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(event) Exit Wounds: Combat Trauma and Trials of Homecoming Start: 11:00 am End: 11:59 am Exit Wounds: Combat Trauma and Trials of Homecoming Photos of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans by Jim Lommasson. Over two thousand photos by the soldiers taken while in country, including interviews and writing by the soldiers. New American Art Union October 17 to November 30, 2008 Reception: Friday, October 17, 6-9. 922 SE Ankeny Street Portland, OR 97214 Thursday - Sunday, Noon - 6PM + By appointment. The Myth of Return Photographer Jim Lommasson will present a series of photographs and interviews with American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The soldiers speak the truth about war, their participation, and the effects on themselves and those caught in the crossfire. This exhibit examines and raises questions about a generation of soldiers largely invisible to the American public. The stories are profound and timeless. Returning soldiers have always had to process the real and transformative traumas of battle while integrating into a new civilian culture that lacks the clarity, meaning, and sense of ‘mission’ that war can provide. But how will these returning ‘silent warriors’ shape the social fabric into which they must now incorporate? With bodies and minds completely attuned to the violence and exigencies of war, what is the psychic space these young veterans inhabit after their tours? What happens when battle-bred virtues, such as a heroic disregard for one’s life and pain, become a liability or even contemptible in their new home? Exit Wounds looks at some of the trials of reintegration for this generation of invisible warriors and asks whether they do in fact get to ‘come home.’ More info about the exhibit. (event) Armistice Day Commemoration Start: 11:00 am End: 11:30 am One the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month All Oregonians are welcome and encouraged to join in a gathering for Peace with Veterans for Peace chapter 72, Tuesday, November 11th, at the South Park Blocks between SW Columbia and Jefferson in Portland, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, to share in stories, observations, and solemn observance to honor sacrifices of the World's veterans and the innocent victims of war by embracing the goal of Peace for all the Peoples of the World. In the center of the block between Columbia and Jefferson is a very different sculpture, also installed in 1984. In Peace Chant, comprised of three large granite pillars, Steve Gillman wished to express his own advocacy for peace as well as that of the nearby churches. In May 1985 the Portland City Council named this block Peace Plaza The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words: ...Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations... An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday - - a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Date: Tuesday, November 11 Time: 11:00 AM Place: The Peace Plaza at the South Park blocks, between SW Columbia and Jefferson (event) [Repeat]Pioneer Courthouse Square Vigil for Peace Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:00 pm Every Wednesday. Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Broadway and Morrison. Organization: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Contact: (503) 595-5390 Website: http://portland.wilpf.org/ (event) Voices of Veterans: A Welcome Home Ceremony Start: 6:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Voices of Veterans: A Welcome Home Ceremony For veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other wars First Unitarian Church ~ Portland, OR On Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11th at the First Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon, Mosaic Multicultural Foundation presents a public gathering that brings together veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and community members in a ceremony of honoring, healing, and welcoming home. Such a welcoming involves a community conversation that moves beyond politics and goes deeper than the rhetoric of war; it requires courage and is too-often avoided. It begins with tragedy and loss, the aftermath of any war, and requires the language of poetry and story as well as the dignity of ceremony. Voices of Veterans: A Welcome Home Ceremony allows citizens to become compassionate witnesses and agents in the healing that can happen when the burdens of war becomes shared by the larger community. As one veteran writes in a poem: "Can we create a village as strong as a war?" The Welcome Home Ceremony will draw upon intensive work with veterans that begins in a five day retreat that focuses upon healing from the effects of combat and dealing with the post-traumatic stresses that follow exposure to modern warfare. The retreat will be facilitated by Michael Meade, a Vietnam era veteran, noted mythologist, author, and storyteller, along with veterans from other wars and experts in the field of trauma recovery. Tuesday, November 11th ~ 6:00 pm Doors open at 5:30 pm First Unitarian Church 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR EVERYONE WELCOME ~ DONATION SUGGESTED For reservations to the event, call 1-800-233-6984 or go to www.mosaicvoices.org To arrange interviews with Michael Meade, veterans from past retreats, or for more information please contact Peter Fedofsky at Mosaic Multicultural Foundation 206-935-3665 or email info@mosaicvoices.org.

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