Sign up for 'PTSD vs. Moral Injury - Unmasking the Truth' June 19
Support Over Stigma is hosting "PTSD vs. Moral Injury - Unmasking the Truth" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in the outdoor pavilion at Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Sign up at www.supportoverstigma.org.
The program will talk about the almost two dozen veterans a day who take their life due to PTSD, moral injury and critical incident stress. It also will feature veteran-owned businesses and businesses that have veteran programming.
The keynote speakers will include James H. Mukoyama Jr. of Glenview, a retired U.S. Army major general; Chappy Ferrer, 82nd Airborne, U.S. Army; and Zoeie Kriener, founder and CEO of Support Over Stigma.
Mukoyama retired from the Army in May 1995, after more than 30 years of total active and reserve component service, including two combat tours.
During his five years on active duty, he served as a platoon leader in the Demilitarized Zone in the Republic of Korea and as an infantry company commander in the 9th Division in Vietnam. He was the youngest General Officer in the entire United States Army in 1987, and subsequently the youngest Major General three years later. In 1989, he became the first Asian American in the history of the U.S. to command an Army division.
Ferrer is the founder of Stand-by-me Heroes, a chaplain and license minister, and a member of American Legion, Rolling Thunder, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Visit www.supportoverstigma.org.
For information on this Geneva-based nonprofit offering PTSD help for active duty military, veterans, first responders, and their families, call (630) 492-0308 or email info@supportoverstigma.org.