Finding Meaning in Afghanistan

Live panel discussion

By TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®

Date and time

Friday, August 20, 2021 · 9 - 10am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The true lessons of war are not in what our warriors died for but for what, and for whom, they lived.

~ Bonnie Carroll, President and Founder, TAPS

The last several weeks have been heartbreaking for the people of Afghanistan, the military men and women who served, their families, our nation, and the world. TAPS invites you to join us in a panel presentation, where you can hear personal accounts from military loss survivors, veterans, and veteran families on how the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is affecting them. News coverage of recent events has revealed shocking images, which may awaken the feelings of hurt, grief, depression, anxiety, anger, or confusion for those who have served in the Armed Forces and their loved ones.

Our panel will shed light on various perspectives of those powerfully impacted by the devastation in Afghanistan. It will explore how each of us can hold onto hope– how we can honor both the lives and service our loved ones gave to our great nation.

Panelists

Kelly McHugh-Stewart, Surviving Family Member of Loss in Afghanistan
Michelle Quinn, International Stability Operations Association
Colonel Abdul Hadi Barakzai, Defence/Military & Air Attaché, Embassy of Afghanistan
Koby Langley, Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces
Ryan Kules, Combat Stress Recovery Program, Wounded Warrior Project
Hannah Sinoway, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
Kathy Roth-Douquet, Blue Star Families
Ryan Manion, Travis Manion Foundation
Karen Guenther, America's Fund
Lauren Augustine, Student Veterans of America

Special Guest

Therese A. Rando, PhD, Founder and Clinical Director, The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss

Moderator

Bonnie Carroll, President and Founder, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

Have a question?

Contact the TAPS Institute via email at Institute@taps.org or call 800-959-8277.

Organized by

TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®

The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) offers compassionate care to all those grieving the loss of a military loved one. Since 1994, TAPS has provided comfort and hope 24/7 through a national peer support network and connection to grief resources, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones.

The TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is positioned to be the national and worldwide leader in training and education for bereavement professionals, bereaved individuals, and grieving military and civilian families. Through an alliance with the Hospice Foundation of America, the foremost leader in professional grief and loss education, the Institute will serve as a resource and training center, providing a hub for high-quality collaboration between professionals working in the field of grief and loss.