Operation HerStory is teaming up with Honor Flight Chicago (HFC), Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Illinois Joining Forces (IJF) and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) to create the first all-women senior veterans flight from Illinois to Washington, D.C., in the Fall of 2020. This one-day trip will give the veterans the opportunity to visit the war memorials built in their honor, including the Women in Military Service For America Memorial and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, while enjoying camaraderie and fellowship with other women veterans. Continue reading →
Programs and events for January and February 2020. Continue reading →
National Women Veterans United (NWVU) Monthly Meeting –January 11, 10:00am at the SGT Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center, 8620 South Pulaski (Lower Level). Continue reading →
From The National Women Veterans United, have a Happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year. Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) begins deciding Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 claims, Jan. 1, 2020, extending the presumption of herbicide exposure that include toxins such as Agent Orange, to Veterans who served in the offshore waters of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) and Office of Information and Technology (OIT) are working towards nationwide availability of virtual hearings for Veterans next year, allowing access using their mobile phone or laptop via the VA Video Connect app. Continue reading →
NWVU Is Doing It Again! Peer to Peer Support “Pre-Holiday Get Together” Creative Art Therapy & Spoken Word Poetry. SGT Simone A. Robinson Center. Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Continue reading →
Experience what it takes to do business with state and federal agencies as a veteran-owned business. Learn from some of the best in their fields as you leave not only feeling informed but empowered to take actionable steps to certification. … Continue reading →
Quilted blankets were placed in the National Women Veterans United (NWVU) SGT Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center meditation room. Twenty of her hand-knitted hats were given to homeless female Veterans at an NWVU stand down, and the remaining hand-knitted items will be provided, by the United Relief Foundation, to other Women Warriors in need. Continue reading →
