Honoring and healing our heroes
Join
veteran, author, and activist James Yee, Professor Janet McIntosh of
Brandeis University, and veteran poets and performers Jan Barry and
Jenny Pacanowski for this extraordinary Veterans Day event and lunch.
Program
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm: “Military Injustice:
Chaplain James Yee’s Story,” a conversation with James Yee and
Janet McIntosh
- 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch for all participants
and audience members (free of charge)
- 1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Warrior Writers info
session and “Bridge Back Home from War,” a poetic theater
performance by Jan Barry and Jenny Pacanowski
We are honored to highlight the story of James Yee, who
served as an Army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay in the early 2000s and
was accused of espionage when he reported the abuse of prisoners.
Ever since the charges were dropped, Yee has been an activist for
military justice while pursuing artistic expression as part of his
healing.
The second half of the program features Jan Barry, Jenny
Pacanowski, and other veterans as they explore how writing, art, and
other forms of creative expression can offer veterans pathways to
healing from service-related trauma and transitioning into non-military
life.
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