The New York Times‘s Cecilia Capuzzi Simon recently highlighted the community-building, therapeutic outreach of Military Experience and the Arts in her article, WARRIOR VOICES: Veterans learn to write the words they could not speak. In the article, Simon features work from several MEA authors, including Micah Owen, holding these examples up alongside other veteran authors and communities such…
Second Class Trauma by Elisha D. Morrow
Coast Guard Sailor Elisha D. Morrow is a staunch advocate for Service Members who are victims of Military Sexual Trauma. She is also a survivor dealing with PTSD. This is a struggle in itself. As the author states, “There is no Service Medal for being a survivor of MST. Nothing to give your grandchildren. There…
The Arts and the Military: Dominic Fredianelli, by Tara Leigh Tappert
The work to launch the Arts and the Military/Arts, Military + Healing (AMH) week in the Washington, DC area this past May is beginning to do what we all had hoped it would do — the event is inspiring new and exciting ventures throughout the country, as well as bringing tremendous press coverage to the…
Down But Not Out by Andrew Smith
This Infantry Soldier overcame PTSD through counseling and his faith. Today, he is President of the Board of Directors for Operation First Response, a non-profit organization that financially assists Wounded Warriors and their families and is a small business owner of Yellow Dawg Striping of Southwest Virginia. Be inspired today! I grew up in a…