Please join the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs for the 2022 Women Veterans Symposium. This two-day event aims to empower Nebraska's Women Veterans through networking, education, special activities, and listening sessions.

Presenters and Topics

• Keynote Speaker: Denise Rohan, Past National Commander of The American Legion (and first woman to be elected to the top position of The American Legion)
• Nebraska/Western Iowa Women Veterans
• Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration
• Women Veterans Program Manager for Nebraska/Western Iowa VA Healthcare System
• Homeless Veteran Coordinator
• Vet Center
• Veterans Service Organizations: VFW and American Legion
• Education/Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
• Interpersonal (Domestic) Violence
• Peer Support
• Suicide/Crisis Prevention
• Military Sexual Trauma and PTSD
• What's new with women veterans' health?
• Panel discussion: "Celebrating Who I Was and Who I've Become"

Special Activities

• Screening of Lioness
• Journaling exercise with Warrior Writers
• Interviews for Library of Congress Veterans History Project
• Art exercise with New Century Art Guild and Uniting Us
• Women veteran art exhibit

Click here to download our event flyer.

Meals will be provided as part of the event.