
22nd Veterans Day Dinner Recap
- Kevin C. Miller
- Blog
Thank you for your generous support of Swords to Plowshares’ mission and our 22nd Annual Veterans Day Dinner and Profiles of Courage Awards!
Thank you for your generous support of Swords to Plowshares’ mission and our 22nd Annual Veterans Day Dinner and Profiles of Courage Awards!
Verna moved to San Francisco and nearly ended up homeless but worked with our staff for critical services. She’s successfully employed as a result.
Navy veterans Michael and Leann get vital supportive services when they moved to the Bay Area to get life-saving medical care for their newborn daughter.
Mike Brown leverages military experience and skills to land a security job with help of our Employment & Training team. He quickly moved to a management role.
We determined our best option for our organization and supporters was to postpone our event until January 17, 2019 due to a labor strike at the venue.
We focus on three key issues: timely processing with clear benchmarks; procedural rights for character of discharge appeals; and rule clarification for legal advocates.
Coordinating Mental Health, Specialty, and Primary Care, and Community Services to Address the Complex Needs of Veterans
Mike Lodge, senior counsel at Chevron, was recognized for his outstanding volunteer legal work with veterans in Swords to Plowshares’ Veterans Pro Bono Program.
The VA should provide comprehensive healthcare to LGBTQ+ veterans to include transition-related care to transgender veterans.