PROJECT COHORT PARTNERS Project Rebirth | Outward Bound for Veterans | Sierra Club Mission Outdoors | Georgetown University Project Rebirth films have proven to be powerful educational and resilience tools in the Military and Veteran communities. The intimate and unscripted interviews and personal moments of the nine participant’s span eight years following the loss they suffered on 9/11. Veterans viewing these journeys of recovery from mental and physical injury are more open to discussing and better understanding their own physical, psychological and emotional challenges, includingreintegration into the civilian world represented by the film participants. Project Rebirth’s films have been used successfully as part of numerous Veteran service organization programs across the country. Outward Bound for Veterans helps thousands of returning service members and recent Veterans readjust to life at home through powerful wilderness courses that draw on the healing benefit of teamwork and challenge through use of the natural world. Probably more important was my realization that they could have spent two years of weekly individual psychotherapy, and not reaped the therapeutic benefits of being on the ocean for 6 days as part of a team with a common objective (Dr. Sharon Wills, Veterans Florida Keys Sailing) is testimony to how Project Cohort will leverage the effects of an Outward Bound for Veterans course. Sierra Club Military Outdoors ensures that service members, Veterans, and their families have the skills, exposure, knowledge, and confidence to access the great outdoors. Many Veterans experience difficulty adjusting to civilian life after leaving the service. Time spent outdoors eases the transition and improves both mental health and social skills. Providing service members, Veterans, and their families with quality outdoor experiences will help foster the development of a new generation of Sierra Club leaders and supporters from within the military and Veteran community, including family members who will work to actively achieve the Sierra Clubs mission and become outdoor leaders in their communities. Georgetown University has worked closely with Project Rebirth since early 2002. With numerous GU alums as past and present Project Rebirth Board Members (including GU President John J DeGioia) Project Rebirth’s links to GU are deep and durable. Project Rebirth Director of Research, Dr. David Scheinfeld, who is conducting his postdoctoral research and clinical practice at the VA’s VISN 17 Centers of Excellence, will work with the Georgetown Community Research Group headed by GU Psychology Professor Dr. Jennifer Woolard, who has been collaborating with Project Rebirth for over seven years. Georgetown will serve as the academic home for the research component of Project Cohort and Georgetown students will participate in data collection and analysis. To purchase tickets for the Project Cohort launch ceremony please click on the following link: https://app.etapestry/onlineforms/ProjectRebirth/ProjectCohortRegistration.html To make a general donation or become a sponsor for the Project Cohort launch ceremony: https://app.etapestry/onlineforms/ProjectRebirth/DonateProjectCohort.html
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