The event, co-hosted by film producer Susan Hackley, and Silouan Green, author and veteran, who works with veterans with PTSD, had some lively discussions with a broad range of community members with something to say about war and its impact.
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Veterans of Vietnam, World War II and the Iraq War had a lot to say about the need for deeper conversations about war. The message overwhelmingly was that when we send our sons and daughters off to fight a war, we should know exactly what we are asking them to do. It can be pretty ugly, and we shouldn't sanitize war to make ourselves feel better.
Stay tuned for more community events like this one and make your voice heard!

Our open mike "A Conversation about War" with Producer and Director Susan Hackley and local Indiana veteran Silouan Green, will be hosting an event next Thursday, June 14th for a community gathering to talk about war.
Kokomo Tribune has picked up the story and it's been posted on Stars and Stripes:
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We invite veterans, soldiers, liberals, conservatives, independents, pacifists, parents and siblings - and anyone else with something to say about war.
This is for everyone. We hope you will come.

• Tuesday, June 14, 7 PM.
• Inventrek Technology Park Auditorium
• 700 East Firmin Street Kokomo, Indiana 46902

Have friends or family in Indiana? Let them know about this exciting event!
We've had great publicity from Stars and Stripes about our upcoming "Conversation about War" in Kokomo, Indiana. This is our kickoff event - the first of what we hope will be many conversations about war around the US.

Join us for a community gathering to talk about war. This event will be led by Silouan Green, veteran and author, and Susan Hackley, documentary film producer, and it is open to everyone free of charge. We invite veterans, soldiers, liberals, conservatives, independents, pacifists, parents and siblings – and anyone else with something to say about war.
When a nation goes to war, a nation should have a conversation on why we fight, how we fight, and what we do when the fighting stops and our troops come home. Never before have so few served relative to the general population, and to many Americans the wars are all but invisible.

This Conversation about War is our first step in making sure that all Americans can express their thoughts about war and ask questions in an environment of respect and curiosity. This is for everyone. We hope you will come.

Tuesday, June 14, 7 PM.
Inventrek Technology Park Auditorium
700 East Firmin Street
Kokomo, Indiana 46902
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Have friends or family in Indiana? Let them know about this exciting event!

We are excited to announce that "Veteran Kids", the short documentary film that A Child's Guide to War produced last fall, has been accepted to the Middle Coast Film Festival! The festival will be held in Bloomington, Indiana on July 28-30. 'Veteran Kids' will be shown in the "documentary shorts" selection. Tickets to the film festival are available here: www.middlecoastfest.com/buy-tickets
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If you haven't seen Veteran Kids yet, watch it here, and see why it was selected for the Middle Coast Film Festival:

Last Thursday at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Susan Hackley led a panel discussion on “War Changes Everyone: The Hidden Costs of War at Home and Abroad”. The mother of a Marine who fought in Iraq, Susan Hackley was joined by Iraqi Khitam Alkhaykanee, a program officer at USIP, and Rob DuBois, Navy SEAL who served in Iraq. “We need to put human faces on those affected by war, and that includes the children of Americans who served in Iraq, and the children of Iraq impacted by war,” Hackley commented.
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(Top) Susan Hackley with co-presenters, Khitam Alkhaykanee and Rob DuBois

Producer Susan Hackley and Navy SEAL Rob DuBois will be presenting "War Changes Everyone" at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. this Thursday, May 26th. The presentation will show "Veteran Kids," (linked below) A Child's Guide to War's most recent project, and Hackley and DuBois will discuss the impact of war on all Americans and what we can do to bridge the civilian-military divide.
 
(United States Institute of Peace pictured below)

A Conversation about War
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Join us for a community gathering to talk about war. This event will be led by Silouan Green, veteran and author, and Susan Hackley, documentary film producer, and it is open to everyone free of charge. We invite veterans, soldiers, liberals, conservatives, independents, pacifists, parents and siblings – and anyone else with something to say about war.
When a nation goes to war, a nation should have a conversation on why we fight, how we fight, and what we do when the fighting stops and our troops come home. Never before have so few served relative to the general population, and to many Americans the wars are all but invisible.

This Conversation about War is our first step in making sure that all Americans can express their thoughts about war and ask questions in an environment of respect and curiosity. This is for everyone. We hope you will come.

Tuesday, June 14, 7 PM.
Inventrek Technology Park Auditorium
700 East Firmin Street
Kokomo, Indiana 46902

Project New Hope transforms the lives of veterans through free retreats for veterans and their families – a "healthy environment to learn from others and expand their experiences to develop methods to move beyond negative impacts that may have resulted from deployments or service in America's Armed Forces."
"A Child's Guide to War" project founder Susan Hackley is shown here at a recent retreat in Groton, MA, with Silouan Green, Marine veteran and motivational speaker and writer. Silouan and Susan are planning an event in Indiana - "A Conversation about War" that will be open to the public and that will welcome everyone!

A Child's Guide to War is proud to be featured as the lead story in "The Peacebuilding Post," which is published by the Alliance for Peacebuilding. We hope that by spreading awareness in such formats we can increase our ability to bridge the civilian-military divide. Read the article that has been published on the link below:
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War Changes Everyone