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Veterans For Peace Ventura County - Chapter 112

Gary Ghirardi
 
Organization: Veterans For Peace Ventura County - Chapter 112 |
Address: P.O. Box 13
City: Oxnard
State: California
Zipcode: 93032
Phone: 
Email: mikecervantes@roadrunner.com
Organizational Website: https://vfpvc.org/vfps-michael-cervantes/
Facebook: @vfpvc
Instagram: #veteransforpeaceventura
Democracy Now: No Child Left Unrecruited: Army Recruiters Target High Schools
Vimeo: VFP’s Michael Cervantes on Arlington West, Counter-Recruitment, and His Work for Peace
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional
This organization is a:
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • LatinX
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • Developing Curricula/Educational Materials
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
  • Arlington West
Years in Operation: 11-20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: The Ventura County Chapter 112 (VCVFP, chapter 112) was founded in August, 2004, as a result of the Iraq War begun in 2003. Once founded, Chapter 112 simultaneously began a focused program of disclosing military alternative careers to local area high school students. Known as counter recruiting we courteously invoke the designation, “informed enlistment”. VFP alternative to the military brochures can be found in local area high school career centers.

The local chapter continues to conduct educational forums and tabling informationals within the various County communities. Such informationals include tabling at events like the MLK, Jr. annual program, Earth Day, Multicultural Festival, Ojai Peace Day, Juneteenth Festival, Ventura College invitations, Native American Pow Wows, and more. When you join VFP, you join at the national office, subsequently, your membership is then routed to the roster of Chapter 112. Please visit the chapter 112 website at vfpvc.org. Click on Join to become a member. If you prefer to join by check, send check to: Veterans for Peace, 3407 S. Jefferson Ave., #219, St. Louis, MO 63118 website: www.veteransforpeace.org.  
 
Contact Person: Michael Cervantes
 
Located in: west-region
 
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 Revised 09/03/2022

National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups

Gary Ghirardi

National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups |

https://nnomy.org/organizations

Listings in the National Directory of Youth Demilitarization Groups provide essential information about national and regional organizations that have youth demilitarization activism as a focus area of their work and services. This is a resource that covers issues such as the scope of the organization, organizational base, and focus issues as well as a description of the organizational mission. The database provides access to Counter-recruitment activists nationally and locally and helps youth find the information to make informed choices about their futures.

To list your organization with NNOMY. download, fill out, and rename the "YourName_NDYDG Org Submission" PDF & email it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Put the file name in the subject of the email and send to notify us!


NOTE: If a group listed is not currently maintaining an active counter-recruitment project, you can still contact them for a referral to another group active in your region or to a national group who can address your inquiry. You can also contact NNOMY at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and make your inquiry with this national networking body.

National-organizations

(Listed alphabetically)
 
American Friends Service Committee / Pennsylvania
Courage to Resist / California
Military Truth / Oregon
Peaceful Options for Training and Careers (POTC) / Mennonite Church USA
Resisters.info / California
Veterans For Peace / Missouri
War Resisters League / New York
We Are Dissenters / USA
 
Northeast-region
 
Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice / Massachusetts
Bronx Anti-War Coalition / New York
Center on Conscience and War / Washington D.C.
Feminists Against the Draft / New Hampshire
Granny Peace Brigade - NYC / New York
Lepoco / Pennsylvania
Maine Youth and Militarism Project / Maine
War Resisters' League - New England Office / Connecticut
We Are Not Your Soldiers / New York
 
Southeast-region
 
Alternatives to Military Service / VFP Chapter 14, Gainesville, Florida
GI Rights Hotline and Quaker House / North Carolina
Peace & Justice Coalition - Prince George County / Maryland
The Truth Project / Florida
 
Midwest-region
 
Behind Enemy Lines / Illinois
Center for Conscience in Action / Oklahoma 
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice / Illinois
Tulsa Peace Fellowship / Oklahoma
Veterans For Peace Central Michigan - Chapter 93 / Michigan
Veterans for Peace Detroit Metro - Chapter 74 / Michigan
Veterans for Peace Madison - Chapter 25 / Wisconsin
 
Northwest-region
 
Veterans For Peace Spokane Washington - Chapter 035 / Washington
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center / Washington
War Resisters League--Portland Chapter / Oregon
 
Southwest-region
 
Sustainable Options for Youth SOY / Texas
 
Western-region
 
Before Enlisting / California
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD) / California
Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County / California
Peace Club Alliance - ABC Unified School District / California
Summer Peace Camp - San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice / California
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) / California
Topanga Peace Alliance / California
Truth in Recruitment / California
Veterans For Peace Ventura County - Chapter 112 / California
 
Territories
 
Madres Contra La Guerra / Puerto Rico
 
 

 Revised 07/10/2023

Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County

Gary Ghirardi
 
Organization: Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County |
Address: 2036 Nevada City Hwy.   #605
City: Grass Valley
State: California
Zipcode: 95945
Phone: (530) 615-7859 9
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Organizational Website: https://www.ncpeace.org/peace-recruitment/
Facebook: @PeaceandJusticeNevadaCounty
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional
  • Local
This organization is a:
  • Counter-recruitment project of a larger, multi-issue organization
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • Immigrant
  • Latinx
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • ASVAB testing in schools
  • Delayed Entry Program information
  • Providing counter-recruitment organizer training
  • Recruiter Abuse
Years in Operation: More than 20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: The Peace Recruiting Mission is to promote a culture of peace in the Nevada Joint Union High School District community and to provide information and resources about careers, further education and the risks and realities of military enlistment so that every student has complete information to choose their future.
 
