Jennifer Rivera
MessagePass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act to ban the barbaric butchering of American horses
by Animals
Despite that over 80% of Americans are strongly opposed to horse slaughter, the trade in horse meat continues to operate in the shadows. Many states – including Texas, California and Illinois – have banned domestic slaughterhouses, yet their laws do not extend past their borders or prevent
How many women are on active duty in the U.S. armed forces?
More women are on active duty in the military that any other point in U.S. history. Incredibly, of the over 2 million women that have served since the Revolutionary War, 1.9 million are current living veterans. We’re in an entirely new era of women at war. And it’s not just in numbers. Women’s
Demand that the VA improve the wait-time for mental health evaluations
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) claims it tries to to complete full mental health evaluations within 14 days of an initial screening; a recent review shows the contrary. The Department’s Inspector General discovered a misrepresentation of scheduling information in the V.A.’s computer
Spread awareness about the high veteran unemployment rate
Eric Smith spent his military career as a specialized Navy Corpsman and was responsible for a 20+ bed intensive care unit. Yet when he left the Navy, Eric struggled to find work as a Certified Nursing Assistant because civilian employers were not able to translate his military experience into an
Demand Congress investigates sexual assaults at Lackland Air Force Base
by Protect Our Defenders Foundation
The mission of our military is to protect the American way of life and our freedoms, yet this very mission is compromised by leadership that allows, perpetrates and condones sexual assault on the very members of our military. The Department of Defense estimates that over 19,000 such incidents