Help Sheet: Running a Vets Town Hall
We’ve just uploaded an updated printer-friendly PDF version of our Running a Town Hall page. You can download, print and share. Don’t forget to let us know how your town hall goes, or get in touch to ask any question.
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Speaking at a Vets Town Hall
At a Vets Town Hall, veterans of any era who have served in any capacity have the right to stand before their community and speak for up to ten minutes. We’ve posted some notes and starting points for speakers, and uploaded a printable speaker info sheet.
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Timekeeping at a Vets Town Hall
At a Vets Town Hall, each speaker has up to ten minutes to speak about what it was like to serve their country. Keeping to a ten-minute time limit ensures that many veterans will have the opportunity to speak, and that each speaker will be allowed equal time. In order to keep speakers on schedule…
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Suggested Remarks for the Vets Town Hall Host
The host/MC introduces the event, handles transitions between speakers, and kindly reminds attendees of the ground rules if necessary. We’ve uploaded a printer-friendly .pdf of the suggested host remarks.
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Check-in at a Vets Town Hall
Having a check-in table at your event provides an opportunity to welcome speakers and attendees, and to answer any questions about the town hall. It’s also a chance to see whether registered speakers have arrived, to sign in veterans who would like to speak but haven’t yet registered, and to ask if attendees would like…
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Press Release Template for Local VTH Organizers
We’ve just uploaded a press release template designed for organizers to use to publicize their local Vets Town Hall. Organizers can download a PDF or copy/paste the text from a Google Doc.
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Vets Town Hall Images
This is a selection of images from Sebastian Junger and Vets Town Halls. Please contact us if you want to reproduce any of them. We’ll be happy help. Open the image slideshow.
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About the images on the site
These images were all shot by Sebastian Junger during combat operations with the 173rd Airborne in the infamous Korengal Valley of Eastern Afghanistan. Junger and his colleague, Tim Hetherington, accompanied Battle Company’s 2nd platoon off and on for a year during the deployment of 2007-2008. The images are actually “frame grabs” from Junger’s videocamera and…
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