Telling Our Stories
IVAW Members are speaking out about their experiences in the military. They are shedding light on the stigma around mental health care, the economic factors that motivated their enlistment and the questionable methods of waging war in our current era.
LA Chapter President Cameron White spoke about the economic drivers compelling our foreign policy, the usage of drones, and questionable practices at Guantanamo Bay with 'The Young Turks' recently. "We have suspended habeas corpus for those that aren't U.S. citizens...our country is by and large numb to that...we need to reevaluate that values system and how we treat people that aren't U.S. citizens whether they are combatants or not" said the former Marine.