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Refugees and Military Members: Not So Different After All?
[This is the complete version of an article written for the Quaker House Winter 2017 Newsletter. It is enriched by illustrative examples from her own experiences working with refugees that were omitted from the newsletter due to space limitations.] “I will write songs...
Recent Standoff Involving Veteran
A tragic standoff with police and death of the barricaded individual occurred a few days ago in North Carolina. More details were released in a Fayetteville Observer article, today. A few things stand out in the article: The veteran who barricaded himself and shot at...
Why YOU Shouldn’t Join the Military
I'm often asked by people, "What are good reasons for not joining the Army/Navy/Air Force/etc.?" Or I'm told the corollary, "My friend/recruiter says the Army/Navy/Air Force/etc. can do . . . for me." I recently picked up and reviewed a booklet which Quaker House has...
Agent Orange: A Half-Century of Pain
Agent Orange. One of the many terms associated with the Vietnam War that evoke strong and often angry reactions. Why mention it now, and risk stirring those responses again? Partly, it's the calendar: August 10 will mark fifty years since the first load of powerful...
To End Torture: START NOW
Friends-- I've been reflecting on how most of the proposals I've seen for opposing torture in the coming years seem too narrow and oriented to one or another "silver bullet" idea. The problem is more complex, and more entrenched, it seems to me. So I've been drafting...