Breaking ground on a new kind of gathering place for veterans in Minneapolis If there s a message from Every Third Saturday s new headquarters near the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, it is this: There still is hope. July 21, 2021 6:39pm Text size Copy shortlink:
When he s working with homeless or struggling military veterans at his Minneapolis nonprofit, Every Third Saturday, there s a phrase Tom McKenna uses often. That phrase is lethal absence of hope. It was coined by a Los Angeles priest who works with former gang members, and it is exactly what McKenna wants these veterans to avoid. That s where suicide occurs when there s nothing left and you have no hope, said McKenna, himself a Marine Corps veteran who has struggled with addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in the military. If you re on the street, you may not have had a shower for a few days. You may not have a change of c
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Group tackling veterans mental health hopes to expand with state help An earmark in the state budget could extend a much-lauded therapy. May 11, 2021 6:39pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A relatively tiny proposed earmark making its way through the Minnesota Capitol is of intense interest to state veterans, active-duty military, reservists and National Guard members as the Legislature tries to wring out the state s next two-year budget.
The proposal: $100,000 for the Veterans Resilience Project, a Minnesota-based nonprofit focused on tackling the mental health issues some veterans face when they return from deployments. The amount is pretty small, and I don t see any reason why we couldn t get that amount through, said Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, who carried a House bill to fund the Veteran Resilience Project. The VA often moves slowly. When we have a therapy that s helping and you can get so
By REID FORGRAVE | The Star Tribune | Published: May 12, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (Tribune News Service) A relatively tiny proposed earmark making its way through the Minnesota Capitol is of intense interest to state veterans, active-duty military, reservists and National Guard members as the Legislature tries to wring out the state s next two-year budget. The proposal: $100,000 for the Veterans Resilience Project, a Minnesota-based nonprofit focused on tackling the mental health issues some veterans face when they returned from deployments. The amount is pretty small, and I don t see any reason why we couldn t get that amount through, said Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, who carried a House bill to fund the Veteran Resilience Project. The VA often moves slowly. When we have a therapy that s helping and you can get so many powerful stories from veterans who ve been helped by it it sometimes takes a while for system to change. We have this group of volunteers who
Former Aberdeen University leader Lori Houlihan dies aged 53
Updated: April 27, 2021, 2:26 pm
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Lori Houlihan, who helped transform the landscape of Aberdeen University has died aged 53 after a battle with brain cancer.
After her diagnosis with glioblastoma in May 2019 she established a fund to support research into the disease.
The UCL Dr Lori Houlihan Glioblastoma Fund raises money for research into the cancer at University College London where Dr Houlihan had been vice-provost (advancement).
She joined UCL in 2011 after 12 years at Aberdeen University where she had established its first directorate of marketing.
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