Free – A Conversation on Combat Trauma: Documentary Screening and Q&A

“A Conversation On Combat Trauma” – Sunday, May 26, 2024, 1 pm PDT – Hosted by NCWNP District JACL (Northern California Western Nevada Pacific District of the JACL), with the assistance of District Governor Carol Kawase, sponsors this event to honor the sacrifices of our Nisei Veterans, all U.S. military veterans, and active service members. Today’s curated program is to help impart the importance of storytelling and the need to pass on Veterans’ stories to others. Given that May is Mental Health Awareness Month it seems this year’s theme “A Conversation on Combat Trauma” is a particularly timely topic.

Please register by May 24, 2024 HERE.

The film is important not only for veterans to see, but for the families of those who serve since that sacrifice is shared. Hopefully, families will get a glimpse into the complexities of the journey home.

The program includes a screening of the poignant documentary, The Volunteer, directed by David Brodie, an Emmy-awarded and Oscar-nominated editor. Guests presenters are Hubert Yoshida a Vietnam Veteran who served as a U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Commander from 1965-1966 near Chu Lai in the central part of Vietnam with 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, and LaShelle Natsuko Burch, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Suicide Prevention Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator serving within the VA Palo Alto Healthcare catchment.  Oral Historian, author, and documentary filmmaker, Robert M. Horsting will serve as the moderator.