Stacy L. Bannerman, M.S.
WHEN THE WAR CAME HOME: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind
Born and raised in North Dakota, Stacy has been deeply engaged in the non-profit and education arenas for two decades, and is the author of When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind. (Continuum Publishing, March 2006). As a founding Advisory Board member of Military Families Speak Out, she is the only anti-war activist to testify before three Congressional committees. Stacy has met with over 80 Senators and Congressmen, calling for an end to the war while advocating for veteran and family benefits and improved post-combat mental health care. Stacy was the driving force behind the National Military Family Leave Act of 2009, and the push to create the country’s first-ever Military Family Advisory Council in Oregon. The founder and director of The Sanctuary for Veterans and Families, she is the creator of the Sanctuary Weekend™ for Women Veterans, and for Wives of Combat Veterans. Stacy was also the founding Executive Director of Sanctuary One. She acted as Executive Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach Center, and was awarded one of the nation’s first settlements for a case of racial discrimination against a white person.
Stacy received her M.S., Magna Cum Laude, from Minnesota State University, and a B.A. in International Relations with research in Biotechnology. She attended the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute’s Center for Visionary Leadership, and completed Doctoral work at Wisdom University. She has served as adjunct faculty at various colleges and universities, and published a complete CDROM curriculum. A previous member of the Spokane Human Rights Commission, she created and hosted Value Added: We’re Talking About What Really Matters, a talk radio program on KSBN AM 1230. Stacy has conducted over 500 multimedia interviews, including Deborah Norville on MSNBC, FOX News, Hardball with Chris Matthews, the Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, Air America Radio, The Connection on PBS/NOW, and a feature story in the Washington Post, (“Choose Your Battle,” May 29, 2006.) She was the spokesperson in a thirty-second Election ’04 television ad sponsored by Texans for Truth.
Stacy was awarded the Patriotic Employer and the Above & Beyond Award from the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, and the multimedia human rights campaign spots that she created and co-produced were nominated for an Addy Award. She is profiled in the book, Compassionate Rebels (2002). She has written articles for The African-American Voice, Common Dreams, Diversity Magazine, Edge Life, The Institute for Policy Study’s Foreign Policy In Focus, Kent Reporter, The Progressive, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Woman, Tacoma News Tribune, Women’s Media Center, and many others. A powerful speaker on the war in Iraq, military families and veterans, women’s issues, race, gender & prejudice, soulforce and social activism, and the intersections between America’s domestic and foreign policies, Stacy doesn’t just have a message; she is the message.
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