PTSD

As a Vietnam veteran who is on total disability for Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans for Peace member Greg Helle has unique insight into the personal mental problems of soldiers still struggling from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and now returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. As he chronicles his life over the last 44 years, he will enlighten us on the struggles of our young as they try to get their life back together after their war. His personal war continues. On Memorial Day we remember and mourn our fallen soldiers.

Mollie Michelfelder

Mollie Michelfelder, MSW, works with trauma survivors at Friends House in Des Moines.

Please join us for the first of two public forums on the real costs of war.

Psychological Cost of War: “No One Comes Through Unscathed” --Edward Tick; Psychotherapist/Veterans counselor

Film clip: Wartorn 1861-2010: exploring combat and PTSD

Discussion with Mollie Michelfelder, LISW specializing with PTSD clients, including returning soldiers.

Refreshments and community time to follow.

The U.S. occupation has had horrible effects on the Iraqi population, but Fallujah has suffered more than any other Iraqi city. Fallujah is to the Occupation of Iraq, what My Lai was to the Vietnam War, and what Hiroshima and Nagasaki were to World War II. Fallujah is the skeleton in our closet that we cannot hide from.

Join with people people who were there to remember, to learn about the ongoing impact of the occupation and to commit to actions to both repair some of the devestation and to prevent such attrocities from occuring again.