Beyond the Welcome Home
To date there have been over 2 million men and women serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan, and out of that number almost 1.26 million are within the Millennial Generation.
In April 2010, Mobilize.org convened 100 Millennial veterans in Los Angeles, California to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced when returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Participants identified 13 topics as key issues facing their community and selected five veteran-led projects to receive Democracy 2.0 Awards:
AthenaBridge
Green Jobs Small Business Incubator
Team Rubicon
Comprehensive Benefits for Student Veterans
Warriors in Service
View the Beyond the Welcome Home Summit Report.
A special thank you to our partners who made Beyond the Welcome Home a success – ServiceNation: Mission Serve, MTV, the McCormick Foundation, the Goldhirsh Foundation, the Case Foundation, the Home Depot Foundation, Bank of America, the IoMe Challenge and USO.
Watch the MTVu special on Beyond the Welcome Home featuring our Democracy 2.0 Awardees:
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