Reading Program Seeks to Help Veterans with Transition to Civilian Life
(DNAINFO) February 15, 2016 The free series begins at St. John’s University next week.
Beginning next week, veterans and their families will get a chance to participate in a free reading and discussion series that seeks to help them overcome numerous challenges that they face while making a transition to civilian life, the organizers said.
The program — “Serving: Standing Down” — will be held at the St. John’s University Writing Center thanks to a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities.
Sheeba Varkey, a Doctoral Fellow in the English Department at St. John’s, who will lead the program, said a large number of veterans study at the university, but vets who are not affiliated with St. John’s are also welcome to participate.