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Five Years Strong in 2017

by Mary Judd, Co-founder and Board Member | Oct 28, 2017 | Uncategorized

350+ songs 400+ veterans, active-duty, and military family members Five Years Strong in 2017 Building community and resiliency through song! October 2012 Three songwriters, a specialist in positive psychology, a handful of volunteers and ten soldiers gathered for...

A Story of Hope and Community

by Mary Judd, Co-founder and Board Member | Aug 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

Ramona was tired. She had been struggling lately. Her therapist encouraged her to attend the SongwritingWith:Soldiers retreat for all female veterans near Fort Hood in May. She reluctantly agreed, but had little hope of it making any difference. On Day Two Ramona sat...

Songwriting as Life Spark

by Mary Judd, Co-founder and Board Member | Apr 29, 2017 | Uncategorized

“The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination.” Emily Dickinson For our veterans, it is sometimes difficult to describe how they feel immediately after writing a song. They have unexpectedly connected with someone they didn’t know and then created something...

One Songwriter. Countless Connections.

by Mary Judd, Co-founder and Board Member | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized

At SongwritingWith:Soldiers, we talk a lot about the impact that collaborative songwriting has on our veterans and the far reaching “ripple effect” of their songs. One thing we don’t talk a lot about is the impact of our program on the professional songwriters. Many...

Building Human Bridges – In Memory

by Mary Judd, Co-founder and Board Member | Jan 11, 2015 | Uncategorized

I write this piece in honor of Ana Rouse-Chatman and Adan Olid, two Veterans who wrote songs with us at the November 2014 retreat in New York, and who recently passed away. Our hearts go out to their families. The songs written by Ana and Adan live on as beautiful...
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