Counter recruitment work involves many segments of the community, representing activists from religious groups, ethically motivated veterans whom have seen the dangers and contradictions of illegal wars, parents who are seeking a better future for their children and students working to de-militarize their schools. NNOMY has established the COMMUNITY ACTION PAGE as a starting point for helping potential activists decide which category best describes themselves and assembling the appropriate resources to get started planning how  to organize your work as a group or individual.

Here are some recommended links available to better inform you as a community activist. This is a work in progress and NNOMY will be adding new documents as they are prepared and as policies change that effect enlistment. Check back periodically.

Resource Pages:

• The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth 2014 Back-to-school Kit for Counter-recruitment and School Demilitarization Organizing is now available to assist you in understanding the work, your rights, and the challenges to return to the public schools to counter-recruit. Please visit this page and review the materials we have assembled for you and feel free to ask questions as well at Our Contact Page and we will do our best to answer you or your group in a timely manner.

• For Parents

• For Students

• For Teachers

• For Counselors

• For Organizers

• For Enlisted Personnel

• About the NNOMY Network

Principle Issues and materials to inform you as an activist:

• Alternatives to the Military

• ASVAB Testing

• Equal Access

• Know Your Rights

• Opt Out

• School Policies

• Truth In Recruiting

  • Facts About Recruitment

Articles:

• Counter-Recruiting the "Hispanic Market"

• Countering Military Recruitment in Chicago / MLTF

• Challenging the Military’s Recruitment in our School in Massachusetts

• Just say No: Organizing Against Militarism in Public Schools

• The Military Enlistment Contract: An Ultimate Guide to Your Commitment

• The Poverty Draft

• Still Waiting, Still DREAMing

Downloads:

• Using Equal Access to Counter Militarism in High Schools
  Publication date 2007-02-20 Topics equal access, school outreach, tabling. counter-recruitment Collection
  opensource Language English Item Size 31.4M

• NNOMY Reader 2015 by The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth
  Publication date 2015-01-15 Topics militarism, counter-recruitment, Peace Movement Collection
  opensource Language English Item Size 76.6M

Audio Files

• Talk Nation Radio: Pat Alviso and David Hartsough on Acting to End War

• Stopping War Where it Begins by Cindy Sheehan interview with Rick Jahnkow

• Soapbox Supports Demilitarization and the Prison (Slave) Labor Strike with Cindy Sheehan interview with Gary Ghirardi

Video Files

• Before You Enlist! (2018 update)|
  Veterans tell you what the recruiters won't, the real deal about joining the military. Updated 2018.

• Campus Resistance: Students Stage Counter-Recruitment Protests Across the Country
  U.S. Army recruiters conduct a table setup at a local high school to engage students, especially seniors, in conversations about military careers and benefits like tuition assistance. Recruiters share personal motivations for joining, address questions in a comfortable setting outside the recruiting office, and interact with students throughout lunch periods to build awareness and connections.

• Counter Recruiting on Parent Night
  Members of the Granny Peace Brigade and CodePink explain that the "No Child Left Behind" act requires schools to send students' contact information to the military. Students can opt out and we tell them how.

• Education Not Militarization - Project on Youth & Non-Military Opportunities
  Project YANO's video of students sharing their personal goals and talking about the pressure they feel from military recruiters.

• How are Women Treated in the Military
  Video short: The "How are Women Treated in the Military" is a segment of the full video "Before You Enlist 2018" that interviews veteran women who are giving testimony to the sexism and sexual abuse that women soldiers are often subjected to in the military as well as the lack of consequences resulting to those who have committed these violations.

• Interview with Counter-Recruitment Activist, Libby Frank
  What is it like to do counter-recruitment? What are some challenges that counter-recruitment activists face? These are some of the topics we explore with activist Libby Frank, from the Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project in a new episode of our interview podcast series.

• Talk World Radio: How to Reduce Military Recruitment Even More
  This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about counter-recruitment, or discouraging people from joining a military. We have two guests. Debra Sweet is Director of World Can't Wait, and has been working to stop U.S. war on the world for almost 60 years. Hip-Hop Artivist and Educator Miles Megaciph is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and an advocate for peace. They have both been working on a project called We Are Not Your Soldiers.

• The Threat of Military Recruiters in Our Schools
  Dr. Kathy Barker, Dr. Amy Hagapian (Washington Truth in Recruiting) and Joshua Simpson, Joseph Carter (Coffee Strong) talk about the challenges of recruiters in our public schools and what can be done about them.

• U.S Army Recruiting High School Students
  U.S. Army recruiters conduct a table setup at a local high school to engage students, especially seniors, in conversations about military careers and benefits like tuition assistance. Recruiters share personal motivations for joining, address questions in a comfortable setting outside the recruiting office, and interact with students throughout lunch periods to build awareness and connections.

Organizations you should know:

• American Friends Service Committee

• GI Rights Hotline

• We Are Not Your Soldiers

• Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO)

• War Resisters League- Youth and Counter-recruitment Program

• Whatcom Peace & Justice Center

• Ya-Ya Network

Articles on the web:

• Activists Protest "America's Army" Game With Songs and Stickers

• Anti-war Activists Challenge NAACP to Disinvite Military Recruiters at National Convention

• High School Shooting Ranges Become Targets of Criticism 

• Military Recruiters Target Campus Activists

• Article Archive