Everyone loves a good story! In an exciting blend of action, adventure, and fantasy author Rivera Sun boldly takes the genre in a new direction . . . that of waging peace, active nonviolence, and nonviolent movements. Challenging war cultures and military societies, The Way Between brings the skills of resolving conflict, anti-bullying, and ending violence into a coming of age story for a new generation of readers.

Counter-recruitment brochure from NNOMY- 2022
Brochure is legal size with four panels in English only

Contents cover various subjects in general terms:
Covers military benefits, delayed entry program, money for college, job training, women in uniform, personal factors, war, money for college, enlistment bonuses, serving your county, and recommends peacefulcareer.org alternatives.

Print and Cut counter-recruitment palm card good for leafleting in front of schools or for tabling.
Four QR Codes link to the following documents from activist resource sites as follows:

1. Do You Know Enough to Enlist? - American Friends Service Committee (2013)
2. The Military's Not Just a Job - War Resisters League (2009)
3. What Every Young Woman Should Know About the Military - War Resisters League (2022)
4. Thinking of Enlisting? Think Again - Penn Army of None - (2011)

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Print and Cut counter-recruitment palm card good for leafleting in front of schools or for tabling.
Four QR Codes link to the following documents from activist resource sites as follows:

1. Do You Know Enough to Enlist? - American Friends Service Committee (2013)
2. The Military's Not Just a Job - War Resisters League (2023)
3. What Every Young Woman Should Know About the Military - War Resisters League (2022)
4. Thinking of Enlisting? Think Again - NNOMY - (2022)

Joseph Burridge and Kevin McSorley - Taken together, the campaigning activity of Mission: Readiness and the passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, bring into sharp relief a range of issues of interest to social scientists. They mobilise the contemporary politics of the body – including bio-political and governmental concerns – particularly the attention given to a so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ and its focus upon children. Moreover, because of the degree to which Mission: Readiness’ contributions were framed by, and addressed to, a perceived need to ensure that bodies of US children are not ‘Too Fat To Fight’, they are also pertinent to those interested in ongoing processes of the militarization of social life, and the multiple historic connections between food and war. This paper engages with these issues by interrogating the key ‘Too Fat To Fight’ report produced by Mission: Readiness (2010) as part of its campaign for legislative change.

“Establishing Trust and Accountability: An Integrated Approach to Research on Militarism,” Fellowship Magazine, Spring 2011

Handbooks and Guides

Participatory Research Toolkit - The Data Center
Freedom of Information Act Guide - National Security Archives
The Pentagon Labyrinth: Ten Short Essays to Get You Through It - Center for Defense Information (2011)
The Arms Trade Revealed - Federation of American Scientists (1998 but still relevant)
Military Spending: Researching Impacts on Your Campus or Community - guide compiled by Western States Legal Foundation (2003, but most links still active)
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask - University of California
Conducting Interviews - The Data Center

Sources of Information

A source list for researching militarism - Zoltan Grossman and John Lindsay-Poland (2011)
Internet Public Library - ask a librarian a reference question

Information assembled by Fellowship of Reconciliation: http://forusa.org

For Students: A brief look at the war in Ukraine with Russia..
Document prepared for classroom use by The National Network Opposing the
Militarization of Youth in collaboration with Codepink San Pedro - 2022

PDF in color