A webinar series on how to address the challenge of countering military recruitment in schools during the pandemic.
https://nnomy.org/CRduringpandemic/
We are a group of activists representing various organizations that are part of NNOMY (National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth). We have been meeting to address the challenge of doing counter recruitment work during a pandemic. Based on our discussions we decided to offer a series of workshops to increase our outreach.
Webinars: 1: Remote Learning | 2: Getting into the Classroom | 3: Social Media | 4: Content Creation & Class Project
Listserv for this webinar series: https://groups.electricembers.net/lists/info/crduringpandemic
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CR during a pandemic - getting into the classroom 01/10/2021 | menu
Sponsored by organizations in the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (nnomy.org).
The second one is on strategies for getting in the virtual classroom and resources to share with students |
Sunday, January 10 at 12 Noon Pacific, 2 PM Central, 3 PM Eastern.
Sunday, January 10
12 Noon Pacific, 2 PM Central, 3 PM Eastern
Length: 2 hours
Advance registration required*
This webinar draws on input received from counter-recruitment activists, teachers and students. It will include the following:
- Teachers discussing counter-recruitment/peace content
that is desired and acceptable in schools - A discussion on how to reach teachers and gain access to students
- Information on available counter-recruitment resources
- An explanation of legal issues regarding school access
- A period for additional comments and questions
- Curriculum Led Counter Recruitment of U.S. Youth (Power Point)
(coming soon) - Before Enlisting (website)
- Before You Enlist (video)
- Back-to-school Kit for Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Organizing (PDF)
- Peaceful Career Alternatives (website)
- Researching Pop Culture & Militarism (webpage & PDF)
- Peace Pill (Videos)
- Countering the Militarisation of Youth (website)
- Legal Issues that can affect school access for counter-recruitment-recruitment groups (PDF)
- Chat Notes from this webinar
Saturday, February 6
12 Noon Pacific, 2 PM Central, 3 PM Eastern
Length: 2 hours
No registration required* (Just show up but on time please!)
The 3rd series of workshops will focus on social media. The first session will take place Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 12 Noon Pacific (2 PM Central, 3 PM Eastern). This will focus on how the military is using social media to recruit and what platforms are popular among our target demographic. At least one additional session will take place at a future date which will be a “class project”; building a social media campaign on a particular topic.
There will be several workshops on social media. The first one, February 6, will look at how the military is using social media to recruit young people, social media best practices, analytics of some C-R groups, a brief overview of several of the more popular platforms used by our demographic (young folks high school and college age)
Agenda:
2:00 – 2:05 Introduction/background
2:05 – 2:35 How the military is using social media to recruit young people - Michelle's PowerPoint Presentation
2:35 – 3:00 Social Media Best Practices for Social Activism Community Building Online – Gary's PowerPoint Presentation
3:00 – 3:10 Statistics of Social Media Use Within NNOMY and the Military – Gary presenting Selene's PowerPoint Presentation
3:10 – 3:15 YouTube – Selene discussing YouTube on a video
3:15 – 3:20 NNOMY Instagram Seminar - Sai Reddy
3:15 – 3: 45 Questions
3:45 – 3:50 Wrap up and announce next webinar March 13 - Content Creation and Group Project planning
Join on your computer or mobile app
Microsoft Teams meeting
- Report: Counter-recruitment in 2020 - Social Media Focus (powerpoint & PDF)
- Report: Best Practices for Social Media Campaigning for Social Justice Organizing (powerpoint & PDF)
- Report: NNOMY Instagram Seminar (PDF)
- Report: NNOMY Organizational Social Blade Table with Links to Reports (Google Doc)
- Report: Military Branches Social Blade Table with Links to Reports (Google Docs)
- Report: Statistics of Social Media Use Within NNOMY and the Military (PDF)
- Directory of social media accounts of each organization within NNOMY - February 2021 (Spreadsheet)
(With Links to social media channels) - Directory of Social media accounts of military by branch and platform - February 2021 (PDF)
- CR During Covid: Military Social Media Platforms (PDF)
- Homework: Group project generating a counter-recruitment campaign on social media and followup
(Start thinking about what theme(s) we could decide to build a group social media project around and
we can begin discussing this at the end of the webinar) - Chat Notes from this webinar
(coming soon)
And a Class Project (See Below)
12 Noon Pacific, 2 PM Central, 3 PM Eastern
Length: 1 hour 30 Minutes
Advance registration required by March 8th*
(You must have an organizational Facebook page to participate)
- CANVA(web platform)
- CANVA Cheatsheet (A simple learning resource for beginners utilizing the CANVA content creation tool for social media.
- BUFFER (A tool for organizing & distributing social media campaigns)
- Sample Counter-recruitment graphics from NNOMY (Facebook)
- Social Media Campaign Resources for Sharing (NNOMY Webpage Resource)
- Chat Notes from this webinar (coming soon)
- Make Your Own Free CANVA ACCOUNT
- Make Your Own Free BUFFER ACOUNT
- Prepare your own image and logo graphic file to upload to your CANVA portal to emulate the CANVA presentation.
- Have your Facebook Page Open on your Computer or Mobile Device for the Class Project
- Best to participate on a desktop computer for the class.
Also: We have a discussion group for this series. Join us! You can subscribe at:
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