The Truth about Veteran Suicide Prevention- Fighting for Veterans Healthcare

The Truth about Veteran Suicide Prevention

Fighting for Veterans Healthcare

2/27/2018 6:12 PM

  

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View this email in your browser Dear FFVHC supporter, We wanted to send you a quick note. An article was just published in the Federal Practitioner that connects the dots on veterans’ suicide. Here’s the bottom line:  Proposals to outsource veterans’ mental health services to non VA-providers will result in lower-quality, less-effective care for America’s heroes. Why does it matter? Because veterans like Bob and Joshua (watch their stories below) need a health care system that knows and cares about them - not one that treats them like lines on a health care company’s shareholder report. Please read and share this article with your friends and family. The only way we’re going to combat veterans’ suicide is by understanding how to best prevent it. Sincerely, Diane Reppun Secretary Fighting for Veterans Healthcare P.S. Your support helps us fight for veterans. By making a small donation you’ll ensure lawmakers hear veterans’ stories and get objective policy analysis that helps them make informed decisions about legislation. If you donate, you’ll also get an “I Love My VA” bumper sticker. - Diane Bob, a Vietnam Veteran and former law enforcement officer, struggled with PTSD - undiagnosed by private sector doctors - for too long. Watch his story >> Joshua, a Veteran of the First Gulf War, battled pain, opioid addiction, and depression. He’s blunt - he says he’d “be dead” without the VA. Watch his story >> Copyright © 2018 Veterans Healthcare Action Campaign, All rights reserved. You signed up on our web page. Our mailing address is: Veterans Healthcare Action Campaign 10200 Firwood Dr Cupertino, Ca 95014 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Curbing a president's nuclear authority

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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view an online version. What you need to know about the president's nuclear launch authority Since the election of President Donald Trump, a great deal of anxiety and attention has been aimed at a US president’s authority to order the use of nuclear weapons. But policy experts who study the nuclear chain of command have long expressed concerns, with many advocating for checks on that power. Is sole authority over nuclear weapons necessary for nuclear stability? Here’s what you need to know: How a nuclear attack order is carried out now Lisbeth Gronlund, David Wright How to limit presidential authority to order the use of nuclear weapons Lisbeth Gronlund, David Wright, Steve Fetter A reminder from Hawaii Lauren Borja, M.V. Ramana What America can learn from Hawaii’s mistake Karthika Sasikumar What We’re Reading: Duke University's Peter Feaver on the president and US nuclear command and control Reconsidering the nuclear demigod called Mr. President A Republican senator calls a hearing on a Republican president’s nuclear weapons authority Eric Schlosser on Trump's tweets and nuclear war Can Congress stop a president waging nuclear war? Bulletin editor John Mecklin with a Reuters op/ed Rocket men Science and Security board member Jon Wolfsthal in the New Republic Bonus reads: What you need to know about the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review The 2018 Doomsday Clock Statement. Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons:  Is it Legal? Is it Constitutional? Is it Just? The Bulletin's Kennette Benedict and Hugh Gusterson participated in a November 4th conference at Harvard University. Watch a 6-minute video summary, and read the transcript of the day's remarks at Public Books. Get informed about the issues that matter at thebulletin.org. Some images provided by Shutterstock. Receive this message as a forward? Click here to sign up for future mailings.  Share this message on Social Media: To unsubscribe from ALL future emails from the Bulletin, please click the 'unsubscribe' button below. Copyright © 2018 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Mainers Call for Opposition to L.D. 1781 A Grassroots Campaign Succeeds in Calling Attention to Corporate Welfare for General Dynamics

Mainers Call for Opposition to L.D. 1781

A Grassroots Campaign Succeeds in Calling Attention to Corporate Welfare for General Dynamics

 

Bath, Maine, USA

On Saturday, March 3, Maine citizens will gather outside of Bath Iron Works (B.I.W.) in Bath, Maine.

 

Combining an annual “Lenten Vigil” (sponsored by Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm) with opposition to L.D. 1781, Mainers will gather outside of B.I.W. (a subsidiary of General Dynamics) to “stand together to witness to our absolute need to stop war and our preparations for war” and to say “No!” to L.D. 1781.

 

WHAT: A press conference related to the Opposition to L.D. 1781, “An Act To Encourage New Major Investments in Shipbuilding Facilities and the Preservation of Jobs”.

 

WHO:

• Bruce Gagnon: member of Maine Veterans For Peace -- as of Saturday, on the 20th day of his Hunger Strike in opposition to L.D. 1781

We Need Your Help! William Joiner Center, UMB

'doug stuart' via SmedleyVFP

3/2/2018 7:15 PM

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I'm forwarding the urgent news below, from Paul Atwood.

Doug Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Atwood <Paul.Atwood@umb.edu>
To: Jeff Brummer <jsbrummer1944@gmail.com>; rpajemian <rpajemian@gmail.com>; doug stuart <dstuart698@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 2, 2018 6:27 pm
Subject: Fw: We Need Your Help!

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From: William Joiner Institute <joiner@institute.ccsend.com> on behalf of William Joiner Institute <joinerinstitute@umb.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 4:14 PM
To: Paul Atwood
Subject: We Need Your Help!

 

Restore Full Funding to the Joiner Institute! Sign our Petition today! This past week the Joiner Institute found out that UMass Boston will no longer fully support our mission to address the social and health consequences of war. Our annual budget will be significantly reduced and our staff positions slowly de-funded, with no full time employees starting July 1st, 2018.  We ask for your immediate help in supporting the vital mission of the Joiner Institute to continue our work that, since 1982, has served veterans, refugees, and their families whose lives have been scarred by war.    In the most immediate future, these funding cuts will impact our annual Writers' Workshop (now in its 31st year), our "Humanizing How We Teach about War and Violent Conflict" High School Teachers Workshop, our Music Therapy programs for veterans, our research into the health effects of the Iraq War, our collaborative and creative exchanges with the countries of Iraq and Vietnam, as well as numerous other programs such as our Speaker Series, translation projects, veterans outreach support programs, which address the long term impacts of war and the possibilities of healing, reconciliation, and the transformation of trauma and conflict through creative arts. We ask that you sign our petition to demand restoration of full funding for the Joiner Institute.   Please sign your name, leave a comment, share this campaign, call your local senator, representative, or the president of the UMass System to share your support for the continued work of the Joiner Institute and for its future.  Read our full petition below and sign your name today! We are grateful for your support and advocacy. https://www.change.org/p/charlie-baker-keep-your-promise-to-veterans-fund-the-william-joiner-institute Tell the state and UMass System:   Fund the William Joiner Institute,  Keep Your Promise to Veterans  Donate to the Joiner Institute Today William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences The University of Massachusetts Boston STAY CONNECTED:

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