Authenticity over Resiliency: Writing Our Way into Courageous Living

Founded in November 2017, the Minority Veterans of America (MVA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was designed to change the narrative of the American military veteran. The team of MVA works to build a community around the unique identities that veterans hold, outside of their identity as a military servicemember.The primary underrepresented groups that MVA serves are: veterans of color, womxn, LGBTQ, and religious and non-religious minorities. We believe that through bringing these four minority groups together, we can build a veteran community that encompasses veterans from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and experiences.MVA was founded by two University of Washington Husky veterans, Lindsay Church and Katherine Pratt. Church and Pratt first began their work in 2014 through the Husky United Military Veterans where they built a Diversity Committee that celebrated the underrepresented groups within the student veteran community at the University of Washington.Since 2014, Church and Pratt have collaborated to lead the student veteran population at the UW, Church through her role in the Student Veteran Life office, and Pratt as the President of the student veteran organization, Husky Veterans. Today, they partner to build and grow MVA in order to celebrate the identities that they both feel that they hold that make them underrepresented in the veteran community.

Minority Veterans of America

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Training & Education

Our Training Program provides an introductory exploration of minority identities, addressing the experiences of veterans from historically marginalized communities. This program receives support from King County Veterans, Seniors & Health Services Levy.

This workshop is designed to give participants time and space to more fully process how the traditional concept of resiliency has been weaponized against and pushed on military and military-connected communities in an effort to silence the telling of painful truths and legitimate concerns. In this workshop, participants will consider authenticity as a more growth-centered approach to appreciating their strengths while acknowledging the necessity of voice, witness, risk, and care in the process of surviving our stories.Participants will:<ul><li>Reflect on how (and why) resiliency has been perceived and promoted in the past.</li></ul><ul><li>Consider authenticity, the power of truth-telling, and the benefits of strength beyond silence.</li></ul><ul><li>Explore through creative writing exercises the benefits of prioritizing authenticity and courage over traditional resiliency practices.</li></ul>Facilitated by: Abby E. Murray, AuthorDesigned for: Community Providers, Community Members, Employers, Educators and StudentsThis program receives funding from King County VSHSL. *Minority Vets Community Center is located at: 16040 Christensen Rd., Ste. 212 Tukwila, WA 98188

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