LRHP Countdown Day: 107 Warming Up

Tomorrow I'll take another nine-mile walk from Route 40 to the top of Frear Park over looking the city. As spring enters in I'm uplifted. I'm also hoping that between now and the end of the bike ride Mother Nature will be kind, because we'll be riding for days on end through desolate, or very sparsely populated areas. It'll be me and my tent and my great big ideas!

Join me here! Summer 2012 for the trip of a lifetime!

S.W.A.N. I Guest Blogged

For the first time, I put writing to the war against military sexual assault, when a
prominent Fox News Commentator crossed the lines of reason.

 Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) was kind enough to
publish my first article  Liz Trotta: Did You Really Have To Go There?
as a civilian writer.

Her sentiments convinced me that women are still pioneering in the
work place. Although my own mother worked for 30 years in a factory
at a time when health insurance coverage was not provided for my birth
because my parents hadn't legally married yet. And here I stand,
39 years later and discussions about the validity of women
in the work place are fresh as ever. To the moon Liz Trotta!
What more can I say ...

Male Story Of MST: Riveting Podcast

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Podcast SERVICE: When Women Come Marching Home

I am always shocked and humbled to meet civilians who care about and are passionate about veterans causes.

Marcia Rock and Patricia Stotter are two amazing women, whom I've had the privilege
of collaborating with recently as I developed a vision for MST survivor advocacy.

Most recently, I was asked to join a panel discussion following a presentation of their documentary SERVICE:When Women Come Marching Home. Service The Film

Fifty percent of all Veterans Administration clients being treated for MST are men.

In this riveting first person account, a male MST survivor shares the unthinkable
attack he endured at the hands of military training instructors during the 1980s.

Producers from the new documentary SERVICE: When Women Come Marching Home
have developed a multi-platform interdisciplinary online presence which acts as a portal and podium for veterans and their families to collaborate, gain knowledge, insight and up-to-date advice on how to navigate the military and veterans medical system.