Social Platform for Women Veterans Celebrates One Year Anniversary of Connection and Support

February 3, 2021

BASALT, Colo. - The Military Sisterhood Initiative (MSI) will celebrate the one year anniversary of its digital relaunch on February 15, 2021. A program of the national Veteran nonprofit, Challenge America, MSI is a one-of-a-kind program that helps women Veterans connect to the one cohort they trust: other women Veterans. MSI is a national peer support network of women veterans, active and retired, who hail from all 50 states and 18 countries, and every era of service dating to the Korean War.

MSI offers women Veterans a safe space to connect with one another, find and share valuable resources, and discover new tools to assist in their transition to civilian life.

One MSI member describes the network, “I think the fact that female Veterans are a sparse population that is quickly growing is the purpose of this site. Many of us have been isolated so long because camaraderie is far and few between female Veterans. We have unique experiences that are not always relatable to our male counterparts, and these networking opportunities are an attempt to bridge that so we hopefully don't feel so alone anymore.”

As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, MSI is uniquely poised to support women Veterans during this trying time. For many Veterans, the pandemic has triggered a heightened sense of social isolation, which, if left unchecked, can lead to deteriorations in their physical and emotional wellbeing. To help women Veterans cope with this stress, the team behind MSI has added several valuable features and tools to the platform.

Among the features and tools is a collaborative resource library that allows MSI members to add and discover services that promise to enhance their resilience. An engaging Sisterhood Diary offers members the opportunity to share their stories and spark empowering conversations. The newest offering is the MSI Hangout, which offers more than 4,600 MSI members the opportunity to connect for a group chat to discuss the issues that matter to them.

“The Military Sisterhood Initiative is growing at a rapid speed,” says Dallas Blaney, Executive Director of Challenge America. “As we take a moment to reflect on the thousands of new connections made among our MSI members, we invite other women Veterans to join MSI and reconnect with their military sisters.”

MSI is free for its members. To learn more, please visit the program website at militarysisterhoodintiative.org.

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About the author:
Based in Basalt, Colorado, Challenge America is a national nonprofit with the mission to connect service members, veterans, and their families to resources and solutions that build community and give purpose to their lives. An outgrowth of Challenge Aspen, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that has provided possibilities for people with disabilities since 1995. Responding to the increasing number of wounded and injured service men and women, Challenge Aspen launched a number of veteran-specific programs. As these programs developed, research revealed the lack of coordination of resources and information between organizations serving the military across the country, making it difficult for service members and their families to locate the services needed for a successful transition from battlefield to homefront. Recognizing that gap and the need for coordination of resources and information on both a national and community level, the idea of "challenging America" to find ways to connect the military and their families with the resources needed to establish a "new normal" life was born. Visit www.challengeamerica.com for more information.

Web site:
www.militarysisterhoodinitiative.org

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