A short Q&A with Veteran & Author Kayla M. Williams, ahead of her July Memoir writing workshop! Kayla M. Williams was enlisted for five years as an Arabic linguist, serving in a Military Intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). She...
Congratulations to the first recipients of the Mission Belonging / Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) Veterans Scholarship! We are thrilled to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of the first three recipients of the Mission Belonging / FAWC Veterans Scholarship! This...
Today, with solemnity and reverence, we gather to unveil the culmination of our month-long artistic collaboration. Throughout May, we embarked on a collective artistic journey, combining our unique artistic expressions to create a collaborative painting. This painting...
Ahead of his May 18th writing workshop, Mission Belonging is proud to spotlight writer Kevin Basl. Kevin Basl (he/him) is a writer and musician living near Ithaca, New York. He was a mobile radar operator in the U.S. Army. Over the past decade, he has taught many...
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...
Our monthly spotlight series shines on artist Shaun Smith for the month of April. Shaun is a Retired U.S. Army Veteran and Fine Artist based in Northern Maine. Shaun served 10 years as a Combat Medic with a tour in Afghanistan. During that time he was awarded The...
