UPCOMING EVENTS
How to Pee Standing Up and Other Tips for Women in Combat with Iraq War Vet Laura Naylor Colbert
VBC Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 27 @ 7PM ET
There’s a steep learning curve for every American soldier who deploys to the Middle East war zone. And when that soldier is female and an MP, the curve gets bent way out of shape. Laura Colbert was heartland-bred and tough enough when the Army sent her to Baghdad, but she quickly discovered soldiering in Iraq involved a lot more than she expected. How to establish her military cop cred? How to deal with chauvinistic soldiers? How to deal with Iraqis–men who disrespected her and women who initially distrusted her? How much military law applied in a lawless land? Laura managed it and survived, but the learning curve just bent in another direction when she came home from war suffering with stress and anxiety that eventually bloomed into Post-Traumatic Stress. Sponsored by D&D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health. Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Wednesday, June 29, 8:30am: Christ Church at Grove Farm (249 Duff Rd, Sewickley, PA 15143) $12 per person.
To RSVP, call: 412-623-9029 or email betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org with the breakfast location you’re attending. Please make sure to RSVP for events at least two days in advance. We understand that your schedule can change quickly, but advance notice of attendance always helps us and our venues prepare the program. Thank you!
VBC Private Matinee followed by discussion with former fighter pilots and carrier crews!
Date: Saturday, July 2 @ 1pm
Location: Phoenix Theatres, Chartiers Valley Shopping Center (1025 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017)
Price: $8pp (pay now by credit card or cash at the door)
RSVP: 412-623-9029 or betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org
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The mission of the Veterans Breakfast Club is to create communities of listening around veterans and their stories to ensure that this living history will never be forgotten. We believe that through our work, people will be connected, educated, healed, and inspired.
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Preserving veterans’ stories so that this living history is never forgotten.
We pair passionate VBC volunteers with military veterans for one-on-one oral history interviews over Zoom. If you are a veteran, or you know a veteran, who would be interested in sharing his or her story with us, let us know. If you are someone interested in conducting these interviews, please reach out!
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