A Chat About Veteran Poverty and Homelessness with Mary Jane Nealon
- S2E46
- 54:51
- May 28th 2023
On this episode of Veteran Et Cetera, key questions are asked: How can veterans become poor? How can veterans end up homeless? Mike Kim and Mary Jane Nealon have spent decades working with the poor and homeless. The problems tied to veterans and others are not tied to morality but tied to the loss of communal bonds. Mary Jane Nealon is a published author and poet. She has over 45 years of healthcare nursing experience. She has been tied to veterans for years and is the daughter of a decorated WWII Veteran.
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Veteran Et Cetera
Veteran Et Cetera is a podcast meant for those interested in understanding veteran lives from its distinct culture of the warrior at Home. Confused by media misrepresentations of Veterans? Are you asking yourself where the veteran's voice was after the war? This podcast explores the many narratives/counter-narratives of veteran and military life to better understand veterans and their lived experiences. Because there isn't a Veteran Civilian Divide, just lack of awareness of veteran culture. Host, Mike Kim, has been researching the "veteran readjustment culture" in and out of uniform since the early 90s as a war vet, ex-monk, seasoned war trauma therapist, and writer. Each week Mike will share his contemplations on unfolding issues, events, media production, Et Cetera tied to veteran lives. Additionally, Mike will feature intriguing veterans and civilians tied to daily life and outlier expressions of veterans.
Meet the Host
Mike Kim is a psychoanalyst, ex-monk, combat veteran and retired US Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center site director/lead war trauma readjustment counselor with more than 20,000 clinical hours in facilitating war trauma therapy. He has helped veterans, active/reserve military personnel and their families since the early 1990’s. Mike began his military service in 1986 and he has intermittently served in the U.S. military through 2009.
Mike is a graduate of Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont, Yale University, and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. He is passionate about his research in war trauma/readjustment and veteran/military culture from an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach at Teachers College, Columbia University as a doctoral candidate. Google “Mike Kim Veteran” to learn more about war and veteran culture.