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Veterans Day Follow-up – Native Veterans & Servicemembers: Advocacy Opportunities for Healing and Housing
Monday, November 18, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join the Veterans Law Practicum (VLP) the week after Veterans Day for an informative presentation on Native veterans’ rights!
The Berkeley Law community is warmly invited to virtually join VLP for a presentation on benefits available to and challenges faced by Native veterans. VLP presenters will be joined by the California Lawyers Association Litigation Section Chair and virtual viewers will include California attorneys. American Indian and Alaska Natives serve in the military at five times the national average. Yet they face significant and unique barriers accessing earned benefits. VLP student presenters will provide background on American Indian and Alaska Natives’ service in the military. They will also demystify under-recognized benefits and rights, focusing on: Native servicemembers’ First Amendment right to sacramental peyote use while serving; a home loan program specifically for Native veterans; and military diversion and tribal Healing to Wellness Courts for Native veterans.
Zoom join information: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/94468406683?pwd=LbWcXUlIWNM8uekW0YOgRJrpqgbeIg.1
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