America cannot understand its Post-9/11 wars in their entirety without hearing the voices of the women and non-binary Veterans who served. During the Iraq War from 2003-2011, for example, 300,000 of the more than one million U.S. troops who served were women. Over 160...
Among the most awkward – but most important – things we’ve had to do to sustain and grow Mission Belonging is ask our friends and supporters for the money necessary to run our programming. But from the start, in order to expand our reach and pay our artists, we have...
Veteran and poet, Ben Weakley reflects on life after service in this special Veterans Day blog post. As we approach Veterans Day, I’m re-visiting Phil Klay’s book of short stories, Redeployment. Perspective changes with time and distance, and my current experience...