by Rob Haney | May 27, 2024 | Blog
On this Memorial Day, Mission Belonging honors the memory of those service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. During the month of May, we gathered in community to weave a communal canvas, reflecting on the enduring legacy of our fallen...
by Art Saves Lives | May 23, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
“I ran from the country of my birth because I did not want to die. I am a child of state erasure.” I was born on a war-torn block. Bombs shook the ground and lit up the sky. Fire hung in flaming threads from blown-out windows in abandoned buildings. Foot...
by Rob Haney | Apr 25, 2024 | Blog, In The Community
Mission Belonging & Wounded Warrior Project’s documentary nominated for Best Documentary Short and Women’s Voice Awards at the GI Film Festival, San Diego. In July 2022, Wounded Warrior Project and Mission Belonging brought together 12 caregivers of...
by Art Saves Lives | Apr 25, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
I’ve been invited several times in the last two years to write about how writing transforms the story I tell about myself, how it saves my life. I desire to write about this absolute truth. I set the intention and make the time. I’ve been given deadlines by...
by Art Saves Lives | Mar 28, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
“No one is coming to save us, so we create, we connect, and we save ourselves.” In a writing workshop, a line appears from my subconscious as if by magic, repeated again and again down the page of my notebook – no one is coming to save us. I close my eyes...
by Rob Haney | Mar 1, 2024 | Blog, In The Community
Mission Belonging was proud to participate in the Military Women’s Memorial’s health and wellness series, Serving In Strength. On February 28th, Military Women’s Memorial launched the SERVING IN STRENGTH Series – a Health & Wellness Series...