provided:

Veterans For Peace Spokane Washington - Chapter 035 / Washington / Contact /

Information provided:

Whatcom Peace & Justice Center / Washington / Contact /

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War Resisters League--Portland Chapter / Oregon / Contact /

Information provided:

Southwest-region | HOME

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Western-region | HOME

Bay-Peace / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information Provided:

BAY-Peace Youth Manifesto Campaign /

Before Enlisting / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided: Counter-recruitment Group in San Francisco, California / 2025

Chico Peace Alliance / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

The Counter-recruitment Team /

Long Beach Area Peace Network / California / Contact /

Information provided:

High School Peace Clubs /

Monterey Peace and Justice Center - Seaside / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Local anti-recruitment effort targets high schools - Hiring Kids for War /

Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Peace Club Alliance - ABC Unified School District / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

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Project Great Futures / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Positive Futures for Youth /

Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities / California / Contact /

Information provided: Counter-recruitment Group in San Diego, California / 2025

Summer Peace Camp - San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Topanga Peace Alliance / California / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

High School Opt-out /

Truth in Recruitment / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Selective Service /
Resources and Forms /

Opt-Out of the Release of Your Student Directory Information
Getting Out of Delayed Entry Program
U.S. Citizenship and Military Enlistment
English y espanol

Veterans For Peace Ventura County - Chapter 112 / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Public speaking events | Tabling at events | Arlington West | Antiwar actions at Universities /
What Every Young Woman Should Know About The Military (PDF) /
The Military’s Not Just a Job ...2023 (PDF) /
DEP: Signed Up for the Military (PDF) /

Visalia Friends Meeting / California / Contact /

Information provided:

Questions Your Recruiter Doesn’t Want You To Ask!- Before You Enlist (PDF) /

Territories | HOME

Hawaiʻi Peace & Justice / Pacific / Contact /

Information included:

Madres Contra La Guerra / Puerto Rico / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Información proporcionada:

Trabajo para detener la militarización de las escuelas /

International | HOME

Countering the Militarisation of Youth / Great Britain / Contact /

Information provided:

ForcesWatch / Great Britain / Contact /

Information provided:

Warrior Nation: International anti-militarism – Demilitarising Education / podcast / Feb 8, 2024
Recruitment of children to the military in Welsh schools / counter recruitment resource / report / 2022
Responding to military engagement in schools / counter recruitment resource / booklet / 2022
Before you enlist: the film / 2018 update, USA

Guardian / Great Britain / Contact /

Information provided:

A night on the frontline with Michael Fallon's school cadet corps / article / October 7, 2016

Peace Movement Aotearoa / New Zealand / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /

Information provided:

Militarisation of children, young persons and their education in Aotearoa New Zealand / militarisation of children resource page / multiple dates
New Zealand and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and its Optional Protocols / United Nations children's rights information page / multiple dates
Draft Guidelines for Schools Developing a Firearms Policy (PDF) / Submission to the Ministry of Education / April 2018

Peace Pledge Union / Great Britain / Contact

Information provided:

Countering Military Recruitment (Booklet) / counter recruitment resource / August 2019
Before You Sign Up / counter recruitment resource page / 2025
Refusing to Kill: Why we should listen to the voices of conscientious objectors / article / May 17, 2024
Education / peace educational resource page / undated

Quakers in Britain / Great Britain / Contact /

Since the 17th century, Quakers have held a central belief in peace, actively opposing all forms of war and violence.

Information provided:

Quakers and WWI / demilitarising schools information / 2015

Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) / New York / Geneva / Contact

Information provided:

Conscientious Objection to Military Service / conscientious objection to military service information / 2023

War Resisters' International / Great Britain / Contact /

Information provided:

Militarisation of Youth / countering the militarisation of youth information / 2017
- Gender and Countering Youth Militarisation / 2017
- Antimili-youth.net / August 2014
- International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth / June 2013
- Sowing Seeds: The Militarisation of Youth and How to Counter / 2012
Student or Soldier: Youth Take the Lead in Countering Recruitment / article / May 01 2006

Wikipedia/ International / Contact /

Information provided:

Counter-recruitment / Wikipedia page on counter-recruitment in first world countries without conscription / 2008 -2017

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The database includes peace-related organisations, covering especially grassroots groups and campaigns which work for peace and reconciliation and against the causes of war; it includes some major organisations in related fields such as environmental and human rights campaigning.

