This conference, the first of its kind, will explore newly emerging VA research on moral injury and examine effective strategies, theologies and practices in religious communities that can help veterans heal from moral injury and support their families.

Friday's keynote lecture will be given by Dr. Shira Maguen, clinician at San Francisco VA Medical Center and clinical professor at UCSF in the Department of Psychiatry.  A panel of veterans speaking will include Camilo Mejia and Tyler Boudreau and be moderated by Rev. Herman Keizer, U.S. Army Colonel (ret.).  Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Imam Ustadh Abdullah ben Hamid Ali, and Rev. Lizette Larson-Miller will be among the religious leaders presenting faith-based resources to assist in healing moral injury.  On Saturday the keynote speaker will be Rev. Kent Drescher, Ph.D., who has 18 years of clinical experience in treating military veterans, and is co-author of "An Exploration of the Viability and Usefulness of the Construct of Moral Injury in War Veterans."  

The conference, to be held in Berkeley, begins Friday at 12Noon and concludes Saturday at 5pm.  

Click here to download a pdf schedule with more details.

To register ($50 for both days; $20 for commissioners, veterans and their families) go to https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=3791 and complete the form.

Hosted by the Graduate Theological Union and First Congregational Church of Berkeley, the event is cosponsored by Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice.

The mission of the Truth Commission on Conscience in War is to honor and protect freedom of conscience for our nation's service members.