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The 22 Peaks Challenge partners with Vets Town Hall
The 22 Peaks Challenge, founded by Vets Town Hall board member Jon Turner, raises money for veteran organizations that actively work to help the community rewrite their narratives and move beyond dependencies that prevent them from reaching their human potential. Vets Town Hall is this year’s 22 Peaks Challenge beneficiary. Learn about the challenge and…
Vets Town Hall featured in Cornell alumni publication
Cornell University’s alumni site featured Vets Town Hall and its deputy director Kristen Eaton. Read the full piece here.
Vets Town Hall on Candid
Vets Town Hall has earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency on Candid! This link will give you unlimited access to our profile. Candid was formed in 2019 when GuideStar and Foundation Center merged. Candid offers high-quality data on 1.9 million nonprofits in the United States, delivered in a way that makes it easy to explore…
VTDigger: At Vets Town Hall, some share what many still can’t
“I was sitting next to soldiers with guns in their holsters, my weapon of choice a laptop,” [U.S. Army veteran Marlon Fisher] said. “My first night of deployment, I was terrified. There was a rocket attack and horrific conditions.” He described food poisoning that left him extremely ill. “I was scared. But thanks to my…
A message from Vets Town Hall founder, Sebastian Junger
Today’s veterans often find that, although they’re willing to die for their country, they’re not sure how to live for it. It’s hard to know how to live for a country that regularly tears itself apart along every possible political and demographic boundary. It’s complete madness, and veterans know this. To support our veterans –…
MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Vets Town Halls give veterans the chance to share their stories
“I think one of the most powerful parts of these town halls is actually how it brings in the whole community. Because there are so many Americans today who respect veterans, who want to help and support veterans, but just don’t even know how to relate to us…” says Seth Moulton.
10-minute Vets Town Hall documentary produced by Sebastian Junger
What is a Vets Town Hall? And more importantly: Why attend or host a Vets Town Hall? This 10-minute film begins with combat footage shot in the Korengal, and then explores how Vets Town Halls can help veterans reintegrate into the communities they fought for. Watch the short film by Sebastian Junger here.
WDEV Interview with VTH board member Jon Turner
“When you have the opportunity to find common ground and to sit and to listen to the other’s experience, and to do so without judgement, that’s really when you can build a community…”
Jon Turner, Vets Town Hall board member and emcee, spoke with WDEV host Brad Ferland about his transition from military to civilian life, and about building community through Vets Town Halls.
19 Events in 9 States
This fall, veterans will be invited to speak about what their service means to them, and all community members are encouraged to attend and listen, at events in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington. These events are spearheaded by local organizers with the aim of increasing understanding and creating connections between veterans and non-veterans in their communities.
The Boston Globe: Veterans reach out about their needs, one town at a time
“War is one of the most unique experiences in the world, and it’s an experience that is incredibly hard to understand unless you’ve been there.” Vets Town Halls are intended to help bridge that gap. “It doesn’t matter if you’re liberal or conservative, gay or straight, rich or poor” in combat, Junger said. “And in…
The Guardian: ‘A sacred space’: Sebastian Junger and Seth Moulton on Vets Town Hall
“In this ‘dire time of polarisation’, Junger said, Vets Town Hall might provide ‘kind of a sacred space. I’m an atheist, but I use the word sacred all the time. It’s a sacred space in the sense that ordinary life is suspended and here we are in this place, and we’re honoring something, and we’re…
VTDigger: Bestselling author Sebastian Junger registers nonprofit for veterans in Vermont
By starting Vets Town Hall, Junger said, he hopes to reinforce the connection between veterans and their communities. “We are of one nation and we’re doing this together, and the people that actually pulled the triggers were sent there by us.” …[Fellow board member Jon] Turner said storytelling plays a central role in veterans’ events…
