This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. We are working with the Legislature to ensure that this is a permanent recognition day in Michigan. Stay tuned for the celebration announcement, our team is working on a fun event for the whole family to honor women veterans and their service.
This year’s Women Veterans Conference will be held Oct. 19-22 at the beautiful UAW Black Lake Conference Center in Onaway! Please save the date — conference details, including registration information, will be released soon.
If you would like to be put on an email list to get up to date information, please email hoovere2@michigan.gov
Request For Proposals -- please submit by July 31 at 5 p.m.
Women veterans from across Michigan gathered in downtown Lansing for two days in June 2022 to learn about advocacy and resources, create new connections and share their testimonies. The first-ever MVAA Women Veterans Conference successfully brought together nearly 150 women veterans from all walks of life with a goal of raising awareness of their contributions and sacrifices and improving women veteran services. The historic conference reinforced the MVAA’s goal of serving all veterans, including underserved and underrepresented veteran populations. It also highlighted the MVAA’s highly successful She is A Veteran (SIAV) campaign, through which six women veterans tell their powerful stories of life during and after military service.
See a few photos here
She is a Veteran is a women veteran's outreach campaign designed to:
The campaign consists of 6 women veterans who represent the diverse backgrounds of Michigan veterans. These women share their stories hoping that their personal journeys will resonate with all individuals and can encourage military women to speak up and proudly identify with their veteran status.
We encourage you to share these stories.
The VA Bystander Intervention Training for Veterans will help you know what you can do if you witness sexual harassment or assault. Spend 30 minutes in this online training now to learn how to recognize a hostile situation, how to respond to it, and how to get help.
1-800-MICH-VET to be connected to resources or the Women Veterans Coordinator
Women Veterans Call Center- Monday through Friday 8am to 10 pm EST. A trained VA woman staff member will answer the call and assess the veteran or family members' needs.
Both call and chat are anonymous
