Defending Your Voice: Teaching Soldiers How to Tell Their Stories

Author Shawn Wong discusses what he has learned from teaching veterans at Joint Base Lewis-McChord how to construct the stories of their lives in writing. Explore how communities and soldiers might learn to share, hear and understand the stories of our veterans. Participate in a conversation about how veterans’ stories can give us insight into the traumas of war.

Free event sponsored by Friends of Steilacoom Library and Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.