WHAT: In observance of Women Veterans Recognition Day, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) will host three events Friday, June 12 at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center and Chattanooga VA Clinic. The events are free and designed to honor and celebrate the contributions and sacrifices of women Veterans. The resource fair, hosted by the TVHS Women Veterans Program, will feature opening remarks from TVHS leadership and offer a range of offerings dedicated exclusively to

John Robinson loses sleep over missed phone calls. As Patient Advocate at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, he fields hundreds of calls from veterans who are frustrated, angry, lost in a system that’s supposed to serve them. When he tells someone he’ll call them back by the end of the day and doesn’t make it, it eats at him. The next morning, the first thing he does is call them back and apologize. Most veterans tell him: John, I know I’m not the only one you’re dealing

This publication has never been about me. What follows is. THE EXPECTATION I thought the work would be enough. I thought when the pitches went out, people would respond. That’s not arrogance. That’s the logic of good work. You build something real, you send it to the right people, and the right people recognize it. That’s how it’s supposed to go. I’ve put months of my life into these stories. Stories where we’ve cried in the interview and there was no need to apologize for it