A CANVA teaching resource by NNOMY intern Selene Rivas. This document in PDF form helps a beginning user familiarize themselves with the basic tools to utilize the CANVA online application to generate social media resources simply and efficiently. The CANVA Cheatsheet also makes recommendations where to get copyright free graphic images to utilize in your social media resources without any legal hassles later on. Also the CANVA Cheatsheet focuses on the free version and creating a beginner level use of the application. Good resource for a beginner.

You can launch the CANVA application HERE.

Short Presentation on how to use Instagram effectively. Presented in the CR during a pandemic - social media webinar on 2/06/2021.
Sponsored by organizations in the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth.

Graphic resources designed for social media platforms. Some of these graphics are sharable in perpetuity while others are no longer valid. Check the comments on each graphic for a read advisement. To download, click on the chosen graphic and when it opens large scale, right click with your mouse and save to your computer. If the graphic is sharable select the accompanying text, including hash tags and link, and past use on your social media platform. (Click on the DOWNLOAD BUTTON to access the Social Media Archive. The links below go to information pages on the subjects themselves)

The images are a catalog based on multiple themes related to counter-recruitment categories and anti-war issues such as the following:

A

• Allies and Collaborations
• Articles
• ASVAB, JAMRS and Opt-Out

C

• Climate and Militarism
• Codepink Abolish the Draft, Divest From the War Machine, and March on the Pentagon Campaigns
• Commemorative Speech, Peace, War and Military Holidays
• Contaminants and COVID Related Hazards to Military Service

D

• DEP / Future Soldier Program

E

• Education for Peace
• eSports and Online Gaming as Military Recruitment
• ESSA and NCLB

F

• Famous Peacemakers

G

• General Counter-militarism Messaging
• General Counter-recruitment Messaging
• Geofencing

M

• Militarization and Legislation
• Mission: Readiness, Young Marines, DoD Starbase, DoD STEM, and JROTC

N

• NNOMY Fundraising
• NNOMY Peace Pill Video Series Promotion
• NNOMY Publications
• NNOMY Organizing
• NNOMY Resources
• NNOMY Support, Greetings, Acknowledgements, and Awards

P

• Peace Camps, Workshops. Webinars, and Conferences
• Peaceful Careers

Q

• QR Code Campaigning (New for 2024 in Support of Revised front door Website for NNOMY)

R

• Researching Pop Culture and Militarism / International Week of Action Against the Militarization of Youth / War Resisters International

S

• Selective Service Registration

T

• TECMITS / ENDCOM
• The Women's Draft and Selective Service

W

• Winning the Peace Campaign / What Everyone Should Know Before Joining the Military
• Women and Militarism

There is also a section on this website called "https://nnomy.org/socialmediaoutreach/" and its Social Media Resources by Category or Campaign:

• Considering Enlisting in the Armed Forces
• Eliminate Selective Service for Everyone
• Getting Out of DEP/Future Soldier Program
• Divest “Your Body” from the War Machine
• Know about Groups doing Youth Demilitarization Nationally
• Misc. Social Media images
• Social media Campaign Resources
• Winning The Peace: A National High School Intervention 

These images can be clicked on to initiate an automatic Facebook Share but you still need to copy and paste the accompanying support text, hashtags and link to add to your share.

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The Best Practices for Social Media Campaigning for Social Justice Organizing report covers the basic recommendations of how to use the big three social media platforms of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with an emphasis on promoting social justice issues tailored for counter military recruiting.