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National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth

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46:. 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. 184:, 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. 499: 59: 192:
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:
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This was a national leafletting campaign, directed to acquaint youth with the reality of military enlistment and alternative opportunities to the military service.
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This project is for raising public concern about Pentagon's militarization efforts on youth by providing personal experience of veterans and other activists.
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firing ranges at 11 high schools were shut down by the efforts of students, their parents and teachers. Similar successes were achieved later in
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The March was held on 21 October 2018 and opposed the Pentagon's influence on live of youth, especially its programs JROTC,
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Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement
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NNOMY was founded in 2004 in the aftermath of the national counter-recruitment conference "
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This campaign was started in opposition to conservative forces in the
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and public universities. As a result of the campaign, in 2009,
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and of corporate influence on the learning environments of the
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The first steering committee included these organizations:
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Los Angeles Coalition Opposed to Militarism in Our Schools
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significant reduction of Marine Corps JROTC enrollment;
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A National Call: Save Our Civilian Public Education
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Index

militarization
USA
Stopping War Where it Begins
Philadelphia
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
Human Rights Committee, UTLA
Madison Area Peace Coalition
AFSC
Not in Our Name
Project YANO
Resource Center for Non Violence
Teen Peace
Veterans for Peace
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Youth Activists/Youth Allies
Los Angeles Coalition Opposed to Militarism in Our Schools
Alliance for Global Justice
War Resisters League
Pentagon
K-12
JROTC
Hawaii
Maryland
CODEPINK
San Diego
Young Marines

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