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Veterans and Community Conference

Veterans and Community Conference When: Fri, Sept 28 - Sun, Sept 30 Where: Philadelphia What: Warrior Writers hosts this powerful gathering of veterans, artists, supporters and healers focused on art-making and wellness. It will feature writing and art-making workshops, seminars on how to build healthy relationships between veterans and allies, and discussion panels exploring local support for veterans, and a performance in front of our mural, Communion Between a Rock and a Hard Place, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 7PM, Woodland between 41 & 42 Streets.  Our overall goal is to create space and community for veterans and their supporters to engage in healing and the reintegration process together. Co-sponsored by University City Arts League. Registration required. Contact: Jason Gunn, members@warriorwriters.org http://www.warriorwriters.org/happening.html

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 7:21pm
Veterans and Community Conference

Posts from Board Members

What's wrong with a flip-floppity dovish senator that knows some foreign policy?

 That Commie Pinko, Hanoi John, Worthless Expletive, Jane Fonda wannabe, five-term Senator foreign policy buff John Kerry, as Secretary of State? Where’s that petition to renounce my citizenship? Wait. Wait, wait, and wait...

Executive Director Job Posting/Position Description

As you may have heard in recent communications, our Executive Director, Jose Vasquez, has resigned his position with IVAW. Of course, the Board thanks Jose for his dedication and years of service to IVAW, and has a seat...
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Letter from the Secretary

Dear Members, With every convention, we mark a sort of “new year” for IVAW. We have virtually a brand new board, a new executive committee, and a new Board Chair. The 2012-2013 Board of Directors is as follows: Geoff...
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'We Will Make Our Voices Heard': Chicago War Resister Speaks Out Against NATO

Published on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 by Common Dreams Link to article: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/03-0 'We Will Make Our Voices Heard': Chicago War Resister Speaks Out Against NATO by Sarah Lazare and...
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The War in Iraq is Not Over

Recently the media has been filled with announcements that the war in Iraq has finally ended.  But in a war fought not only by enlisted foot soldiers, but also largely by corporations, mercenaries, and drones, what...

Making the Connections between Fracking and War

On July 25, 2011, Arthur “Jerry” Kramer, Chairman of Empire Government Strategies, addressed a letter to the Executive Director of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Jose Vasquez.  The letter claims that Empire Govt Strategies...
Joyce Wagner's picture

Board of Directors Statement on the Occupy Movement: We are the 99%

Iraq Veterans Against the War – We are the 99% Veterans are a part of the 99%.   Most of our military is made up of the 99%.  We join the military for many reasons.  Some join because of family tradition or a sense of...
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Al Jazeera Article on Sexual Assault in the Military

Check out this new Al Jazeera article about sexual assault in the military: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/09/2011916112412992221.html
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IVAW Chapter 61 Pittsburgh PA Statement in Support of Rashard Mendenhall

We are a group of veterans residing in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania who have served in the military during the Global War on Terror.  Many of us deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan.  We commend Rashard Mendenhall for speaking...

Bin Laden Dead, What Next?

May 3, 2011, New York City Sunday night IVAW learned with the rest of the nation that Osama Bin Laden was killed and his body captured by a team of U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  In light of our...

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Friday, September 28, 2012 - 4:00pm

Contact Information

Jason Gunn, members@warriorwriters.org

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Kelly Dougherty

I live on the beautiful west slope of the Rockies in Grand Junction, CO with my husband and sweet little daughter. I currently serve on the IVAW...
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Sara Beining

I enlisted in the Army at 17, I think, as part of the D.E.P. I spent a year messing around, getting in trouble, and realizing that I was not making...

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Please be advised that we get many speaker requests, but regret that we are sometimes unable to fill them.
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