Two Black Ravens Foundation

Two Black Ravens Foundation The premier nonprofit (501c3) Art Program for wounded injured and ill service members and veterans.

What trauma are you still holding onto?Art changes perspective. Healing doesn’t always start with talking. Sometimes, i...
05/26/2026

What trauma are you still holding onto?

Art changes perspective. Healing doesn’t always start with talking. Sometimes, it starts with getting a new perspective and finally seeing yourself differently.

Two Black Ravens Foundation

📷: Adam - Founder

You never truly die until your name is spoken or remembered for the very last time. This is why we celebrate Memorial D...
05/25/2026

You never truly die until your name is spoken or remembered for the very last time. This is why we celebrate Memorial Day.

TACP/CCT/SCOUT-SNIPER/TOTUS

This year, my brother and his wife did not buy me a gift. They created an experience.We drove to Huntsville because they...
04/27/2026

This year, my brother and his wife did not buy me a gift. They created an experience.

We drove to Huntsville because they bought us tickets to join them to see CAKE live for my birthday.

This was my first concert, a band that has been part of my life for thirty years.

When I was 15 and he was 5, I introduced him to their music. We would just drive around and listen to them in the car. Now our kids enjoy CAKE, too. That is legacy... the kind you can't manufacture.

The night was nothing short of phenomenal, but what stayed with me went even deeper than the music.

Music has always been a form of art that builds community without asking permission. You stand in a crowd of strangers, and suddenly, you are not strangers anymore. You are sharing something. That is exactly what art does for the veterans we serve at Two Black Ravens Foundation. We create space where words fail and connection fills the gap.

This nonprofit exists on the understanding that all art gives veterans the ability to process trauma on their own terms. A path to find their way back to themselves and to their family. That mission is deeply personal. Standing in that crowd, fully present, not overwhelmed, not scanning for threats, I recognized something I do not always stop to measure... my own progress.

There was a time when an environment like that would have been too much; but not anymore.

We do not create art programs for veterans because it sounds good. We do it because art gives structure to chaos as well as meaning to unprocessed emotions.

This experience reminded me why our mission is so vital. And listening to John McCrea all night engaging the crowd, creating community among strangers, reinforced my drive to keep helping others.

For that, I am incredibly grateful.

It's also nice that my brother knows I love whiskey and bought me a bottle of Blanton's as well, because apparently, CAKE and whiskey are my love languages.

Last year, we had the privilege of showcasing REDACTED's work alongside my own. REDACTED was introduced to us through a ...
04/17/2026

Last year, we had the privilege of showcasing REDACTED's work alongside my own. REDACTED was introduced to us through a fellow veteran, a military buddy of mine, and that connection has meant a great deal to us. As it happened, when I traveled to Saint Louis last week for business, REDACTED was also going to be in town for an art event.

REDACTED is an art activist, and their work is intentionally provocative; it's meant to challenge, not comfort.

Choosing to display their work along with my own ultimately led to our removal from hosting First Friday Art Walks at the Gillioz on The Third Floor. But we stand by that decision without hesitation.

At Two Black Ravens Foundation, art isn't decoration. It's a tool, it's how we process the thoughts and emotions that trauma leaves behind, the things that are too heavy or too complicated to put into words.

Veteran su***de is a very real crisis, and it demands real conversations, not polished ones, not comfortable ones, but honest ones. If we can't sit with art that makes us uncomfortable, how will we ever confront the epidemic that is taking our veterans' lives?

Discomfort is not the enemy. Silence is. We have no interest in curating an echo chamber of safe, pretty images that say nothing and challenge no one. That's not art, and it's certainly not healing.

At Two Black Ravens Foundation, we believe photography does more than make beautiful, high-end images. It teaches patien...
03/15/2026

At Two Black Ravens Foundation, we believe photography does more than make beautiful, high-end images. It teaches patience, observation, emotional awareness, and how to see the world, as well as the people in it, just a little deeper.

But we also believe something else... if you're going to use photography to change lives, you better be exceptional at the craft.

That commitment to top-tier photography is what sets us apart. We don’t just hand someone a camera and call it therapy. We teach the discipline of light, timing, storytelling, and technical mastery.

