“Modern nations are principally defined by the stories we tell about our collective selves: our victories and defeats, our heroes and foes; our distinctive values and ways of being, all of which are encoded in the tales we tell and enjoy.” Will Storr, The Science of...
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...
