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Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War

ChildServ, Children’s Home + Aid, Adler School of Psychology and the Elgin District NIC of the United Methodist Church present “Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War”. Learn how your faith community can better serve your military and veteran families, as they recover from more than a decade of war. Discover ways you can bring awareness to the veteran’s needs and resources. 

Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock. Dr. Brock is a research professor in Theology and Culture. She is also the founding co-director of Faith Voices for the Common Good. This organization is concerned with educating the public about the concerns of religious leaders. She is the Founding Co-Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School. Her latest book is titled Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War, co-authored with Gabriella Lettini. 

ChildServ's mission is to help Chicagoland's at-risk children and their families build, achieve and sustain better lives. Founded in 1894, ChildServ reaches 2,700 children and families each year in Cook, Lake, DuPage and Kane counties through foster care and adoption, group homes, child care, early childhood education and parenting support enhanced by healthy lifestyle information and college / career readiness support. Learn more at www.childserv.org.






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