NNOMY Steering Committee

(As of January 21, 2023)  The NNOMY Steering Committee can be contacted in group at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Staff | Office Email | Speakers Bureau

Pat Alviso - Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) - National Coordinator, Long Beach, California

Tori Bateman- American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Office of Public Policy and Advocacy, Washington D.C.

Rachel Bruhnke - Codepink - San Pedro, California

Kate Connell - Truth in Recruitment - Santa Barbara, California - (On Hiatus)

Barbara Harris - Granny Peace Brigade - New York City, New York - (On Hiatus)

Rick Jahnkow - Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) - San Diego, California

Siri Margerin - Before Enlisting - San Francisco, California

Joanne Sheehan - War Resisters League/New England Regional Office - Norwich, Connecticut

Emeritus Steering Committee Members

Oskar Castro - AFSC/Quaker Volunteer Service - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pat Elder - Military Poisons / Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - Montgomery County, Maryland

Libby Frank - Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project - Arlington Heights, Illinois

Darlene Gramigna - American Friends Service Committee - Chicago, Illinois

Miranda Groux - The Resistance Center - Northampton, Massachusetts

Arlene Inouye - UTLA - Los Angeles, California

Seth Kershner - History Department / University of Massachusetts Amherst - Amherst , Connecticut

John Lindsay-Poland - California Healing Justice program of AFSC, U.S. West Region - Oakland, California

Sebastian Munoz-McDonald - Feminists Against the Draft - Dartmouth College - New Hampshire

Stephen McNeil - American Friends Service Committee Bay Area Peacebuilding Program, U.S. West Region - San Francisco, California

Jesus Palafox - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Midwest Region - Chicago, Illinois

Bill Scheurer - On Earth Peace - New Windsor, Maryland

Louis Raprager - Veterans for Peace - Digital Counter-recruiter - National

Sam Smith - Fellowship of Reconciliation - Chicago, Illinois

Chris Venn - San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice - Los Angeles, California

Amy Wagner - Youth Activists - Youth Allies Network - New York City, New York

Staffing | menu

Rick Jahnkow - NNOMY Administrative staff volunteer - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Gary Ghirardi - NNOMY Communications staff volunteer - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Selene Rivas  - NNOMY Communications staff person - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Fabiola Cardozo - Peaceful Career Alternatives communications staff person - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Libby Frank - Research & grant writing staff volunteer -  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Office | menu

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Speakers Bureau | menu

Rick Jahnkow -
Past Program Coordinator for the Project on Youth & Non-military Opportunities,
contributor to Draft NOtices, a publication of the Committee Opposed to Militarism & the Draft,
Currently a NNOMY steering committee member and an administrative staff volunteer & organizer.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - 760-753-7518

David Morales -
Helped form the Education Not Arms Coalition as a high school junior.
As a graduate student he attended the Stanford University Teacher Education Program,
taught high school Spanish, now in a doctoral program in education at Stanford University.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - 619-453-6663

Cassandra Hernandez -
Program Coordinator for the Project on Youth & Non-military Opportunities.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - 619-494-8699

Jesus Palafox -
Social Change Advocate, Social Worker, past steering committee member of NNOMY and past
operations manager of the Midwest office of the American Friends Service Committee, Chicago.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - 773 962 1807

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Revised 1/21/2023