Our justice group took interest in veterans affairs when it became clear to us that veterans come home completely alienated and conflicted by war, and aren’t then given adequate health care. This information came to us through news paper articles and close friends and family who have served in wars. Our group goal is to educate people and spread awareness about the topic of veteran appreciation and respect. Many negative generalizations and stereotypes surround veterans such as: veterans are grumpy, moody, aggressive and even uneducated. What many people do not know is some people to to college to serve in the army, and unfortunately some were drafted in the Vietnam war. Now days exactly 2,266,883 Americans serve in the army, plus all of the veterans that survived the Vietnam war. 20% of Iraq and Vietnam war veterans have PTSD and 50% do not seek treatment. PTSD is a mental health condition that is triggered by an terrifying event. PTSD tears families apart and destroys jobs of those many veterans who need help, and not just the one that have PTSD but the ones that have prosthetic limbs and homeless. This is why it is important to educate people that can make an ultimate difference. Our overall mission is to encourage people to help the veterans after they went to war so we didn’t have to live in it.
On Friday 14th, my group and I (for the exception of Xavier who could not make it) met Paul Critchlow. He is the husband of Patricia McCormick, author of Purple Heart. He is also a veteran from the Vietnam War. The interview took place in the Coffee Bean. In the Interview he told us that…
On January 24th, my group and I participated in a Veteran-Civilian Dialogue. First we wen to an exhibit that was of photographs of soldiers during and after the war. The photographs showed ranged from the Mexican war to the most recent wars. It depicted everything from scars and results of the war to the homecoming…
On the 17th of january the forgotten heroes took part in a special intersections. This dialogue was tied in with an exhibit at the Brooklyn museum. The exhibit was a collection of photos from wars ever since the Mexican-American war to current day. There was no censors on the images and the photos were very…
On January 15th me and my group, The Forgotten Heroes set up a meeting with the wonderful Rebeca Summers. Rebeca Summers is one of the heads of an organization called Intersections. Intersections is an interactive experience between two people like no other. The branch that Rebeca works for is veteran-civilian dialogues. The goal of here…
On January 15th, my group and I had an interview with Rebecca Summers. She is the Manager of Veteran-Civilian Dialogue. She told us how veterans are not always how people picture them. Also how what some people believe is angry ness, is actually Hyper Vigilance. This is caused by being the stress the war induces…
On January 15 our group went to meet with Rebecca Summers, a former Iraq veteran. At first sight Rebecca Summers wasn’t what we all expected. She looked completely ‘normal’ and didn’t look like she had just gotten back from war 9 months ago. This further made me indulge myself in this conversation. During our…
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving the war and violence group visited the Intrepid Museum to meet and interview the head of the Fallen Heros Fund. Their goal is to raise enough money to open five Brain Injury Hospitals for veterans around the U.S.. We asked him several questions about our topic and was a real…
On Tuesday November 26, The War and Violence Group( Xavier, Nicholas and I) went to the Intrepid Museum to interview David Winter. David Winter is the CEO of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and The Make it Visible Fund Raiser. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes fund and The Make it Visible Fund Raiser are organizations…
On Tuesday November 26, 2013, my group and I went to the Intrepid Museum to interview David Winter. David Winter works in an organization called the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. This organization raises money to build treatment centers that help veterans with Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Intrepid organization already made 3 treatment centers, two that…
On the 26th of November our war and violence group of three will be going to the intrepid museum. David Winter is part of a fund called the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The funds purpose is to raise enough money to build facilities that specialize in common diseases found in veterans such as PTSD. Their…
Our justice group took interest in veterans affairs when it became clear to us that veterans come home completely alienated and conflicted by war, and aren’t then given adequate health care. This information came to us through news paper articles and close friends and family who have served in wars. Our group goal is to…
