WELCOMEThe Soldiers Project Presents: A Pathway Home
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Welcome
It gives me great pleasure to invite you tothis 3rd National Conference of TheSoldiers Project.We have focused this conference on thechallenges our troops and their familiesface as they return home.Our conference - A Pathway Home - isdedicated to understanding the complexpsychological issues our Veterans andtheir loved ones face as they return tocivilian life. We’ll be featuring workshopsand panels that address both thechallenges and the solutions that have been offered.In response to the feedback from ourconference last year, we have extendedthis year’s conference through Sunday.This will give us a greater opportunity tointeract with the many people andorganizations that are addressing theneeds of our Veterans and their families.Because I have been so moved by thepower of the Arts to convey thecomplexities of war and healing, thisconference also features three powerfulpresentations -film, musical performanceand theatre - that I am sure will touchyour minds and hearts.Please join me for an amazing weekend.Register online today atwww.thesoldiersproject.orgSincerely,
Judith Broder, M.D.
Founder/Director-The Soldiers Project
Conference Topics
The Conference Panels include:
VETERANS RETURNING TOSCHOOL
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From Combat to Campus
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The Soldiers Project’s Adopt-A-Collegeprogram: Carol Tanenbaum, Ph.D. MFT
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Outside The Wire; Todd Adamson,PsyD: US Vets Initiative
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Patricia D. D’Orange-Martin:Coordinator, Veterans Programs andServices at Pasadena City College,Pasadena, California
MILITARY CHILDREN & FAMILIES:
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Family Ties program of The SoldiersProject
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FOCUS program of the Semel Instituteof UCLA
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CIR USC School of Social Work,military children
VETERANS IN THE ARTS:
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Keith Jeffreys, USVAA
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Jason Moon (Iraq Veteran/ Singer/Song Writer)
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Charlie Palombo (Iraq Veteran/Poet)
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John Difusco (Viet Nam Veteran/Actor/Playwright)
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Tucker Smallwood (Viet Nam Veteran/Actor Writer, Advocate)
Presenters
Partial List of Presenters Includes:
Paul Freedman:
Peabody award-winningand Emmy-nominated Director, Writer,Editor of “Halfway Home”
Judith Broder, M.D.:
Psychiatrist,Founder/Director of The Soldiers Project
Harriet Zeiner, PhD:
Neuropsychologist,Palo Alto VA Healthcare Center Specialistin the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Jason Moon
: Iraq Veteran/Singer/Songwriter, and Veterans’ Advocate
Keith Jeffreys:
Founder, United StatesVeterans’ Artists Alliance
Patricia Lester, M.D.:
Director, FOCUSProject: Building Military FamilyResiliency
Carol Tanenbaum, Ph.D. MFT:
DirectorAdopt-A-College Program, TSPPsychoanalyst, former Chair of the ErnestS. Lawrence Trauma Center of The LosAngeles Institute and Society forPsychoanalytic Studies
Carolyn M. Fink, LCSW:
ClinicalDirector and Therapist Liaison TheSoldiers Project- Sacramento
Patricia D. D’Orange-Martin:
Coordinator, Veterans Programs andServices at Pasadena City College,Pasadena, California