Honoring Veterans From the Office of Charles D. Sharp, Black Emergency Managers Association
November 11, 2021
POSTED COURTESY OF WRIGHT ENTERPRISES SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT~~~
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Like those in your neighborhood that you grew up in that have been stuck in time, many veterans may be stuck in a period of time when we served or some trauma after service, and are encountering moments of some clarity and much frustration in adjusting to civilian life after major conflicts, wars, and peace when discharged or retired.
Many are suffering and recovering with lack of housing, medication, financial hardship, physical and mental health complications that takes a toll.
Many avoid the ‘red tape’ of the system and by choice avoid any structured system in their recovery to stay off the grid.
“l’ll take my chances on the street.”
Help a veteran, help others in your community in recovery experiencing the endpoint, homelessness.
CDS
Chair\CEO BEMA International
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We took care of each when we served, and it continued as we grew outside of our military service. Then to now.
We got the job done.
CDS
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2003. Bottom: A member of the their community
Top left to right: Rodney (Rod) Walker, Willie (Nick) Johnson, Charles (Chuck) Sharp
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Charles D. Sharp
Chair\CEO
Black Emergency Managers Association International
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Cornell University Climate Fellow
Deputy Chair, Global Health Security Agenda Consortium
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Washington, D.C. 20020
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bEMA International
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Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and Partnering (C5&P)
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