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» In March of 2014, CNN Digital published a story about suicides among military family members, called “The Uncounted.” Earlier this year, at the urging of military family groups, a report was given to Congress on what it would take to track suicides of military service family members. “The Uncounted” is a story that dives deeply into this issue and provides an intimate portrait of what these families have gone through. The story is told through the eyes of a sibling, a spouse, parents and a teenager. It includes photo essays and is laid against a stark white background that accentuates the emotions in the piece. We are happy to announce that CNN Communications has extended us permission to share the videos and personal accounts of this web-series at our upcoming conference; created by CNN’s Ashley Fantz and Nick Scott.
LOCATION: THE AMBASSADOR GALLERY
DESTINATION: HEALING WITH CAARE, INC. (DOWNTOWN DURHAM)
214 BROADWAY ST. DURHAM, NC 27701
Transportation will be provided for all attendees, via chartered buses.
LOCATION: THE KATHY HUGHES COMMUNITY CENTER, ON THE CAMPUS OF CAARE, INC.
» T.J. Breeden, eMerging Entrepreneurs, Inc.
» April Ellerbe, New Century Planning, LLC.
» “The Holistic Approach to addressing the social and health needs of our community’s most vulnerable, combating veterans homelessness, and exploring the range through which community care centers can lead in addressing both preventive and transitional wellness.”
» “Interdisciplinary problem-solving teams that help existing social organizations better achieve their missions… at the intersection of business principles, technological innovation, and effective policy!”
» “Exploring how charities, agencies, foundations, and non-profit organizations can use data science to: (1) advance social impact, (2) more clearly identify the analytical connections between the economy, geography, and transportation elements, and (3) understand how the needs of our community’s homeless population can better addressed.”
» To broaden its holistic approach to serving the needs of area veterans, CAARE recently finished construction on a 15-bed dormitory on its Durham, NC campus to house veterans and displaced service-members; providing them with not only adequate housing but also access to the facility’s “wrap-around” approach to meeting the health, wellness, and social needs of our community’s under-served. Join us for a private tour of their facility.
DESTINATION: THE WASHINGTON DUKE INN & GOLF CLUB
3001 CAMERON BLVD. DURHAM, NC 27705
Transportation will be provided for all attendees, via chartered buses.
» Our “Solutions” Luncheon encourages participants and contributors to collaborate in a social environment, which is achieved through a series of “table exercises” aimed at spurring conversation and the exploration of meaningful, socially beneficial partnerships.
» To Be Announced.
» “The Veterans 360 mission is to provide young, recently-separated combat veterans with a program of support that will help them develop the professional and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in civilian life. Our goal is that through engagement, education, employment, and healing, our student-veterans will utilize what they have learned to manage the resources that are available to them and become better equipped to ensure a successful transition into civilian life.Providing young, recently-separated combat veterans with a program of support that will help them develop the professional and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in civilian life.”
» Dr. Sharon Elliott-Bynum, Executive Director of Healing with CAARE, Inc.
» Frantz Fortune, Founder & Executive Director of Veterans Empowerment Organization
» Shawn Jones, Triage Director of Stop Soldier Suicide, Inc.
» Paul Dillon, CEO of Dillon Consulting Services, LLC
» “Evaluating how interactive training simulations can impact knowledge, skills, self-efficiency, and behavior in the fields of health & behavioral health; specifically as it relates to PTSD and resiliency training for veteran families; military cultural competency training for university/college faculty, staff, and administrators; and peer-to-peer veterans training to enable veterans to better support each other in the transition process.”
» Shannon Carroll, Chief of Human Resource Staffing Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs
» Dr. Glenn Albright, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Kognito Interactive
» Stephanie Weaver, Public Health Analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
» Ron E. Armstead (MCP, LSW), Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust
» Tucker Smallwood: Vietnam Veteran, Actor, Writer, & Philanthropist (Special Video Presentation from “The Soldiers Project”)
» Denise Neunaber: Executive Director of the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
» Mr. Craig E. Stephens: Lieutenant Colonel USMC (Retired); Command Advisor, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East
» Joy Simmons, Program Manager; and Laurie Champagne, Sr. Strategic Advisor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
» Edward Jennings, Jr.: US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, Region IV Regional Administrator
» CNN Digital’s “THE UNCOUNTED” Digital-Series
» Catherine Woyee-Jones: Military Spouse, Advocate, and Author
» The United States Public Health Service
» Rick Collins: Veterans 360, Inc.
» Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (Stephanie Weaver, Public Health Analyst, will be accepting on the organization’s behalf)
» Wounded Warrior Project (Carol Sharpe, Fayetteville, NC Alumni Manager, will be accepting on the organization’s behalf)
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