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WOMEN VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
...she also served!
 

star graphicThe Women Veterans Advisory Committee is currently accepting resumes for 4 volunteer board positions. We are seeking active members who are ready to further the mission and goals of the committee. The committee meets 4-5 times per year. Please send resume and cover letter to LisaN@dva.wa.gov.

WA State Women Veterans Summit a Success!

I’d like to send a huge Thank You to each of the 373 woman veterans and active duty military personnel who attended our Women Veterans Summit on September 12!  Your participation demonstrates the need for additional awareness and attention to the unique issues facing the women who wore (or are wearing) the uniform.  I would also like to commend our Women Veterans Advisory Committee for their work in making this a first class event.

We gathered these mothers, sisters, grandmothers and friends together, along with 78 exhibitors and service providers to talk about issues ranging from VA benefits, to health care, to personal finance and how to start a business.  Our youngest participant was 23 years old who is currently serving our country, and our oldest was a an 84 year old WWII veteran, one of the women that paved the way not only for women in the military but also women in the workforce.

What made the day for many attendees was the Governor’s keynote address, which was referred to by one veteran as the ‘icing on the cake’! 

With women making up 15% of our military personnel today, we at the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs want to be sure our veterans know they can turn to us for help.  If you know a veteran who needs help, please let me know how we can reach them either by sending an
e-mail or calling 1-800-562-2308.

Lourdes "Alfie" Alvarado-Ramos

 

 


 

 
 
 
 

Military Women
Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom. That our resolve was just as great as the brave men who stood among us. And with victory our hearts were just as full and beat just as fast - that the tears fell just as hard - For those we left behind."

Army Nurse WWII 


MISSION AND GOALS
The mission of the WDVA Women Veterans Advisory Committee shall be to ensure that Washington's women veterans have equitable access to federal and state veterans' services and benefits.The goals are to:

The program shall provide assistance to women who served in the United States Armed Forces or in forces incorporated as part of the United States Armed Forces, and who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
WVAC Committee Member Biographies


Contact:
Liza Narciso
360-725-2157
Lisan@dva.wa.gov


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