Military Moral Injury Symposium: Furthering Understanding and Exploring Innovative Interventions

Union League American Legion Post 758, the Union League Club of Chicago, Military Outreach USA, and DePaul University proudly present

Military Moral Injury Symposium:

Furthering Understanding and Exploring Innovative Interventions

A FORUM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

SERVING OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

(An application has been submitted to DePaul's MSW program for CEU sponsorship)

Event fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.

NOTE: The Union League Club of Chicago maintains a

"business casual" dress code -- i.e., no jeans or denim permitted.

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AGENDA

8:00AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:10 AM - HOST WELCOME: DAVE KOHN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO

8:15 AM - OPENING REMARKS: STEVE GOODWIN, COMMANDER, UNION LEAGUE AMERICAN LEGION POST 758

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MILITARY MORAL INJURY: CONTEXT AND PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS

8:20 -9:00 AM - MAJOR GENERAL JAMES MUKOYAMA, USA (RET)
PRESIDENT & CEO OF MILITARY OUTREACH, USA

9:00-10:00 AM - NANCY SHERMAN, PH.D., GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR, AFTERWAR: HEALING THE MORAL WOUNDS OF OUR SOLDIERS

10:00 -10:15 AM - BREAK

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CLINICAL APPROACHES AND INNOVATIONS

10:15-10:45 AM - VICTORIA BRUNER, LCSW, RN, BCETS, CONSULTANT, (RET)

DOD-DEFENSE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND TBI

10:45-11:15 AM - MEOSHA THOMAS, US NAVY (RET), Founder/CEO of One Savvy Veteran., VETERAN SERVICE SPECIALIST

11:15-11:45 AM - ADAM MCCABE, US MARINE CORPS, (RET); IRAQ COMBAT VETERAN, “ENABLED ENTERPRISES,” AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT HUTS FOR VETS

11:45 AM - BREAK

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12:00 NOON - LUNCHEON

12:25 PM - INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MS. BROOKE WISEMAN, PRESIDENT, UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO

12:30-1:30 PM - ADDRESS BY HAROLD KUDLER, M.D.; CHIEF CONSULTANT, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

1:30 PM - BREAK

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1:45-1:50 PM - JOHN ZEIGLER, DIRECTOR, THE EGAN OFFICE OF URBAN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

1:50-2:30 PM - DR. JOHN KRETZMANN (JODY), CO-FOUNDER AND CO- DIRECTOR,
ASSET- BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ABCD) INSTITUTE OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

2:30-3:30 PM - CAPACITY BUILDING ACROSS FAITH, VETERAN AND SOCIAL SERVICE COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE HEALING FOR VETERANS, VETERAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY

DISCUSSION LEADER: DR. TROY HARDEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, MULTI-FAITH VETERAN SUPPORT PROJECT

PANELISTS:
WALIDAH BENNETT, MA; PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE; MULTI-FAITH VETERAN SUPPORT PROJECT

HAYDEE NUNEZ, MA, MBA; DIRECTOR OF ADULT, VETERAN AND COMMUTER STUDENT AFFAIRS, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY; MULTI-FAITH VETERAN SUPPORT PROJECT

PASTOR OLUWATOYIN HINES, MA, MS LPC, AMFT, NCC, MILITARY CHAPLAIN; CO- LEADER AND MINISTRY COORDINATOR, MULTI-FAITH VETERAN SUPPORT PROJECT

DAVID ROGERS, COMMUNITY VETERAN RESOURCE COORDINATOR WEST SITE, MULTI-FAITH VETERAN SUPPORT PROJECT

3:40-4:30 PM - MOVING FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: AN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY INTO MORAL INJURY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

4:30-5:00 PM - CLOSING REMARKS

5:30-6:30 PM - RECEPTION