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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

Posts from Chicago Members

Chicago IVAW Picketing Kirk's office on New Year's Eve

Call-in January 2nd to urge Illinois Senator Kirk to stop undermining negotiations With Iran

The Chicago chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War is asking Illinois voters to participate in a Call-In TODAY January 2nd to urge Illinois Senator Mark Kirk to pull back from introducing a bill that would undermine...

Press coverage of IVAW taking action at the NATO Summit

Iraq Veterans Against the War has been preparing for our historic action this Sunday. We, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Global War on Terror veterans, from around the country will converge in Chicago to march to the NATO summit and...

Unprecedented Protester vs. NATO Debate Is On for Thursday Night

After some difficulties lining up pro-NATO participants, a widely-publicized debate about NATO that may be without precedent is on for 6 PM to 7 PM, Thursday, May 17 at the Pritzker Military Library, 104 S. Michigan Avenue...

War is Trauma: Portfolio Release

War is Trauma new webpag with over 30 posters for download Today, nine years after US launched the war in Iraq on March 19, 2003, Iraq Veterans Against the War and Justseeds are proud to release War is Trauma: a portfolio...

NATO CALL TO ACTION: March with veterans for justice and reconciliation

Sunday May 20 Rally, March, and Ceremony to Return Service Medals 10AM - Music at Petrillo Music Shell (E. Jackson Dr. and S Columbus Dr.) 1030AM - Musical Guest Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman 2PM - Step off from ...

CALL TO ACTION: G8 & NATO SUMMITS

The Chicago Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War calls on IVAW members nationwide to converge on Chicago for the G8 and NATO summits. This May, the City of Chicago will be hosting the G8 and NATO summits from May 18 -...

Chicago Tribune: Life and Death of Iraq Veteran and IVAW member Anthony Wagner

Chicago IVAW chapter lost a brother two days before veterans day. This is a powerful article and video that give you a glimpse into the heart and life of Anthony Wagner.   His family has asked that donations be made to the...

Photos From War Is Trauma Opening at Booklyn

Booklyn has posted some photos of the War Is Trauma opening on their Booklyn Flickrpage. Pictured above is the portfolio cover, made by the Combat Paper Project, out of uniforms from active-duty soldiers. It was a really...

photos from the Justseeds-IVAW "War is Trauma" portfolio shows in Chicago

Cross post from: Nicolas Lampert The Justseeds-IVAW portfolio "War is Trauma" has yet to be officially released (expect this to happen in late December) but that has not stopped a number of preview exhibitions from taking...

Justseeds-IVAW portfolio preview #2

Cross post from: Nicolas Lampert The Justseeds-IVAW portfolio "War is Trauma" is coming along! Aaron Hughes and I have spent the last two weekends printing like mad and we have one more session to do, plus the covers -...

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 8:00pm

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I joined the Marine Corps when a family member was deported in an ICE raid on my 18th birthday and the responsibility fell on me to take care of the...
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Timothy Miller

When I deployed, I don't believe the reality of the war was being portrayed. Shortly after returning home my brother was killed in Iraq as an E.O.D....
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Marine veteran who served w/the Marines in Afghanistan and later in Iraq/Afghanistan as a security contractor. Trying to repair the damage that my...
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I joined because I have done some things I am not proud of in support of the GWOT only to find out that I have to live with horrible things because...
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