Because, when veterans learn to create images that truly move people, they don’t just find healing they find pride, purpose, and a voice that carries far beyond the frame.

My lens that captured my niece and her teammates chasing their dreams is the same lens I use to help veterans process their experiences, reconnect with family, and tell stories the world needs to see.

Here is our public letter calling out gaps in the VA–DOJ MOU. Next in our to-do list, we’re taking it to Congress and t...
03/13/2026

Here is our public letter calling out gaps in the VA–DOJ MOU. Next in our to-do list, we’re taking it to Congress and the Senate. Veterans deserve accountability, not bureaucracy.

Some stories live in posture and breath.Last week, Two Black Ravens Foundation photographed a ballet instructor (Haley) ...
03/01/2026

Some stories live in posture and breath.

Last week, Two Black Ravens Foundation photographed a ballet instructor (Haley) whose life is built on discipline, grace, and quiet strength. A woman who has spent decades teaching others how to rise.

Ballet is repetition. It is falling and standing back up. It is alignment over perfection....sound familiar?

Through the lens, we saw resilience.

We saw the same courage we witness in veterans rebuilding their footing after trauma. Different path. Same demand for balance. Same need for breath.

Her presence was steady and kind. Strength does not always have to roar. Sometimes it holds position and waits for the music.

At Two Black Ravens Foundation, we believe healing is not confined to a single discipline.

Art heals. Movement restores. Story matters.

This is our position. Additionally, we submitted an OP-ED to the New York Times and have drafted two memos for the House...
02/18/2026

This is our position. Additionally, we submitted an OP-ED to the New York Times and have drafted two memos for the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs.

To put this in no uncertain terms, if this issue is not addressed, there is a significant risk that over time it will negatively affect military recruitment, retention, and overall readiness; potentially creating broader national security concerns within the next five years.

Leadership Isn’t For SpectatorsYou want to call yourself a leader?You want to cheer from the sidelines?You want to repos...
02/13/2026

Leadership Isn’t For Spectators

You want to call yourself a leader?
You want to cheer from the sidelines?
You want to repost and quote CEOs you’ve never met?
You want to share the viral movement run by strangers?

None of that is leadership.

That’s comfort wrapped within the blanket of convenience and self proclamation. Because real leadership is ugly, it’s lonely, and it asks for more than applause or trending support.

When someone you know steps up and starts the company, launches the nonprofit, or takes the risk... they are stepping into the fight, carrying the weight of success, failure, and responsibility (simultaneously); while everyone else watches.

Ask yourself:
Do I stay quiet when I could share?
Do I avoid investing because I fear they’ll fail?
Do I avoid showing up because it’s not trending?

Here’s the hard truth:
Watching someone else lead, especially someone close to you, forces questions you may not want to face...
Do I hesitate to show up because their courage exposes my own inaction?
Am I measuring their potential through the lens of my own limitations?
Do I stay quiet to avoid being accountable for cheering, or failing, alongside them?

Leaders don’t wait for permission. They don’t wait for comfort. They don’t wait for approval. They see a problem, develop a solution, and good or bad they act decisively.

Patton said it best: “Lead, follow, or get out of my way.” That’s the standard, and the reality.

When the person you know rises, excuses vanish.
When they win, the mirror doesn’t lie... You are forced to look at your reflection and ask:

“Why was I too scared or indecisive to support?”

The question isn’t, “Will they succeed?”
The question is, “Were you there when they carried it alone?”


Some challenges are about miles.Operation SISU is about lives. When you purchase a ticket, you’re not just signing up fo...
02/03/2026

Some challenges are about miles.
Operation SISU is about lives.

When you purchase a ticket, you’re not just signing up for a fitness challenge; you’re joining a support system built to show up when things get heavy. You’ll fundraise, log miles, build a team you can rely on, and help ensure veterans and service members don’t fight their hardest battles alone.

Earn new running shoes, grab mission-driven swag, compete for most miles logged and funds raised, and most importantly, be part of something that actually saves lives.

Be the reason a family gets another day with their veteran. Be the reason someone doesn’t walk alone.

Get your ticket. Register. Lead with SISU.
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Nixa, MO
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