Virtual Coffee Connection DC Metro & Surrounding Area Meet & Greet in the New Year
Come join the Virtual Coffee Connection DC Metro & Surrounding Area Meet & Greet in the New Year to meet new people and socialize in a covid-safe manner!
Lady Veterans-Connecting over Coffee
Join the Lady Veterans virtually for a coffee and conversation. Check-in with other female veterans and support each other during these challenging times! It is also free.
CREATE Center Art Therapy
CREATE's licensed art therapists provide confidential and safe space for healing and personal growth using art techniques such as painting, drawing, sculpting ceramics, and mixed media, to cope with life's challenge. The therapists of CREATE work with children, teens, and adults living with physical and mental health challenges ranging from depression, anxiety, autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, grief, loss, or trauma.
CBAW Virtual Workshops on Creative and Comedy Writing
Calling all writers! The Steven A. Cohen Military Family at Easterseals have monthly creative workshops for military and veteran families!
Free Online Creative Workshops with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Pandemic got you down? This Fall Shakespeare class will lighten your spirits with the characters and clowns of classic theatre. Learn the art of the punch line, comedic rhythm, physical gags, and more funny business. Participants will use these techniques while presenting their own comic pieces each week.
TAPS Peer Mentor Virtual Training
TAPS Peer Mentors are the foundation of our mission. If you're 18 months beyond your loss and are ready to be a companion in another's grief journey, consider becoming a peer mentor. The virtual training is conducted through Zoom, a video conferencing tool where you will participate in a live discussion with TAPS staff and other survivors taking the training. This forum allows you to learn in the comfort of your own home and choose from multiple dates that suit your schedule. You need to have a reliable Internet connection, a webcam, and a microphone on your computer, and be comfortable using technology.
Preventing Suicide Among Military and Veterans
There is an upcoming FREE webinar training for suicide prevention among the military and veterans! Great for those working with the military or veterans. This event is open to any AmericaServes Network user in the Mid-Atlantic Region (ServingTogether in the National Capital Region, Mission United of South Hampton Roads, RI Serves, and PA Serves of Greater Pittsburgh, VetConnect NYC | NYC Veterans)
Village Connector Experience
Join this program created by the JCGF to engage older adults in our community impacted by COVID-19 social isolation. The Village Connector Experience with our Volunteer Call Ambassadors will decrease the feeling of isolation and assist older adults with abilities to navigate and explore helpful community resources for their daily life use.
Native American Heritage Month: Celebration of All Veterans
Join an amazing panel of speakers to discover the customs and ways in which our country's indigenous people celebrate military veterans. Commemorate Native American Heritage Month by learning how veterans are celebrated at pow wows through the United States, the first-ever pow wow in Iraq, and other ceremonial customs.
Workhouse Military in the Arts Initiative Veterans Open Studio
WMAI provides free, weekly Open Studio opportunities that are exclusive to the military community for veterans to explore their creativity through structured and open-ended art experiences such as painting, sculpture, and drawing. Open Studio occurs every Saturday from 12-3 PM in Warrior Way Art Studio in Building W-16.