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The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth offers unpaid internships in support of school curriculum requirements. You may make a request for an interview with the steering committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and submit a letter of intent to fulfill a program requirement. This letter of intent should include the name of your school or university, program or department, and adviser including the time that you are requesting an internship for as well as a copy of your scholastic and/or work and activism resume.
In addition to current posted internship opportunities that are posted below on this page by NNOMY, you are welcome to submit internship ideas that support our mission of youth demilitarization activism and may offer new insights into this activism through your own research. Please submit such a proposal in your letter of inquiry to our steering committee.
We wish to clarify with you that you will be assisting a network that engages with advocacy for peace groups nationally and that this network is political in nature and controversial in its activism.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Currently seeking two Communications Interns for Spring/Summer/Fall 2015 to assist on NNOMY Communications Projects
Internship Periods to be fulfilled are April through July 2015 / Opportunities for September through November 2015 also Available.
One to work out of the San Francisco Office of American Friends Service Committee's Wage Peace Program office and another to work out of the Chicago Office of American Friends Service Committee's Youth Peace Building and Justice Program office. A desk and computer will be made available to you and project oversight will be made by a NNOMY steering committee member of NNOMY volunteer staff person. You will be encouraged to develop a collaborative relationship with your co-intern and staff or committee overseer. Any internship evaluation requirement will be made collectively, as well, by interns and collaborators.
The internship for the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth will support the networks website and social media sites by aggregating content from the National list serve and by tracking the associated groups to keep all online communications current.
The position also presents opportunities for generating articles on issues relating to youth militarization in public schools by military recruitment efforts of the Department of Defense and the various programs that are designed to increase recruitment outcomes for the military.
These internships will also involve working with the NNOMY Communications staff and the NNOMY steering Committee to support their campaigns and development of support materials for affiliated organizations.
Desirable skills for these internships would be:
- Critical thinking skills
- Writing skills
- research skills
- Some knowledge of form submitted website systems
- Knowledge of Social Media systems like Facebook, Twitter, and Google +
- Some graphic design ability is desirable
Applicants should be able to work independently and follow the guidelines set by the steering committee and can organize their own work independently. Applicants must also be willing to study an orientation packet to familiarize themselves with the essential work and issues of the network. Though the Network has its address in the office of the American Friends Service Committee in Chicago, this is a telecommute position.
These positions are well suited for individuals who are politically progressive, and believe in activating for a peaceful world. You will be working with representatives from Veteran Peace organizations, Peace Churches, peace activists affiliated to The American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Military Famlies Speak Out, and regional peace activist organizations.
Application Deadline: March 31st, 2015
(Please include a resume and cover letter indicating why you wish to complete this internship)
Please respond by email to:
Jesus Palofox
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773 234 3758
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Your donation to NNOMY works to balance the military's message in our public schools.
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth works to balance the message of military recruiters in our public schools where minors are recruited and subjected to multiple programs of the Department of Defense. Making a financial contribution supports NNOMY's national demilitarization work with activist organizations inside middle and high schools. This strategic peace work needs to be coordinated on a national level in order to effectively fulfill this mission and NNOMY is the only organization that performs a national networking role for counter-recruitment and youth demilitarization work.
through our fiscal sponsor Alliance for Global Justice. Make sure you select from the causes list The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY), or make a check out to: NNOMY/AFGJ and mail it to: AFGJ, 225 E. 26th St. Suite 1, Tucson, AZ 85713
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(As of May 20, 2025) 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
Rick Jahnkow - Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD) - San Diego, California
Siri Margerin - Before Enlisting - San Francisco, California
Michael Merryman-Lotze - AFSC's Just Peace Global Policy Director, Washington D.C. - (advisory member)
Richard Morgan - Center on Conscience and War - Washington DC
Oren Robinson - Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) - San Diego, California
Joanne Sheehan - War Resisters League/New England Regional Office - Norwich, Connecticut - (advisory member)
Emeritus Steering Committee Members
The organizations attributed to these individuals refer to their associations during their time serving on the NNOMY steering committee.)
Stephanie Atkinson - Courage to Resist - Oakland, California
Tori Bateman- American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Office of Public Policy and Advocacy, Washington D.C.
Rachel Bruhnke - Codepink - San Pedro, California
Oskar Castro - AFSC/Quaker Volunteer Service - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kate Connell - Truth in Recruitment - Santa Barbara, California
Pat Elder - Student Privacy Org - Montgomery County, Maryland
Libby Frank - Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project - Arlington Heights, Illinois
Darlene Gramigna - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Office - Chicago, Illinois
Miranda Groux - The Resistance Center - Northampton, Massachusetts
Barbara Harris - Granny Peace Brigade - New York City, New York
Arlene Inouye - Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) - Los Angeles, California
Seth Kershner - History Department / University of Massachusetts Amherst - Amherst , Connecticut
John Lindsay-Poland - American Friends Service Committee San Francisco Wage Peace Program , U.S. West Region - San Francisco, California
Sebastian Munoz-McDonald - Feminists Against the DraftFeminists 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
Maria Santelli - Center on Conscience and War - Washington DC
Sonia Santiago Hernández - Madres Contra La Guerra - Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
Sam Smith - I Will Not Kill - Fellowship of Reconciliation - Chicago, Illinois
Chris Venn - San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice - Los Angeles, California
Amy Wagner - Youth Activists - Youth Allies NetworkYouth Activists - Youth Allies Network - New York City, New York
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Ariana Hernández - Peaceful Career Alternatives communications staff person - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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.
Fabiola Cardozo - Peaceful Career Alternatives communications staff person - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natasha Souza - NNOMY Communications staff volunteer - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Libby Frank - TECMITS Project Coordinator- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Emeritus Staff
Selene Rivas - NNOMY Communications staff person
Diana Tagliafico - NNOMY research Intern
Tuktuki Bhattacharya - Peaceful Career Alternatives Intern
Anita Carraher - Winning the Peace intern
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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
Libby Frank -
Was a co-founder of Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project; a counter recruitment
organization based in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Since 2004 NWSUBPEP has been
tabling at all six high schools in District 214. She also was a volunteer for many years with the
Truth in Recruitment project of the Chicago chapter of the American Friends Service Committee. She is also volunteer staff of the National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth (NNOMY). This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - +1.773.206.4945
Gary Ghirardi -
Has co-developed an international website called antimili-youth.net with the War Resisters' International in London in support of the Youth International Study Conference, in Darmstadt, Germany called Countering the Militarisation of Youth in 2014. He has supported online advocacy for the Project on Youth & Non-military Opportunities (Project YANO), and the Committee Opposed to Militarism & the Draft (COMD). He is a volunteer communications staff person for the National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY), and a board member of the Peace Resource Center of San Diego at the Peace Campus where he maintains an office for NNOMY. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - +1.619.356.1424
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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