The CNVA's immediate antecedent, a committee known as Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons, was formed by radical Quaker Lawrence Scott.
Between 1973 and 2006 Scott worked as a teacher (of English and Drama) at various schools in London and in Trinidad, including Sedgehill, London; Thomas Calton Comprehensive, London; Presentation College, San Fernando, Trinidad; Aranguez Junior Secondary, Trinidad; Tulse Hill Comprehensive and Archbishop Tenison’s, London.
Walter Scott | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | D. H. Lawrence | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Lawrence, Kansas | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Lawrence | Winfield Scott | Martin Lawrence | Saint Lawrence River | Lawrence, Massachusetts | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Lawrence Ritter | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | T. E. Lawrence | Steve Lawrence | Lawrence Summers | Scott Brown | Sarah Lawrence College | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | Lawrence Welk | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon |
In August 1836, General Matthew Arbuckle (U.S. Army) made a second requisition on Governor Fulton for troops and the governor responded by calling on the counties of Carroll, Crawford, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Scott, Searcy and Washington to raise their militia companies.
The opening night cast included John Aylward, Lillian Garrett-Groag, Gail Grate, Katherine Hiler, Ronald Hippe, Gregory Itzin, Stacy Keach, Ronald William Lawrence, Scott MacDonald, Tuck Milligan, Randy Oglesby, Jeanne Paulson, Stephen Lee Anderson, Michael Hartman, Philip Lehl, Patrick Page, Susan Pellegrino, James Ragland, Jennifer Rohn, Novel Sholars, and Lee Simon, Jr.