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...
Mission Belonging is proud to Spotlight Veteran Artist Martin Cervantez ahead of his March 9th workshop event. Just ahead of his Professional Development Workshop for Mission Belonging, we shine our spotlight on Veteran and Artist, Martin Cervantez for the month of...
2022 marked our fifth year of operation as a non-profit organization, an odds-defying milestone we don’t take for granted. A small board of committed, hard-working volunteers without extensive non-profit experience founded this organization alongside me. What...
Our Veteran Artist Spotlight shines on photographer, writer, and Army Veteran, our friend and Mission Belonging Board member Willie Charles Young Jr. Willie graduated from High School in 1993 from the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, in Oklahoma City,...