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Documents Archive

Folder NNOMY Membership

Documents and forms for NNOMY members and membership.
Folder Recruiter methods manuals/regulations

Recruiter manuals, pamphlets, and other resources.
Folder Alternatives To The Military

Materials for providing alternative solutions to joining the military including a section of documents outlining available options to a non-military future for young people by state.
Folder Access to schools

Information about accessing schools to counter recruiters. Also, see School Board Policies.
Folder Audio Reports

Interviews and audio essays on CR issues and military recruitment.
Folder Changing Policies

Documents about changing military recruitment policies.
Folder Art Against War

Links to artist collectives, individual artists and exhibitions and community projects utilizing a theme of anti war.
Folder Curricula/Classroom Resources

Classroom materials for teaching about peace in school.
Folder Demilitarization

Documents and guides offering strategies for demilitarization.
Folder Documentaries/Films

Documentaries and films about counter-militarism.
Folder Enlisted Personnel

Documents for enlisted military personnel.
Folder Draft

Documents about military conscription.
Folder Government Documents

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- Folder DMZ guide
- Folder Delayed Entry Program (DEP)
- Folder General Recruiting
- Folder JROTC
  - Folder JROTC and college ROTC
    
    All JROTC documents.
- Folder ASVAB Testing
Folder Magazines/Comic books/Zines

Magazines, comix, and zines produced about counter-militarism.
Folder Militarism & War

Documents about militarism and war.
Folder Pamphlets/Reports

Pamphlets and documents in the following categories: ASVAB, Conscientious Objection, Delayed Entry Program, General Counter-recruitment information, Opt Out, Pentagon Database (JAMRS), Reports, and School Board Policies
- Folder No child Left Behind (NCLB)
  
  The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. To receive federal school funding, States must give these assessments to all students at select grade levels. The Act does not assert a national achievement standard. Each individual state develops its own standards.^[4] NCLB expanded the federal role in public education through annual testing, annual academic progress, report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes.^[3]
- Folder Delayed Entry Program
- Folder ASVAB
- Folder Opt Out
- Folder General Counter-recruitment information
  - Folder School-Based CR
    
    Documents about counter-recruitment in school.
- Folder Reports
Folder Parents

Documents for parents of perspective military recruits.
Folder Recruiter Abuses

Resource documents including articles about recruiter abuses.
Folder School Board Policies

Documents about school board policies regionally.
Folder Social Media
- Folder Memes
  
  Graphic memes for social nedia platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
- Folder Webinars
Folder Toolkits/guides

Guides, kits and other how-to resources tailored for counter-recruitment organizers.
Folder Trainings/Trainers

Resources and materials for learning about or teaching about counter-recruitment from experience on the ground.
- Folder Workshop: Counter Recruitment During the Pandemic
Folder Video Reports

https://nnomy.org/videoreports

Links to YouTube, Google, and other online video files about counter-recruitment.
- Folder Peace Pill
  
  Peace Pill Videos celebrate those individuals and movements that struggle for peace, past and present, and educate us on a history that is intentionally left out of the official narrative about war and peace.
  
  Because NNOMY recognizes that war and violence is a cultural illness, we feel the medicine to fight this disease is a Peace Pill.
Folder Websites: Find A Group

Links to the web sites of CR groups nationally and by state.
Folder Youth & Violence
- Folder Militarized Gaming as Recruitment Tools
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 met instant success when it released just before Veteran’s Day this year, selling 4.7 million units the first day. While millions rushed to play a game based on military combat, roughly 70,000 young Americans chose to join the Army last year. Another game not quite as popular, America’s Army, was developed by the U.S. military to aid in recruitment and in order to play, you have to register your information through the Army’s recruitment website. According to The Washington Examiner, it appears to be working.
  
  The article cites a 2008 MIT study that found “30 percent of all Americans age 16 to 24 had a more positive impression of the Army because of the game and, even more amazingly, the game had more impact on recruits than all other forms of Army advertising combined.”
  
  An Air Force colonel cited in the Examiner article said young recruits who are avid gamers with minimal training and experience are “naturals to the fast-moving, multitasking nature of modern warfare.” It seems war-based video games have inadvertently helped train people to become better warriors, so it makes sense to use video games to build interest in the Army. What do you think? Is recruiting for the military through video games the right way to go? - Source
  
  Revised 02/07/2020
- Folder Violent Video Games
  
  There has been too little serious public policy debate concerning how best to reduce exposure of children and youth to media violence. Many of the debates that have occurred in Congress, the popular press, and conferences have often focused on whether there is sufficient scientific evidence of harmful effects to support public policy actions. Some debates have conflated other public policy issues with the basic scientific question of whether there are significant harmful effects. Some U.S. First Amendment proponents who are vociferous critics of media violence research do not seem to understand that the scientific question (Are there harmful effects?) is different from the legal question (Are proposed policies legal under the U.S. Constitution?).
  
  As the medical, public health, and psychological scientific communities have repeatedly stated, the scientific debate about whether there are harmful effects of media violence is over. We believe that it is time to move on to the more difficult public policy questions concerning whether modern societies should take action to reduce the high rates of exposure of children and youth to media violence, and if so, what public policies would likely be the most effective. - source
  
  Revised 02/07/2020
Folder Internet Archive Index

Resources that have been mirrored for posterity on the Internet Archive website.
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