Before You Enlist Video - http://beforeyouenlist.org
Researching Pop Culture and Militarism - https://nnomy.org/popcultureandmilitarism/
If you have been Harassed by a Military Recruiter - https://www.afsc.org/resource/military-recruiter-abuse-hotline
War: Turning now to Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Christian Science Monitor
WHAT IS IN THIS KIT? - https://nnomy.org/backtoschoolkit/
Click through to find out
Religion and militarism - https://nnomy.org/religionandmilitarism/
‘A Poison in the System’: Military Sexual Assault - New York Times
Change your Mind?
Talk to a Counselor at the GI Rights Hotline
Ask that your child's information is denied to Military Recruiters
And monitor that this request is honored.
Military Recruiters and Programs Target marginalized communities for recruits...
..and the high schools in those same communities

 Militarization of our Schools

The Pentagon is taking over our poorer public schools. This is the reality for disadvantaged youth.

 

What we can do

Corporate/conservative alliances threaten Democracy . Progressives have an important role to play.

 Why does NNOMY matter?

Most are blind or indifferent to the problem.
A few strive to protect our democracy.

directory

The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice

 
Organization: The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice |
Address: 2 Conz St Suite 2B
City: Northampton
State: Massachusetts
Zipcode: 01060
Phone: 413-584-8975
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: www.theresistancecenter.org/
 
Scope of organization:
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Issues you are working on:
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
Years in Operation: 2 to 5 years
 
Summary describing your organization: The Resistance Center will act as the connective tissue between communities, organizations, faith institutions, and elected officials. We will build capacity of neighbors and people of good will throughout the Connecticut River Valley to address community crises as they arise, while working to prevent future outrages through pro-active action. We do this work through building resilient and effective coalitions and partnerships; nonviolence training; advocacy against U.S. military intervention abroad and militarism at home; and broad popular education and action to combat systemic discrimination. We seek to educate and empower communities to confront problems and find lasting solutions which build unity, demand justice and foster peace. We work to expose the broader connections between militarism and economic disparity, and we actively promote ways that people can break the resulting cycle of violence.
 
Contact Person: Gladys Franco - Board President
 
Located in: northeast-region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice

 
Organization: Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice |
City: Elgin
State: Illinois
Zipcode: 60120
Phone: (847) 742-1406
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: https://fvc4pnj.org/
Organizational Blog: Fox Valley Citizens
Facebook: @fvc4pnj
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • Equal school access for counter-recruitment
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
  • NCLB recruiting list opt-out
  • School board policies and accountability monitoring
Years in Operation: 11-20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: Fox Valley Citizens in conjunction with Highland Church of the Brethren have been tabling at 3 (now 2) high schools in Elgin for many years. As of 2022, still not back in the schools due to the pandemic.
 
Contact Person: Mary Shesgreen and Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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War Resisters League--Portland Chapter

 
Organization: War Resisters League--Portland Chapter |
Address: 2000 NE 42nd Ave., Suite 224
City: Portland
State: Oregon
Zipcode: 97213
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Scope of organization:
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Counter-recruitment Organization
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
  • Does School Demilitarization Activism
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • Educators
Other Outreach: Students
 
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • Conscientious objection
  • Developing Curricula/Educational Materials
  • Equal school access for counter-recruitment
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
  • Limiting recruiter access to schools
  • School board policies and accountability monitoring
Years in Operation: More than 20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: We serve as a community resource on issues related to military service and military enlistment, the military draft and conscientious objection. We promote alternatives to militarism and military recruitment in schools and--to that end--we engage in public education, community outreach, and the lobbying of public officials. We are an all-volunteer organization, and we charge no fees for our services.
 
Contact Person: John Grueschow
 
 
Located in: west-region
 

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Veterans For Peace Syracuse

 
Organization: Veterans For Peace Syracuse |
Address: 2013 East Genesee Street
City: Syracuse
State: New York
Zipcode: 13210
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: vfp51.weebly.com/
 
Scope of organization:
  • International
This organization is a:
  • Offers Truth in Recruitment Information
Organization base:
  • Veteran or military family based
Other Outreach: Syracuse Peace Council, Workers' Center of Central New York
 
Issues you are working on:
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
Years in Operation: More than 20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: OUR MISSION: Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war.
 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others (a) To increase public awareness of the costs of war (b) To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations (c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons (d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war (e) To abolish war as an instrument of national policy. To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.
 
Contact Person: Dave Kashmer
 
 
 
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The Truth Project (Palm Beach County, Florida)

 
Organization: The Truth Project (Palm Beach County, Florida) |
Address: 2047 Newcastle C
City: Boca Raton
State: Florida
Zipcode: 33434-4634
Phone: 561-391-2544
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Scope of organization:
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Counter-recruitment Organization
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • African American
Other Outreach: LatinX
 
Issues you are working on:
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
Years in Operation: 11-20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: Based in Palm Beach County, Florida, The Truth Project educates young men and women, their parents, their teachers and the community on issues surrounding military recruiting and alternatives to enlisting in the military, and issues of government/corporate intrusion in to students’ privacy. Members of our Florida organization were identified as "credible threats" to military recruiters and recruiting facilities in the CIFA database under the TALON program. Our mission is to inform, educate, and encourage students to think about their choices and make informed decisions. We also train activists in other areas of Florida in achieving access to schools and effectively carrying the message about military recruiters' mis-information, dis-information, and omission of facts about military enlistment and life before, during and after military service.
 
Contact Person: Mike Budd
 
Located in: southeast-region
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Topanga Peace Alliance

 
Organization: Address: Topanga Peace Alliance |
Address: 1550 Henry Ridge Mtwy
City: Topanga
State: California
Zipcode: 90290-4351
Phone: (310) 463-3016
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: Topanga Peace Alliance
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
  • Does School Demilitarization Activism
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • African American
  • Latino/a
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • NCLB recruiting list opt-out
  • Providing counter-recruitment organizer training
Summary describing your organization: The Topanga Peace Alliance is a secular, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting peace and justice on a local and global level. We are committed to seeking peaceful means of dispute resolution throughout the world; preserving life and defending basic human rights at home and abroad; and advocating practical, nonviolent alternatives to war. We are currently actively participating in Occupy LA and support the global occupations against corporate dominance.
 
Contact Person: Julie Levine
 
Located in: west-region
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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