 In remembrance of the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is accepting event submissions for our list of Memorial Day events taking place across the state.
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The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans will be hosting the following upcoming events:
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Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that
it is now offering a free crisis text line that is replacing Txt4Life in
Minnesota called Crisis Text Line.
The Crisis Text Line is available to all Minnesotans 24/7 for people who are in
crisis that need to speak with a counselor. People who text MN to 741741 will be
connected with a counselor who will help defuse the crisis and connect the
texter to local resources.
Minnesota
Department of Human Services has developed a range of resources
to promote the Crisis Text Line that you are invited to use and share.
Resources include website banner ads, print-ready postcards, flyers, and sample
copy promoting the Crisis Text Line.
If you have any questions of either service, please contact Dominique
Jones at DHS at Dominique.Jones@state.mn.us.
The United States Air Force has agreed to conduct a fly-over as an aerial salute to Lt. Robert Niemann of New Ulm, MN. 1st Lt. Niemann in his F-86 fighter aircraft was shot down over North Korea on April 12, 1953. He remains reported as Missing in Action. A day of memorial tributes is planned for May 12, 2018. There will be a ceremony in the Soldiers Rest section of the New Ulm City Cemetery beginning at 9 a.m., with a special exhibit to follow at the Brown County Museum at 1 p.m.
A fly-over, sometimes called a “missing man formation,” is a memorial in memory of a fallen pilot. Two aircraft fly in formation with the flight leader at the point and his wingman on his right. As the formation flies over the ceremony low enough to be clearly seen, one of the aircraft abruptly pulls up out of the formation while the other continues in level flight until both aircraft are out of sight. The aircraft performing the pull-up is honoring the person who is missing, and it represents their departure.
This salute will be performed by two F-16 fighter aircraft from the 148th Fighter Wing, 179th Fighter Squadron, Duluth, MN. The fly-over is scheduled for 10 a.m. The direction of flight, and altitude will be determined that day.
For more information contact Greg Peterson, Brown County Veterans Service Officer, at (507) 233-6636 or greg.peterson@co.brown.mn.us.
The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) is looking for individuals across the state interested in joining a team that is committed to helping serve Minnesota Veterans and their families. Whether you are a Veteran, family member, or an individual who wants to show your support for our nation’s heroes, we are confident you will find a career path that is diverse, team-oriented and focused on making a real difference. Some of our current job openings:
Fergus Falls
Luverne
Minneapolis
Silver Bay
Special opportunity for Veterans’ groups! Bring your group to Historic
Fort Snelling for a free 45-minute, step-on bus tour highlighting many
of the important military events that took place there.
The tour will be followed by refreshments and conversation about the
upcoming revitalization of this important historic site in 2020.
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 Looking for momentum to start or build your small business? All Women
Veterans (and spouses of Veterans) are invited to join this free
1-day workshop jam-packed with the resources you need to grow your
business. Experts will be on hand to answer your questions and help you
take that next step.
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 MDVA is honored to host retired US Army Brigadier General Pat Foote as
the keynote speaker for this year's Women Veterans Conference. There will also offer a variety of informative
breakout sessions including VA Healthcare/VA Benefits, yoga and holistic
therapy. Breakfast and Lunch will also be available for free.
One of the projects featured is the 'I'm Not Invisible" campaign, an
awareness campaign designed to honor Women Veterans and educate the
public about some of the unique challenges Women Veterans face when they
come back from their service. Now they are ready to unveil the campaign
to the public, with a portrait exhibit featuring 33 of Minnesota’s Women Veterans and a multimedia PSA campaign.
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Participating Aspen Dental practices will be providing Veterans with
free dental care during their 2018 Day of Service, which will take place
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 9.
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 There will be a Veterans Job Fair at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center June 27.
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March 27, 2018—SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is excited to announce that nominations for their 2018 Veterans’ Voices Awards are now being accepted. Nominations will be open through Thursday, June 7, 2018.
Now in its sixth year, the Veterans’ Voices Award recognizes former and actively serving Minnesota Veterans who are making significant contributions to their communities and are exemplary humanists. These Veterans also embody the Humanities Center’s mission -- “to build a thoughtful, literate, and engaged society” – and values: to build and strengthen relationships, recognize the power of story and danger of absence, learn from and with multiple voices, and amplify community solutions for change.
These awards are part of the Humanities Center’s Veterans’ Voices program that draws on the power of the humanities to call attention to the contributions and often-missed stories of Veterans. This program empowers all Minnesota Veterans to speak in their own voices through storytelling, art, theater, discussion groups and more – amplifying the voices of Veterans throughout our state and helping to bridge the Veteran-civilian divide.
"Receiving a 2014 Veterans' Voices Award validated the work I was doing through AmeriCorps and it positively impacted the transition into my current career,” says Awardee, Alex Schueller. “I received this award in the early days of my new career, and it helped me realize I deserved to be there to continue service to the community. Continuing to nominate Veterans is imperative in elevating the positive impacts our Veterans make on our communities in Minnesota."
For the past four years, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has led a nationwide initiative to amplify the voices of Veterans through Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War. MHC’s Veterans’ Voices program is the ongoing Minnesota embodiment of this initiative.
“The humanities can play a vital role in helping us to understand the human experience and to consider our obligations to one another. The question of what we owe each other becomes particularly urgent when men and women serve in wartime. [T]he humanities [are instrumental] both in helping Americans to understand the experiences of service members and in assisting Veterans as they return to civilian life. – National Endowment for the Humanities on Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War.
The Veterans’ Voices Awards are a statewide effort with awardees representing Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Prior Lake, Inver Grover Heights, Mankato, Frazee, Waconia, Bemidji, Buffalo, Farmington, Coon Rapids, Big Lake, Chisholm, Mankato, Stillwater, Cloquet, and Mendota Heights in 2017 alone. Since 2013, MHC’s Veterans’ Voices Awards have recognized 126 Minnesota Veterans—from a sitting state Senator to a Muslim community leader, a sexual-assault survivor to a middle school teacher—and everyone in between.
“The Humanities Center is honored to be presenting the 6th annual Veterans’ Voices Awards,” says David O’Fallon, MHC President & CEO. “The Veterans’ Voices program and award strike at the core of our humanities work in Minnesota. They are instrumental in telling the absent narrative of Veterans and also of leveraging the power of the humanities to create empathy and bring people together – including bridging the Veteran-civilian divide. The humanities allow us to ask two fundamental questions: ‘What kind of world do you want to live in?’ and ‘How are we all going to get along in that world?’ Amplifying the voices of Veterans within that is the goal of our Veterans’ Voices work.”
For more information on the Veterans’ Voices program as well as details about the Veterans’ Voices Award and how to nominate a deserving Veteran, visit https://mnhum.org/vets/award/.
About the Minnesota Humanities Center
Founded in 1971, the Minnesota Humanities Center is a statewide nonprofit organization and full service event center located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Humanities Center offers a new way to think about our future, grounded in the humanities, and collaborates with organizations and individuals to develop programs that facilitate and frame conversations and strengthen connections. The Humanities Center works to bring into public life the authentic voices of all people, especially those that have been absent or marginalized. The Humanities Center is a resource for the state of Minnesota and is affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The mission of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to build a thoughtful, literate, and engaged society. More information about the Humanities Center is available at mnhum.org or join us on Facebook and Twitter.
Contact: Elle Lyons, Director of Communications, 651-772-4251 elle@mnhum.org
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