Contact Person: David Wallace

 

 

 
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We Are Not Your Soldiers (WANYS)

Stephanie Rugoff
 
Organization: We Are Not Your Soldiers (WANYS) |
Address: 305 West Broadway #185
City: New York City
State: New York
Zipcode: 10013
Phone: 646-807-3259
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org
Facebook: @wearenotyoursoldiers 
 
A Project of: The World Can't Wait
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional / National
This organization is a:
  • Counter-recruitment organization
Organization base:
  • Non-student community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • Educators
Issues you are working on:
  • Conscientious objection
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
Years in Operation: 11-20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: World Can’t Wait’s We Are Not Your Soldiers project brings Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans to classes to tell about the wars and what the military is recruiting for – information most have never been exposed to before. Often, we begin the presentation by showing a short video. Sometimes we use a version of “Collateral Murder” narrated by veteran Ethan McCord which contains footage, released by Chelsea Manning, of the Baghdad killing of Reuters journalists and others. Or we may show a clip from a feature film on a drone pilot stationed at a base here in the United States or another video. The veterans talk about their on-the-ground experiences in occupying countries, where civilians pay the price.  In-service and post-service issues such PTSD, medical/psychological care or lack thereof and homelessness are also addressed as well as the realities of advertised benefits, such as college tuition. Students are provided with information and a perspective to which they may not otherwise be exposed. There is an additional possibility to do a historical presentation with a Vietnam military resister and/or veteran. This can be done in conjunction with the recent veteran’s class visit or separately.
 
Contact Person: Stephanie Rugoff
 
Located in: northeast-region
 
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Feminists Against the Draft

Gary Ghirardi
 
Organization: Feminists Against the Draft |
Address: 2 N Main Steet
City: Hanover
State: New Hampshire
Zipcode: 03755
Email: fThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organizational Website: https://linktr.ee/FeministsAgainstTheDraft
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feministsagainstthedraft/
TikTok: @feministsagainstthedraft
 
Scope of organization:
  • National

This organization is a:
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component

Organization base:
  • 4-year college student based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • LGBTQ+
  • Women
  • Youth outreach. TikTok 
Issues you are working on:
  • Conscientious Objection 
  • Limiting military recruiter access to schools
Years in Operation: Less than 2 years
 
 
Summary Describing Your Organization:
 
Feminists Against the Draft is a coalition of intersectional feminists and feminist allies who raise awareness about the military draft and oppose any attempts to expand Selective Service registration, with the ultimate goal of abolition of the draft. We believe a person’s desire to enter or oppose the U.S. military is hugely personal, we advocate for the rights of women and children domestically and abroad, and we emphasize the need for progress rather than “inclusion” for marginalized groups in unjust systems. As an organization started by and made up primarily of young people, we are importantly committed to lifting up the voices of young women and girls, queer people and BIPOC, and working class people. We particularly emphasize the importance of students and young people in building an inter-generational movement to end the draft that targets them. We also consider the over-recruitment of low-income Americans a disturbing iteration of the draft—the poverty draft—targeting marginalized and vulnerable people, and we push against military recruitment in our schools and communities. This group began at Dartmouth College in 2021, on the cusp of U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the case National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System, a significant case regarding women and U.S. draft registration. Membership is open to anyone committed to pushing for the abolition of the Selective Service System or opposing draft expansion from a feminist perspective.
 
 
Contact Person: Sebastian Munoz-McDonald (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
 
Located in: northeast-region
 
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Revised 09/02/2022

Madres Contra La Guerra

Gary Ghirardi
 
Organization: Madres Contra La Guerra |
Address: River Plantation 45 Calle Tallaboa
City: Canóvanas
State: Puerto Rico
Zipcode: 00729
Phone: (787) 619-5175
Email: madrescontralaguerra@gmail.com
Organizational Website: https://madrescontralaguerra.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madrescontralaguerra
Instagram: madrescontralaguerra
Twitter: @mclgpr
YouTube: madrescontralaguerra
 
Scope of organization:
  • Regional

This organization is a:
  • Counter-recruitment Organization
  • Organization with Counter-recruitment as a major component
  • Counter-recruitment project of a larger, multi-issue organization
  • Offers Truth in Recruitment Information
  • Does School Demilitarization ActivismOffers Military Counseling
Organization base:
  • Nonstudent community based
  • Veteran or military family based
  • Virtual online community based
Outreach to specific communities:
  • Veteran and Active Military
  • Women
  • Puertorriqueños
  • Boricua
Issues you are working on:
  • Alternatives to the military
  • ASVAB testing in schools
  • College ROTC
  • Conscientious objection
  • Equal school access for counter-recruitment
  • General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
  • High school JROTC
  • College school JROTC
  • Limiting recruiter access to schools
  • NCLB recruiting list opt-out
  • Recruiting vans/mobile exhibits

Years in Operation: More than 20 years
 
Summary describing your organization: Madres en contra de la Guerra es una organización de base comunitaria a favor de la paz para las madres, familias y amigos que se oponen a las guerras como modo de lidiar con disputas nacionales o internacionales y al uso de la tortura para extraer información de los prisioneros.  Luchamos porque la juventud boricua no firme un contrato militar y por la salud de nuestros familiares militares.

Mothers Against the War is a community-based organization for peace for mothers, families and friends who oppose the war as a way of dealing with national or international disputes and the use of torture to extract information from the prisoners. We fight for Puerto Rican youth not to sign a military contract and the health of our military families.

 
Contact Person: Sonia Santiago Hernández
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Revised 09/02/2022

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