Upcoming Veterans Community Support Network Event

The next educational event planned for Sacramento is called, "Returning Home, from Combat to College and Beyond", to be held at Sacramento City College on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. This will be an all-day event to help educate, inform, and sensitize the educational community to the unique needs of veterans.
As our young men and women return home to higher education, their military training and experiences must be taken into consideration in the classrooms. VCSN, in partneship with Sacramento Valley's community colleges, has been participating in and assisting in organizing similar events since 2007. Particular focus will be on signature conditions of most recent wars: post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and suicide prevention.
These day-long conferences have already proven to be successful in drawing educators from community college and universities, public and private, from California and Nevada together to learn about the special needs of veterans. Target audiences include educators, families, community advocates, and other students who contribute substantially to the re-entry experiences of our returning veterans.
There is also encouragment for colleges to form Veterans Clubs and students to join them. These often prove to be the most effective support group returning veterans can find due to their accessability and connectedness with other veterans in the club. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in joining our all-volunteer group or participating with us in this event, please contact VCSN volunteer President and Co-Chair of the event, Jan Wald at 916 622-7360 or email waldj@saccounty.net. Thank you, we need community support from YOU!