Ep 62: Support People Support Peace

April and Tracie spend Veterans’ Day reflecting on their family connections to veterans and the ways in which our country has treated veterans throughout our history. The political conversations that happen around war and policy often employ either/or thinking that leads us to forget the human beings and all those connected to them, who are forever changed by these military policies. 

Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode:
https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-62 

Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com

Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/

Support the work our Jewish Black & Cherokee woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-work

Learn more about Veterans Day here: https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

Listen to the oral history of Black GI’s here:  http://www.aacvr-germany.org/oral-histories/: 

Learn more about the racist treatment of Black Vietnam veterans here: https://time.com/5852476/da-5-bloods-black-vietnam-veterans/

Read how to support veterans here: https://nvf.org/support-veterans-make-difference/

Learn more about how to support those with PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/publications/print/understandingptsd_family_booklet.pdf