Writing to Bear Witness: A Grass Roots Healing Movement by Melissa Whitworth

Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Jul 2019 RSS

Writing to Bear Witness: A Grass Roots Healing Movement by Melissa Whitworth

Abstract

During the post 9/11 period, veteran writing programs—led by grassroots movements such as Warrior Writers and the Combat Paper Project—have proliferated across the US. Clinical and anecdotal evidence shows writing is an effective means to address the trauma of warfare; focusing on the unnatural experience of combat, PTSD and moral injury. Most importantly, the writing… Continue reading Writing to Bear Witness: A Grass Roots Healing Movement by Melissa Whitworth

Journal: Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published: 2019-07-06
Topics: writing program administration multilingual writers

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