Veterans Day Events

Event Details

Monday, November 7
Screening of “Project 22”
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Kiva Auditorium
Sponsored by CAPS

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fC2TsHnmoM

Project 22 is the story of two combat Veterans who traveled 6,500 miles on a motorcycle awareness campaign from San Francisco to New York City to raise awareness of the high rate of Veteran community suicides.
https://medicinalmissions.com/project-22

Wednesday, November 9

Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home
9:30 am     Coffee
10:00 am   Film screening
11:30 am   Lunch
12:30 pm   Panel Discussion

William S. White Building Room 1205
Lunch will be served
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a99HPEDDuCI

“Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home recounts the unprecedented story of women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filmmaker JulieHera DeStefano launched this project to explore the psychological and social dynamics of their service, to follow their reintegration into civilian life, and to preserve their stories.”
http://www.journeytonormal.org/
Panel discussion with JulieHera, the producer, and Major Martha Kester, one of the women interviewed for the project, to follow film screening

Friday, November 11

Seventeenth Annual Veteran’s Day Remembrance Ceremony
9:00 am to 11:30 am, Harding Mott University Center, Michigan Rooms
Breakfast will be served
Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel John McMahon (ret.)