Suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reaching epidemic proportions. More than 6,000 veterans took their lives in 2005 alone, according to a study by CBS News. By some estimates, veterans are attempting suicide 1,000 times a month. Marine Corporal James Jenkins of New Jersey was one of these unsung casualties of war. A decorated veteran of the Iraq invasion and the Battle of Najaf, he took his own life after serving 22 months overseas.…
Suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reaching epidemic proportions. More than 6,000 veterans took their lives in 2005 alone, according to a study by CBS News. By some estimates, veterans are attempting suicide 1,000 times a month. Marine Corporal James Jenkins of New Jersey was one of these unsung casualties of war. A decorated veteran of the Iraq invasion and the Battle of Najaf, he took his own life after serving 22 months overseas.…
A short micro documentary I recently helped create for Nomadsland. Shot on the Canon 7d by a colleague Rufus Lusk. NomadsLand partnered with The Conservation Fund, Dell and Travelocity to launch a micro-documentary and video campaign to plant 10,000 trees by Earth Day.
Travel with Founder Matt Mitro, Senior VP Ben Stone, and the remarkable women of Rwanda as they discuss the empowering approach of Indego Africa, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise devoted to helping artisans lift themselves out of poverty. Indego Africa - which stands for Independence, Development, and Governance - partners with cooperatives of world-class artisans in Rwanda, composed entirely of women, and sells their fair trade handicrafts…
More than a million people flooded into Washington from all over the world to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. I followed one group of passengers on their 700-mile bus journey from Fort Valley, GA. - a trip that brought together both young and old in a quest to witness history firsthand.
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