<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carly Guerriero</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmguerriero@eiu.edu">cmguerriero@eiu.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM<br>Subject: Iraq Veterans Against the War<br>To: "St. Jude Catholic Worker" <<a href="mailto:stjudecatholicworker@gmail.com">stjudecatholicworker@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
The Trauma of War: Panel Discussion about Military PTSD and Suicides<br>
Hosted by Iraq Veterans Against the War, Central Illinois Chapter<br>
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WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 15th, 6:30pm-8:30pm<br>
WHERE: Room 223, Gregory Hall at the UIUC campus (810 South Wright Street in Urbana)<br>
WHAT: Military PTSD and suicides, featuring mental health professionals, policy analysts, Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.<br>
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Background:<br>
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American military personnel are continuing to take their own lives in unprecedented numbers, as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq drag on. The toll of military suicides last year was the worst since records started being kept in 1980. Iraq Veterans Against the War and Afghanistan Veterans Against the War invite you to participate in a speaking forum on the national epidemic of military suicides.<br>
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As the U.S. government pursues two open-ended wars, we are seeing troops stretched beyond their physical and mental capacities to heal. We will look at the hidden costs of war for U.S. service members, focusing on the epidemic of military sexual trauma (MST), PTSD, and suicides within the ranks. We will also talk about IVAW's Operation Recovery Campaign, which is aimed at stopping the re-deployment of traumatized and wounded troops. Furthermore, we will talk about the effect that ongoing war has on the Iraqi and Afghan people: while no statistics are forthcoming, some estimate PTSD in these societies to be near universal.<br>
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For more information about IVAW and Operation Recovery, please visit: < <a href="http://ivaw.org" target="_blank">ivaw.org</a> > The Trauma of War: Panel Discussion about Military PTSD and Suicides<br>
Hosted by Iraq Veterans Against the War, Central Illinois Chapter<br>
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For more information about IVAW and Operation Recovery, please visit: < <a href="http://ivaw.org" target="_blank">ivaw.org</a> ><br>
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