Veterans

Unfinished Portraits segment

October 7th will mark the 11th Anniversary of the start of the Afghan war. On October 6th the American Friends Service Committee with other area organizations will hold a memorial event including the display from 6pm to midnight of an art installation, Unfinished Portrait, an Iraq and Afghan war memorial by Priti Gulati Cox, a Salina, KS artist and reading and spoken word performances.

In honor of Veterans Day

The next film in the “Examining Modern Life” series, sponsored by the AFSC, concerns U.S. soldiers and the realities faced abroad, as well as once they returned home to American soil. 

Film synopsis: “The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities.