PITTSFIELD, Mass. – City of Pittsfield’s Veteran’s Services Director, Rosanne Frieri, will be in attendance on the USS Massachusetts in Fall River March 27 & 28 celebrating Woman’s History month. The theme of the two-day conference is stories from the female perspective of military service with a focus on health topics for veterans.
The two day event is hosted by the U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial Committee Inc., and the YWCAs of Greater Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, President of Women in Military Service to America of Washington, D.C. will give the keynote address, highlighting women’s contributions in history. “It’s honor to attend the Female Faces of War Conference, I am deeply humbled by being chosen,” said Rosanne Frieri.
The “Women Protecting US” exhibit will be unveiled with a ribbon cutting reception on Friday at 6:30 pm. The film “Lioness” will be shown on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon with discussions lead by the film maker, Daria Sommers. Saturday program speakers include Ilona Meagher, author of “Moving a Nation to Care: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & America's returning Troops,” Sue Lynch from There and Back Again Yoga, Judy Barrett Litoff, PhD, from Bryant University and Cheryl Baxa Ph.D. of the Natick Soldier Center.
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