Connie Edwards between CVO Treasurer and Past Chair Bruce Parry and CVO Chair Willie Mack receiving long over-due recognition of her extraordinary service to CVO.
Connie Edwards between CVO Treasurer and Past Chair Bruce Parry and CVO Chair Willie Mack receiving long over-due recognition of her extraordinary service to CVO. The plaque reads:
“To Col. (Ret.) Dr. Constance L. Edwards, Ph.D.
In recognition of her outstanding service to the Coalition of Veterans Organizations: for serving continuously as the Recording Secretary and member of the CVO Executive Committee from 2007 to 2019, for Chairing the Veterans Affairs Committee, and for making an outstanding contribution to the growth and development of the Coalition for over a decade; for her contribution to the veterans movement as a whole by serving veterans – particularly women veterans – and other veterans organizations, and in recognition of her distinguished 30 years of military service in the U.S. Army – including a tour in Vietnam – capped by attaining the rank of Colonel while earning a Doctorate in Nursing which she used to be of service to others.
Given this 20th day of November 2019
signed: Chairman: Willie Mack, Ph.D and Past Chairman: Bruce E. Parry, Ph.D.”
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- A meeting picture of the January 20th CVO meeting at Jesse Brown VA. Pictured: Seated: Michael Wallace, Larry Nazimek CVO Vice-Chair, Willie Mack CVO Chair, Ginny Narsete of Operation HerStory. Standing (L to R): Abundio Zaragoza of the Mexican American Veterans Association, Carlos Luna of Green Card Veterans, Bruce Parry CVO Treasurer, Miguel Perez, Louis Shaw, Connie Edwards CVO Director, Steve Nelson of Veterans for Peace and Russ Hopkins CVO Director.
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- A meeting picture of the January 20th CVO meeting at Jesse Brown VA. Pictured: Seated: Ernest Kelley, Larry Nazimek CVO Vice-Chair, Willie Mack CVO Chair, Ginny Narsete of Operation HerStory. Standing (L to R): Commander Frank Thompson CVO Director and American Legion Div III Commander, Michael Wallace of VeTechUS, Abundio Zaragoza of the Mexican American Veterans Association, Carlos Luna of Green Card Veterans, Bruce Parry CVO Treasurer, Miguel Perez, Louis Shaw, Connie Edwards CVO Director, Steve Nelson of Veterans for Peace and Russ Hopkins CVO Director.
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- Bruce Parry presents the plaque to Connie Edwards at the January CVO Meeting while CVO Chair Willie Mack looks on.
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- Bruce Parry reads the citation to Connie Edwards in the award ceremony for her at the January CVO Meeting while CVO Chair Willie Mack looks on.
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- Connie Edwards between CVO Treasurer and Past Chair Bruce Parry and CVO Chair Willie Mack receiving long over-due recognition of her extraordinary service to CVO.
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- Carlos Luna and Miguel Perez of the Green Card Veterans and CVO. Miguel, a combat veteran who served in Iraq, was deported to Mexico due to a criminal record although he had served honorably and lived in the U.S. since he was 8 years old. CVO made a donation to support his struggle to return to the U.S. and organized the veterans part of a Poor People’s Campaign action in Springfield, IL where Miguel’s parents addressed the crowd and called for his return. The Governor of California pardoned Miguel and he was able to return to this country and has become a naturalized citizen.
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- The CVO meeting in session at Jesse Brown VA on January 20, 2020.