Saying Thanks

In honor of Veterans Day, one way to acknowledge might be with a donation (even a little one) to a veterans advocacy or support organization. My choice organization is SWAN (Service Womens’ Action Network), which does some amazing advocacy and policy work supporting female veterans. They are at work engaging with policymakers and garnering support for related legislation or for parts of certain bills (full list here). They are also involved with two lawsuits: one in conjunction with the ACLU to fulfill a FOIA request to the Pentagon for records related to reports of military rape and sexual assault, the other a federal suit (Cioca et al v. Rumsfeld and Gates) filed on behalf of 16 military victims of sexual assault. The organization also provides peer support. There are also any number of really important veterans organizations to choose from. Here are a few possibilities.

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    Veteran’s Day anymore but information like this is never too late.
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    Adding the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network to the list. They’re the people who help out queer servicemembers, and...
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    My mother is a veteran. Last year she was flying on Veteran’s Day, and when they got ready to board the plane, the...
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    A wonderful idea....grandparents are/were
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