In preparation for this essay, I looked through my collection of half-finished journals. In the neon-colored “Ballerina Bunnies” Lisa Frank notebook that haphazardly documents my teenage life, I found this entry from 1996: I CAN’T SLEEP. Why has Hypnos condemned me? ...
I know I’m crazy. I try to align events with my body’s tension but can’t remember properly, my racing heart or late-night brain awake with calculations for escape. What if I just walked out, took my body with me? I could wait until my mother and sister are asleep and...
Mission Belonging is one of 41 organizations nationwide selected to receive a Creative Forces® Community Engagement grant. A grant of $50,000 will support Mission Belonging’s Mission Belonging initiative, which brings together military, veteran, and...
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...
“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...
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...
