Video Channels

“Before You Enlist!” video provides a rational voice to counter the seductive and often deceptive recruiting practices of the U.S. military. The message is not “don’t enlist” but rather to provide young people and their families a more complete picture of the life-altering consequences of joining the military – especially in wartime. Latest version: 2018. Length: 16:34.

A video production by Telequest, Inc. with support from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)

Counter‑recruitment is a long‑standing activist movement that works to interrupt the military’s influence in schools and communities by challenging the narratives used to attract young people into enlistment. Organizers expose the physical risks, psychological impacts, and financial realities of military service—realities often absent from recruiter presentations—and they equip youth with critical tools to make informed decisions about their futures. At its core, counter‑recruitment is both protective and visionary: it defends students’ rights while promoting alternative pathways such as skilled trades, public service careers, community college programs, and non‑militarized leadership opportunities. 

The Peace Pill Videos series is a reflective, visually intimate set of short films that honors the individuals, communities, and movements—past and present—who have dared to resist war and cultivate cultures of peace. Each video acts like a small dose of antidote, countering the official narratives that glorify militarism by restoring the stories that have been erased: the organizers who refused to fight, the families who protected their children from recruitment, the movements that insisted peace is not naïve but necessary. NNOMY frames these videos as “peace pills” because they function like medicine for a society suffering from the cultural illness of violence—brief but potent reminders that healing comes from truth‑telling, solidarity, and the courage to imagine a world beyond war.

The Knitting the Network video series is a small but purposeful collection of peace‑education shorts that highlight voices working to demilitarize schools and strengthen youth empowerment. Each video threads together interviews, commentary, and on‑the‑ground perspectives from activists, students, and organizers connected to NNOMY, creating a gentle but insistent narrative: there is no way to peace—peace is the way. Through conversations on JROTC, ASVAB testing, school marksmanship programs, and youth-led movements, the series weaves a clear picture of how communities can challenge militarism and teach peace in everyday life.