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Prairie State College Student Veterans Center Presenting Panel Discussion on Issues Facing Returning Service Members and Veterans on Feb. 21


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CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF0—February 16, 2018

By: Georges Sanon

The Prairie State College (PSC) Student Veterans Center is presenting “A War of Conscience: The Internal Fight of Moral Injury,” from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, February 21, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights.

The panel discussion will focus on the challenges and critical issues facing many returning U.S. military service members and veterans.

Panelists include Otuwatoyin Hines from the Road Home Program with the Center for Veterans and Families at Rush; Carlton Evans, Volunteers of America director of outreach and agency chaplain; and Walidah Bennett, director of the Multi-Faith Veteran Initiative with the Egan Office for Urban Education and Community Partnerships at DePaul University.

The event is free and open to the public. Service members, veterans, counselors and the clergy are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Georges Sanon, PSC student veterans center coordinator, at [email protected] or 708-709-3567.

Source: www.prairiestate.edu


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