Vets Town Hall

Working in partnership with author Sebastian Junger and USMC veteran Jon Turner to steward and expand the national Vets Town Hall initiative.

At a Vets Town Hall, veterans are invited to stand before their community and speak about what their service means to them. Non-veterans are encouraged to attend and listen, with the goal of increasing understanding between local veterans and the community at large.

I worked with Sebastian Junger and graphic designer Adrian Kinloch to develop vetstownhall.org, building a national directory of events and a resource hub for organizers. I now serve as the primary administrator for the initiative, managing the website, supporting organizers, coordinating programming, and leading fundraising efforts to sustain and grow the project.

Continuing to work closely with the board and a network of organizers, I help guide the ongoing development and expansion of Vets Town Hall as a national network of community-based events featuring veterans’ voices.

The first Vets Town Hall of this kind in NYC took place in November 2021. It was hosted by Mark Otto, with an introduction by Sebastian Junger, and was presented by Vets Town Halls in partnership with GORUCK, the United War Veterans Council, and NYC Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza.