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In November 2011 CPF staff members Daniel Baker and Shawn T. Storer traveled to Durham, North Carolina to participate in an event entitled "After the Yellow Ribbon." This video was prepared for that gathering by Pilar Timpane (visit:http://vimeo.com/pilartimpane) This is the Description from the After the Yellow Ribbon site: Part of an interview series with Duke University Divinity School faculty looking at the hidden wounds of war and the Church's resources that can help those in recovery. Created for the After the Yellow Ribbon event: Veterans today commit suicide at the highest rate in our nation's history, have startling rates of prescription drug and alcohol abuse, and are often thought of as "damaged goods." Our society must accept the responsibility of acknowledging and confronting the moral fragmentation that our service members suffer as a result of their experiences in war. After the Yellow Ribbon at Duke Divinity School is an opportunity for the ecclesial, academic, and martial communities in particular to listen to and learn from those who endure the burden of doing violence in our name. We invite practitioners of all disciplines, from music and the arts to theology and mental health, to respond to the challenge presented by the plight of soldiers and veterans in our midst. We want to work together to improve our efforts at prevention and reconstitution, and overcome this tragic epidemic. After the Yellow Ribbon is designed to stimulate conversation between the church, military and academic communities so that all might approach service members and veterans as human beings, and more fully understand and heal the unseen wounds of war (including PTSD and moral injury). For more information visit: divinity.duke.edu/after-the-yellow-ribbon (This video is intended for educational purposes only) - - - Catholic Peace Fellowship: https://www.facebook.com/Catholic.Peace.Fellowship http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org Guided by a personalist philosophy, the Catholic Peace Fellowship works for peace before, during, and after war through education, counseling, advocacy, and accompaniment. The Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) offers practical and pastoral support to military and veterans who are struggling with the contradiction between their personal participation in war and their consciences. The CPF provides: -Counseling, advocacy, and support for conscientious objectors and selective conscientious objectors to war -Catholic resources for conscience formation in regard to questions about war and peace for families, teachers, parishes, and campus ministers in and through web and print media, talks, lesson plans, and workshops -Staff prepared to address what modern clinicians, philosophers and theologians call "moral injury" and what St. Augustine called "anguish of soul" or "heartfelt grief" -Spiritual direction, guidance and accompaniment for military, former military, and their families through our David's Heart ministry -Information on upcoming retreat opportunities, listening circles, pilgrimages and other resources for those returned from combat and their families in the Midwest and beyond -Experienced staff and advisors who have worked to advocate for justice for and aid in healing of those who have been in the military and their families, as well as for reparations for and outreach to victims of war in lands ravaged by combat