Veteran Advocacy Project

This Friday: Free legal clinic and open house hosted by our partners at the Community Healthcare Network (CHN) South Bronx, 975 Westchester Ave. See flyer for additional details

VAP lost a dear friend, Herzl Eisenstadt; an incredible veteran who continuously gave back to others, he represented veterans in upgrade applications and was a respected statesman at VAP. His friend Bill Beecher generously donated to VAP in his honor and the support will go toward assisting veterans in their review boards cases. Please take a look and add to the fund if you can: https://vap.urbanjustice.org/herzl

The Veteran Advocacy Project stands with trans servicemembers. The Supreme Court’s ruling this week is extremely disappointing and is a step backwards for our country. In addition to denying Americans equal rights and respect, the decision ignores the fact that the chiefs of every branch of service have stated on the record that trans servicemembers pose no issues for unit cohesion and do not diminish or hinder the armed forces in any way. Indeed, many of those individuals ...bring highly valued skills to their units. Now, instead, the president’s policy blocks talented, able Americans from enlisting at a time when less than 1 percent of the country is volunteering to sacrifice and serve. VAP is confident this procedural ruling will not lead to a permanent ban. Though it may take time, justice will prevail. We will continue to advocate for all veterans, fighting for equal rights both at the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Please support our work assisting veterans and their families by preventing evictions, getting vets access to health care, appealing VA denials and overpayments, upgrading discharges, & more! Every penny goes toward representing vets! https://vap.urbanjustice.org/civicrm/contribute/transact

VA Sec Wilkie rescinds 2010 agreement with unions: unions can no longer use collective bargaining rights when it comes to professional conduct and patient care by VA providers https://t.co/2p1e8dXa1E

Retweeted National Guard (@USNationalGuard): REMINDER: You have until Dec. 31, 2018 to make the military retirement choice that’s right for you. Ensure you take the time to seriously consider your options, chat with someone you trust about finances and visit: https://t.co/92fmkYaCQs.

Check out Jericho Project‘s new housing for veterans in NYC https://t.co/U0EMD8LVNm We’re proud to be partnered with such a great organization! @JerichoProject1

Retweeted Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes): BREAKING: The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump has been postponed to 2019. https://t.co/cAzm2O9wUn

Retweeted NYT At War (@NYTimesAtWar): "By not publishing photographs of our war dead, it seems to me we fail our soldiers by denying what it is we ask them to do and to risk when we send them to fight." https://t.co/fEfC6clQnL

Retweeted The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012): Special Forces Soldier Dies After Roadside Bomb Attack in Afghanistan https://t.co/npjT7DSty4

Review: On the Ground in Afghanistan and Iraq @cjchivers looks at the gut-wrenching violence and confusion of war history from the ground up, not from the top down, precisely what Washington elites miss. https://t.co/8Fjr7PXsRB