The War Within: Can the Soldier Be at Peace? on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
"The War Within: Can the Soldier Be at Peace?" was the theme of Gustavus Adolphus College's 35th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference, to be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
Panelists: David Wentzel, Veterans Constituent Advocate, Office of Congressman Tim Walz; Major General Larry Shellito, Commissioner, MN Department of Veterans Affairs; Luke Weinandt, Assistant Veterans Service Officer for Faribault County; Brad Aune, Veterans Employment Team, Job Service North Dakota; Ed Cox, Veterans in Agriculture, Iowa
Psychological/Spiritual ~ Heritage Room, Jackson Campus Center
Moderator: Chaplain Brian Konkol, MAYDAY! Committee
Panelists: Colonel Erik Feig, Command Chaplain, 88th Reserve Support Command, Fort McCoy, WI; Stacey Feig, Director of Psychological Health, 88th Reserve Command; Mariah Rooney O’Brien, Teacher, Warriors at Ease and CHANGE STEP Group Facilitator, Domestic Abuse Project, Minneapolis; Mohammad Zafar, Community Psychologist and Life Coach for Returning Veterans, Minneapolis
Families ~ The Dive, Johnson Student Union
Moderator: Professor Deane Curtin, MAYDAY! Committee
Panelists: Annette Kuyper, Director of Military Outreach for the State of Minnesota; Ali Gibbs, Veteran, Community volunteer, and writer on topics of family life and being a military family; Amber Greeley, former Director, Operation Military Kids and Minnesota State 4-H Military Liaison; Jennifer Rath, Military Spouse
3:30 p.m.
Closing Reception, Alumni Hall
Display Wall—featuring photographs of the Veteran Vision Project by photographer Devin Mitchell, C. Charles Jackson Campus Center, Upper Level