We Need Your Help! William Joiner Center, UMB

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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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