This is a public listing of submitted events & resources, maintained as a nonprofit project of NYC Veterans Alliance. Do you need resources or help during the COVID-19 emergency? See Veterans Mutual Aid - NYC Metro. We welcome you to request any help you may need, whether you'd like a fellow veteran to give you a call to check in, or you need food assistance or other help:
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 04:00 PM
OnlineHiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Entrepreneurship Webinar
Join Hiring Our Heroes for Military Spouse Entrepreneurship Webinar: Where do I Start? on March 16, 4-5pm (EST). Have you ever had an idea that you thought could be a great product? Have you ever thought about taking your skills and applying them to a business where you are the boss? Let’s talk about it! Learn from some experts on what happens next and how to take the first steps!
Register here.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 06:00 PM
OnlineBronx Vet Center Sergeant’s Time
The Bronx Vet Center is proud to bring back Sergeant’s Time: VA National Cemeteries and Memorial Products on March 16, 6-7pm (EST). These are monthly virtual presentations on a variety of topics of interest open to all combat eras, genders, and caregivers.
Register for the Webex here.
Once you register you will be provided a web link and password to access the live presentation via your computer, tablet, or smartphone. If you would prefer to join the presentation by phone, contact the organizer and a phone number will be provided to you.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 07:00 PM
OnlineBlue Star Families Book Club
Neighbor START (Serving, Thriving, and Reading Together) is coming to the New York area! It’s 100% virtual and appropriate for all adults—whether you’re military-connected or not. One evening per week for four weeks, the literary facilitator will captivate and engage you in moderated dialogue.
Begin each discussion on Zoom, spend a little time getting to know one another, and then dive into discussions of family, home, and other relatable topics. Blue Star Families will provide all the readings, and none are too long. They’ve even included poetry, which can be read in minutes and discussed for hours!
Register here for the session on March 16, 7-8:30pm (EST).
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:00 PM
OnlineCNAS Women Veteran Author Panel
In honor of Women's History Month, the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosts a virtual panel discussion featuring four women veteran authors on their writing, experiences, and perspectives on March 17, 12-1:30pm (EST).
The discussion will be moderated by Jeannette Gaudry Haynie. Jeannette is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation, a Marine Corps veteran, and an adjunct senior fellow in the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at CNAS.
Panelists:
- Pamela Brodman, an Air Force veteran who is pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She creates vivid stories that resonate with readers. Pamela is a contributor to the anthology Choices: A Collection of Questionable Decisions.
- Diane Carlson Evans served as a nurse in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and co-founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation. She is the author of Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C., published in 2020.
- Kelly Kennedy is the only American woman to have served first in combat and later as a civilian journalist covering the U.S. military. A freelance journalist and writer at The War Horse, Kennedy is the author of They Fought For Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit of Iraq and the co-author of Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines are Trained, with Kate Germano.
- Maggs Vibo is a war veteran, scholar, artist, and poet whose work has been featured poetry films, anthologies, podcasts, art exhibits, festivals, print, broadcast, and social media sites. Her work has been published in the anthologies Fevers of the Mind Press Presents the Poets of 2020 and My teeth don't chew on shrapnel: An anthology of poetry by military veterans.
Register here.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 06:30 PM
OnlineVirtual Financial Fitness Workshop
The White Plains Vet Center and Bronx Vet Center are happy to partner with the Westchester County Joseph P. Dwyer Vet2Vet Peer Support Project and Family Services of Westchester to provide a series of virtual Financial Fitness workshops. These are open to all veterans, spouses, and caregivers.
Check out Credit: Fact From Fiction (rescheduled from February 17) on March 17, 6:30-7:30pm (EST).
And stick around for Credit Report: Addressing Those Pesky Errors, Collections, & Zombie Debt 7:30-8:30pm (EST).
Join the Zoom meeting here.
Or join by phone: 929-205-6099
Meeting ID: 863 1919 4630
Passcode: 5693847872
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Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 01:00 PM
OnlineHiring Our Heroes Virtual Career Summit
Join Hiring Our Heroes for a Virtual Career Summit on March 18, 1-4pm (EST). This is a specialized event designed to educate, inform, inspire, and connect service members, veterans, military spouses and caregivers with military-ready employers.
Register here.
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Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 05:00 PM
OnlineIntrepid Virtual Astronomy Live
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum presents Virtual Astronomy Live: Recycling and Sustainability in Space on March 18, 5:30-7pm (EST). A pre-show will take place at 5pm with an interactive demonstration Water Works, from Intrepid Museum Educator Frantz Lucien.
This free event will explore the assembling the Recycling and Sustainability in Space with NASA Engineers, Tracie Prater and Michael Ewert.
The in-space manufacturing project at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is developing the materials and processes to enable on-demand manufacturing of spare components and recycling of materials on long duration space missions. The International Space Station (ISS) serves as a critical test bed for evaluating the operation of these manufacturing technologies in a crewed, microgravity environment. The project works with commercial companies to develop payloads and experiments for demonstration on ISS. The recycling and reuse element of ISM is focused on creating a sustainable recycling ecosystem for future human spaceflight endeavors.
The event is hosted and co-produced by John “Das” Galloway, founder of the Kerbal Space Academy, and moderated by Summer Ash, an astrophysicist, rocket scientist and freelance writer.
RSVP here.
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Friday, March 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM
OnlineVA Work-Study Program
Learn about the VA Work-Study Program during a virtual info session on March 19, 12-1pm (EST).
Find out how VA's veterans work-study program can help you earn money while you’re enrolled in a college, vocational school, or training program.Register here. Once your registration is confirmed, a form will be sent out to every participant that should be completed and returned before the event. -
Friday, March 19, 2021 at 06:00 PM
OnlineFSW Vet2Vet Animal Military Hero Bedtime Stories
Join Family Services of Westchester - Vet2Vet for a monthly Virtual Reading with Ruby the therapy dog on March 19, 6-7pm (EST). This months reading will be about Sgt. Stubby, the dog soldier.
Register here.
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 01:30 PM
Bogota Mini Golf in Bogota, NJMission Continues Newark #HerMission Mini Golf
Join The Mission Continues Newark Platoon for #HerMission Mini Golf Social on March 20, 1:30-4:30pm.
Enjoy Mini Golf and a dinner social to celebrate all of the accomplishments made as volunteers and especially to honor the women veterans and volunteers during Women’s History Month. Split into teams of four (as per COVID guidelines) and pair with members you don’t know to get to know one another while having fun. The Sports Cafe on-site specializes in Korean food.
Register here.