Women Vets ROCK! Veterans Day Rally & Town Hall Celebration
Featuring “The Success of Military Women In Public Leadership”
WASHINGTON, DC (November 3, 2015) – On Veterans Day, November 11, 2015 the Women Veterans ROCK! Advocacy Campaign will stand among America’s leading military women and pay tribute to America’s women veterans during its Veterans Day Rally at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
The Women Veterans ROCK! Veterans Day Rally was specially created to celebrate all women veterans, Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, military spouses and military families. Over the last six years, advocacy campaign has served more than 7,500 military women and their families by providing them with access to health resources, community service organizations, and career and professional development for military families transitioning from military service back into civilian life.
As it celebrates the sixth year of its 10-year commission, the Women Veterans ROCK! Advocacy Campaign is increasing social awareness of the accomplishments and challenges America’s military women face in their post-military lives by hosting a Town Hall discussion dedicated to, “The Success of Military Women in Public Leadership.”
“The Women of Women Veterans ROCK stand proud and tall as we work together to transform our spirit of military service into a spirit of civic and community leadership in our nation’s capital and throughout the country,” said Deborah Harmon-Pugh, National Campaign Chair of Women Veterans ROCK! “Women Veterans ROCK is proud to serve as a catalyst centered at the very core of a new and emerging community of Post-9/11 military women in public leadership.”
Captain Demetria Elosiebo, the first female African-American pilot in D.C. Army National Guard history, at Fort Belvoir. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
During the Veterans Day Rally, the Women Veterans Community will also recognize Captain Demetria Elosiebo with the 2016 Woman Veteran Honoree of The Year Award. This award is in recognition of Captain Elosiebo’s eight years of dedicated military service to America as well as her personal and professional accomplishments as the first African American female pilot in the history of the District of Columbia Army National Guard.
The Women Veterans ROCK! Veterans Day Rally & Town Hall Celebration features Mistress of Ceremonies Angel Livas, Keynote Speaker Mary Cheh of Washington, D.C. City Council (Ward 3), Town Hall Panelists US Army Major Natasha Sunday Clarke, retired US Army Lt. Colonel Joyce Henderson, US Army Combat Veteran Julia Torres, retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel Mary Gould and NJ Air National Guard Commander Jennifer Bell.
The Veterans Day Rally & Town Hall will be held in The George Washington University Media & Public Policy Building’s Jack Morton Auditorium from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required. Veterans and their families can call (215) 836-4262 for more information or register online at WomenVetsRock.org.
About Women Veterans ROCK!
“Women Veterans ROCK!” is a Coalition of Women Veteran Organizations and Women Advocacy Organizations Supporting Women Veterans & Military Families. Women Veterans ROCK! Advocacy Campaign is sponsored by The Healthy Caregiver Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Visit www.WomenVetsRock.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Women Veterans ROCK! Public Affairs
Email: Info@womenvetsrock.org
Office: (215) 836-4262
