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

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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 /

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Soldiers of Misfortune: Abusive U.S. Military Recruitment and Failure to Protect Child Soldiers / CR Resource / May 13, 2008
Soldiers of Misfortune (PDF) / CR Resource / May 13, 2008

American Friends Service Committee / National / Contact /

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

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

Antiwar.com / National / Contact /

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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 /

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BEFORE YOU ENLIST IN THE MILITARY, ASK THE RECRUITER THIS

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

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Before You Enlist National Website / CR Resource / 2018-2020
Before You Enlist YouTube Channel / CR Resource / 2018-2020
Before You Enlist! Video on YouTube / CR Resource / 2018 revision
Before You Enlist Video on Vimeo / CR Resource / 2018
Antes de Alistarte / CR Resource / 2020

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

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CODEPINK's Divest from the War Machine campaign / CR Resource / October 21, 2017
Before Enlisting Testimony / Article / March 31, 2023
Before You Enlist / CR Resource / 2018

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

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Recruitment Promises & Reality: AFSC (PDF) / CR Resource / 2006
CPF Training: How to give interactive presentations to high school youth on the Draft, War, and Conscience / CR Resource / 2016
Conscientious Objection / CO Resource / 2015

Center on Conscience & War / National / Contact /

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

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

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Worksheet: Questions about Conscientious Objection (PDF) / CO Resource / 2013
Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy (Facebook Page) / 2025
Center on Conscience and War / CO & CR Resource / 2025

Codepink / National / Contact /

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A Guide to Countering and Resisting the Militarization of Youth / NNOMY CR Resource / 2017 - 2018
Counter-recruitment Youth & Military / Article / July 22, 2009
Counter-Recruitment / CR Resource Blog / 2009 - 2014

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

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Common Dreams / National / Contact /

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

Courage to Resist / National / Contact /

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Everyday Peacebuilding / National / Contact /

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Groups mobilizing against military recruitment and the draft

GI Rights Hotline / National / Contact /

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

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Leave My Child Alone / Multiple Groups / National / Contact /

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

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

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MFSO links to:
- 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 /

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Military Truth / National / Contact /

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

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

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation / National / Contact /

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On Earth Peace / National / Contact /

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

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Above the Noise: Should the U.S. Military Recruit on High School Campuses?

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

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Popular Resistance / National / Contact /

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Project Censored / National / Contact /

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

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Resisters.info / National / Contact /

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

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Army of None: Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias / CR 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 /

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The JROTC Organizing Packet / CR Resource / August 2023
Press Coverage / CR Campaign / 2021 - 2023
Documents / CR PDF Documents / 2023 - 2024

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

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Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health? / CR Resource / January 2011

Vietnam Veterans Against the War / National / Contact /

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Veterans For Peace / National / Contact /

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War Resisters League / National / Contact /

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Counter Recruitment Resources

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

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We Are Not Your Soldiers / National / Contact /

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

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

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

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World Beyond War / National-International / Contact /

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No To Military Recruitment:
Talk Show Radio:

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. /

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Counter-recruitment posts on Social media

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

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Counter-recruitment posts on Social media

Chelsea Uniting Against the War / Massachusetts / Contact /

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Counter-recruitment in Schools

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

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Shared Counter-recruitment resources

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

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Lepoco / Pennsylvania / Contact /

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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

NYCLU / ACLU of New York / Contact /

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Your Rights to Free Speech in Public Schools

Veterans For Peace Maine / Maine / Contact /

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Counter-recruitment links

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

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

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Truth In Recruiting & Classroom Outreach

Southeast-region | HOME

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

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

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

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Counter Recruiting

The Truth Project / Florida / Contact /

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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. /

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Advocate for Peace Not Violence - My Lai Memorial Exhibit

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

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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 /

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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. /

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

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Truth in Recruiting

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Veterans For Peace - Chapter 92 - Washington / Contact /

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

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

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Whatcom Peace & Justice Center / Washington / Contact /

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

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Southwest-region | HOME

(No programs currently available) - START ONE

Western-region | HOME

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

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BAY-Peace Youth Manifesto Campaign

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

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

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The Counter-recruitment Team

Long Beach Area Peace Network / California / Contact /

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High School Peace Clubs

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

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

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

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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. /

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Positive Futures for Youth

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

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

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

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High School Opt-out

Truth in Recruitment / California / Contact /

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Selective Service
Resources and Forms

OptOut 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 /

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Visalia Friends Meeting / California / Contact /

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

Territories | HOME

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

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Trabajo para detener la militarización de las escuelas

International | HOME

Countering the Militarisation of Youth / Great Britain / Contact /

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ForcesWatch / Great Britain / Contact /

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Before you enlist: the film

Guardian / Great Britain / Contact /

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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. /

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Peace Pledge Union / Great Britain / Contact

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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.

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Quakers and WWI

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

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Conscientious Objection to Military Service

War Resisters' International / Great Britain / Contact /

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Student or Soldier: Youth Take the Lead in Countering Recruitment

Additional Resources

Who Links Back to NNOMY

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Revised 04/18/2025 GDG

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 Draft

Documents about military conscription.
Folder Government Documents

Main Document Sites: check these sites for new versions if any of the links to specific documents inside the government documents folder do not work

USAREC Electronic Publications:
http://www.usarec.army.mil/im/formpub/Pubs.htm (Archived)

US Military Entrance Processing Command Electronic Publications:
http://www.mepcom.army.mil/Publications-and-Forms/

DoD Forms Management Program:
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm
- 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.
Resources in the regular "Download" section that have been added to this additional location willhave the following icon on their page:

Housmans World Peace Database

The World Peace Database contains contact details for more than 3000 national and international organisations around the world. Information available includes the organisation’s name and postal address, together with any or all of the following: telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and website address. In most cases there is also an indication of the nature of the organisation and its areas of concern; many entries also have notes giving additional information.

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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