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Operation Recovery Deployment Party & Fundraiser - Building for a fight at Ft. Hood

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  • What: Operation Recovery Deployment Party & Fundraiser 
  • - Learn about Operation Recovery and the work happening at Ft. Hood
  • - Hear great Warrior Writers Poetry
  • - Let the central region members know that their is a community that has their backs
  • - Send Scott, Sergio, and Aaron off on a good note
  • Who: You, all your friends, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Warrior Writers
  • When: Tuesday May 3rd
  • - Doors open 7PM
  • - Program 7:30 - 9:30PM (Don't be late)
  • - Stay till they close the bar
  • Where: Simone's Bar 960 W. 18th
Iraq Veterans Against the War's Operation Recovery, a campaign to stop the deployment of traumatized troops, is deploying to the gritty sun baked Ft. Hood to lay the groundwork for a fight to win service members right to heal in the largest military instillation in the United States.
 
Why is Operation Recovery deploying to the belly of the beast? Because, we know that by winning the right to heal at Ft. Hood we can win our rights across the country and in doing so cripple the militaries ability to continue the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
Come out to this deployment party to learn more about Operation Recovery, hear Warrior Writers poetry, and let members Scott Kimball, Sergio Kochergin, and Aaron Hughes from the Central Region who are going down to Ft. Hood know that they are not going it alone. 
 
Bit more back ground ... Laying the groundwork for Operation Recovery deployment is Ft. Hood chapter leader Kyle Wesolowski. He has been outreaching to service members learning how commonplace the struggles of un-treated trauma are and the high level of interest soldiers have in doing something about it. (Read more about these effort here.)
 
By May 16th Operation Recovery will have compiled an organizing team on the ground to join Kyle in outreaching to soldiers, gather information, build our case against the military's egregious practices, conduct town hall meetings with troops and their family members, and targeting those responsible for violating soldiers' right to heal. 
 

But we can't accomplish this without you. Help us send IVAW organizers to Ft. Hood by donating today.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 5:08pm

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Freedom Songs

Will Williams of VFP singing a freedom song at IVAW Stand in Solidarity in Madison, Wisconsin on the 8th anniversary of the Iraq War. Please post your favorite freedom song.
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IVAW members art work continues to spark dialog

Recently, the Intrusive Thoughts exhibition at the National Veterans Art Museum was featured in the Chicago Tribune in a two part article by Lori Waxman. The article demonstrates that the expression of IVAW members through...

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IVAW at Madison: National Guard, Support the Workers!

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IVAW Chicago member Derek Giffin on Walker's threat to use the National Guard

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"Navigating the Aftermath" Repost from Iraq American Reconciliation Project

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Minnesota member Wes Davey reflections on IVAW rally in Madison

I was in Madison on Saturday when Iraq Veterans Against the War group was invited to speak. The crowd went crazy when we filed into the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capital that evening, all of them cheering our small...

Traumas of War in Everyday America (Chicago in War)

Published on Monday, November 8, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Traumas of War in Everyday America Art series aims to expose the traumas of war in everyday America by Austin McCann One of the clarion calls...
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New chapter and group pages!

Welcome to the new chapter and group page's. Because these pages are so new many do not even have their members added yet. If you know an IVAW member who should be listed on this page please email webmaster@ivaw.org or let...

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Edgar Gonzalez-Baeza

I've been involved with the Vet Art Project, as well as the National Veteran Art Museum. Through both of these organizations, I met many IVAW members...
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Eric McIntyre

I am a combat veteran that served in OIF II. Here is an article my wife wrote, that shortly explains what I experienced. http://www....
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Erica Slone

Supporting fellow veterans and advocating for our proper care is of great importance nationally and to me individually.
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Nickolaus Hammack

Deployed to Diyala Province, Iraq - FOB Normandy (1 year). Served as a driver and team leader.
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