NNOMY was designed as a decentralized network, so participating organizations have changed over time. However, the historical record identifies several core founding, steering committee, sponsoring, and participating organizations. [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

Founding and Steering Committee Organizations (2004)

NNOMY emerged from the national counter-recruitment conference"Stopping War Where It Begins" held in Philadelphia in June 2004. The first steering committee included: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
  • CHOICES (Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement)
  • Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)
  • Human Rights Committee, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
  • Madison Area Peace Coalition
  • National Youth & Militarism Program, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  • Not In Our Name
  • Project YANO
  • Resource Center for Nonviolence
  • Teen Peace

Other Early Participating Organizations

Documents describing the network's formation also identify these organizations as participants in the initial coalition: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Veterans For Peace
  • Fellowship of Reconciliation
  • Youth Activists / Youth Allies (New York City)
  • Coalition Against Military in Our Schools (Los Angeles)

Sponsoring and National Partner Organizations

NNOMY materials identify the following organizations as sponsors or major national collaborators in campaigns over the years: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Alliance for Global Justice
  • War Resisters League
  • CODEPINK (partner in the "Divest Your Body from the War Machine" campaign)
  • American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  • Project YANO
  • Veterans For Peace

Local and Regional Network Groups

NNOMY's 20-year retrospective notes that dozens of local and regional counter-recruitment organizations were affiliated with or participated in the network. Examples listed in the historical archive include: [nnomypeace.net]

  • Alachua County Green Party (Florida)
  • Another Side / Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice (New Mexico)
  • Koinonia (Georgia)

The retrospective continues with many additional city-based groups around the country, reflecting NNOMY's role as a national umbrella network rather than a membership organization with a fixed roster. [nnomypeace.net]

Founding Organizations (2003-2004)

The ad hoc steering committee that organized the formation of NNOMY included: [nnomypeace.net], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
  • CHOICES (Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement)
  • Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD)
  • Human Rights Committee, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
  • Madison Area Peace Coalition
  • National Youth & Militarism Program, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  • Not In Our Name
  • Project YANO
  • Resource Center for Nonviolence
  • Teen Peace

Early Participating Organizations

Listed as active organizations involved in the network's founding period: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Veterans For Peace
  • Fellowship of Reconciliation
  • Youth Activists / Youth Allies (New York City)
  • Coalition Against Military in Our Schools (Los Angeles)
  • Los Angeles Coalition Opposed to Militarism in Our Schools

National Sponsors and Long-Term Partners

Organizations repeatedly identified as sponsors, collaborators, or campaign partners: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

  • Alliance for Global Justice
  • War Resisters League
  • American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  • Project YANO
  • Veterans For Peace
  • CODEPINK

National Counter-Recruitment Partners (2022-2026)

NNOMY maintained directories of national organizations conducting counter-recruitment and demilitarization work. The archives identify partnerships and association with groups including: [nnomy.org], [nnomy.org]

  • American Friends Service Committee
  • War Resisters League
  • Veterans For Peace
  • Project YANO
  • CODEPINK
  • Fellowship of Reconciliation

Regional and Local Network Organizations

The NNOMY archive and regional directories contain dozens of local and state organizations. Examples documented in NNOMY materials include: [nnomy.org], [sites.google.com]

  • Peace Action New York State
  • Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice
  • Another Side
  • Koinonia Community
  • Alachua County Green Party
  • Resource Center for Nonviolence
  • Madison Area Peace Coalition
  • Coalition Against Military in Our Schools

Educational and Campaign Coalitions

Over the years NNOMY also operated through issue-based coalitions and campaigns involving peace, labor, educator, student, religious, and veterans' groups. Major initiatives included: [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org], [nnomy.org]

  • Save Civilian Education
  • Divest Your Body From the War Machine
  • Winning The Peace
  • School Marksmanship Training opposition campaigns
  • Counter-recruitment organizing campaigns
  • Peaceful Careers initiative
  • Educators for Peace network

NNOMY-Affiliated Project Sites

These were developed or maintained under NNOMY's national project umbrella: [nnomy.org]

What the Historical Record Shows

The documentary evidence suggests NNOMY has been less a membership organization and more a national umbrella network connecting:

  • peace organizations,
  • anti-war coalitions,
  • veterans' groups,
  • youth organizers,
  • educators,
  • faith-based peace organizations,
  • civil liberties advocates,
  • counter-recruitment campaigns,
  • local community groups.

The organizations that appear most consistently across the entire 2003-2026 period are:

AFSC, Project YANO, Veterans For Peace, War Resisters League, Alliance for Global Justice, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Resource Center for Nonviolence, CHOICES, COMD, Teen Peace, and CCCO. [nnomypeace.net], [nnomy.org], [en.wikipedia.org]

For NNOMY archival purposes, I can also help assemble a much more exhaustive alphabetical directory of every organization listed in the NNOMY archives and state-by-state counter-recruitment database from 2004-2026, which would likely run to 75-150+ groups.

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