National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth

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National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) is a network of peace organizations that stand up against the militarization of schools and young people in the USA.

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Background

NNOMY was founded in 2004 in the aftermath of the national counter-recruitment conference "Stopping War Where it Begins" in Philadelphia. [1] It is intended to be a decentralized and flexible structure that helps national, regional and local activists and organizations by promoting communication efforts and by stimulating collaboration between network members. NNOMY organizes actions and campaigns against militarism in order to raise awareness and to increase education on the topic.

The first steering committee included these organizations:

Other participating groups and organizations were Veterans for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Youth Activists/Youth Allies (NY City) and Los Angeles Coalition Opposed to Militarism in Our Schools. [1] Alliance for Global Justice and War Resisters League sponsor actions of the network. [3] [4]

Campaigns

A National Call: Save Our Civilian Public Education

This campaign was started in opposition to conservative forces in the Pentagon and of corporate influence on the learning environments of the K-12 and public universities. As a result of the campaign, in 2009, JROTC firing ranges at 11 high schools were shut down by the efforts of students, their parents and teachers. Similar successes were achieved later in Hawaii and Maryland. [5]

Divest “Your Body” from the War Machine

This project, organized in collaboration with CODEPINK, had the goal to remove invested assets from companies, which supplied and profited from militarization. The campaign wanted to provide broader opportunities to young people who look for community service alternatives to the military. [6]

School Marksmanship Training

In collaboration with the project YANO, NNOMY promoted the removal of marksmanship programs and shooting ranges from schools. Some of the accomplishments of the campaign are:

Winning The Peace

This was a national leafletting campaign, directed to acquaint youth with the reality of military enlistment and alternative opportunities to the military service. [8]

Veterans For Peace and Counter-recruiting

This project is for raising public concern about Pentagon's militarization efforts on youth by providing personal experience of veterans and other activists. [9]

Women's March on the Pentagon

The March was held on 21 October 2018 and opposed the Pentagon's influence on live of youth, especially its programs JROTC, Young Marines, DoD Starbase and DoD STEM. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jahnkow, Rick. "National Counter-recruitment Movement Enters New Stage". nnomy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. ↑ "NATIONAL NETWORK FORMING TO OPPOSE THE MILITARIZATION OF YOUTH".
  3. ↑ "National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth". www.influencewatch.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Counter Recruitment". War Resisters League. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. ↑ "A National Call: Save Civilian Public Education". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. ↑ Ghirardi, Gary. "Divest "Your Body" from the War Machine". nnomy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  7. ↑ YANO, Project. "School Marksmanship Training". nnomy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Winning The Peace".
  9. ↑ "VFP/Counter-recruiting - The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)". nnomy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  10. ↑ Committee, NNOMY Steering. "Women's March on the Pentagon". nnomy.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
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