HomeFront Strong and our partners hold workshops, seminars, meals, performances, and more—all in line with enhancing resilience and preventing suicide. Both online and in-person, we have workshops and host events for military and veteran families geared towards community building, opportunities for strengthening connections, accessing resources, and learning about trauma & resilience. We also provide workshops for first responders, health care professionals, social workers, therapists, teachers, and others to help them learn about trauma and how to help those who are dealing with it.

JOURNEY OF THE MILITARY FAMILY

JOURNEY OF THE MILITARY FAMILY

This is a three-part series of workshops designed to capture the challenges, strengths, and resiliency of the military family. If you know what it is to live a military lifestyle, you will benefit from the conversations, information, and activities specifically designed to guide military families along their unique journey. This series consists of three workshops focused on:

1. Overcoming Stress and Trauma

2. Healing Moral Injury

3. Conflict and Resolution in the Military Family

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BATTLE MIND

BATTLEMIND Resilience Training, the US Army’s mental health resilience training system, is a structured approach describing the impact of the deployment cycle on service members, the changes caused by military training and immersion in a combat setting, and the cultural challenges in the transition home. This training provides participants with the ability to understand many of the moods, behaviors, and actions of returning service members while also providing medical personnel with a deeper awareness of the implications for providing appropriate medical care for service members and their families.

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MORAL INJURY: HEALING SOUL WOUNDS

Moral Injury: Healing Soul Wounds, is designed to orient participants in the civilian community to the concept of moral injury as it relates to therapeutic and spiritual intervention. In this workshop, the definition of moral injury is explored through spiritual and social lenses while distinguishing it from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Workshop attendees gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of moral injury on veterans and their families in addition to empirically based strategies for mitigating this impact in both a clinical and community setting.

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QUILTS OF VALOR

“The Mission of the Quilts of Valor® Foundation is to cover Service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.” At the Brookfield, we have had the pleasure of honoring local veterans with these handmade quilts.

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VIETNAM VETERANS PINNING CEREMONIES

The Brookfield Institute is proud to honor the military service and sacrifice of local Vietnam Veterans through our Vietnam Veterans Pinning Ceremonies.

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VETERANS BREAKFAST

To honor our service members and veterans, the Brookfield Institute hosts an annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast around Veterans Day.