Minority Veterans of America

Minority Veterans of America Minority Veterans of America (MVA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to create belonging and advance equity for underrepresented veterans.

Minority Veterans of America (MVA) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that was designed to create belonging and advance equity for underrepresented veterans, including women, people of color, LGBTQ, and religious minorities. MVA aims to transform the narrative of the American veteran by building an interconnected community, fostering greater understanding of our memberships’ identities, an

d serving minority veterans through the development of targeted programming and advocacy. MVA was founded in 2017 by Lindsay Church and Katherine Pratt. Church and Pratt first began their work in 2014 through the Husky United Military Veterans where they built a Diversity Committee that celebrated the underrepresented groups within the student veteran community at the University of Washington. MVA and its members are an intersectional movement of minority veterans and allies that represent the needs and spectrum of experiences of the minority veteran community, and have become a collective voice that is bigger, stronger, and more capable of fighting for change. We advocate equity, respect, and justice for all minority veterans. Your community is waiting...

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08/18/2026

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This workshop centers women veterans and the providers who support them through counterstory, challenging dominant representations of gender, service, and care. We encourage providers and allies to attend to share their own stories, disrupt stereotypes, and learn more about the challenges veterans face in claiming and sharing their narratives.

Participants will:
- Write a counterstory narrative disrupting stereotypes
- Develop a focused personal narrative on gender, service, or caregiving
- Identify shared tensions and strengths across roles

Facilitated by: Jacqlyn Cope, Collateral Journal

Designed for: Community Providers, Community Members, Employers, Educators, and Students

Registration is free and open to all: https://mvatrainingreclaimingthenarrative.eventbrite.com

This program receives funding from King County VSHSL.

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​🕔 5PM-7PM​📍​ Duwamish Longhouse🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.comJoin us in Seattle a...
08/17/2026

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​

🕔 5PM-7PM​

📍​ Duwamish Longhouse

🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.com

Join us in Seattle as we listen to and honor the stories of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous Veterans!

Misty Louie is an Apsaalooke and Ktunaxa Air Force combat Veteran.
Her mother is Angela Louie (Tate), and her parents were Rosemary Dawes Hill and Elmo Tate Jr. Misty’s father is Nasukin M. Jason Louie, and he was raised by his father Robert Louie Sr. and aunt Christine Louie.

Misty Louie’s family is from the Apsaalooke Nation of current day southeast Montana and the Ktunaxa Nation of southeast British Columbia. She has many grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings and friends to thank for her upbringing.

Louie served overseas in Operation New Dawn in Baghdad, Iraq 2011. She is a member of the Apsaalooke Nation Lady Warrior and Ktunaxa Crazy Dog societies.

An alum of Seattle University's College of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and a registered nurse, she works in her indigenous community as a nurse care manager in community health.

Learn More: https://minorityvets.org/ourstoriestour/



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📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​🕔 5PM-7PM​📍​ Duwamish Longhouse🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.comJoin us in Seattle a...
08/17/2026

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​

🕔 5PM-7PM​

📍​ Duwamish Longhouse

🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.com

Join us in Seattle as we listen to and honor the stories of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous Veterans!

Grace Perez, Nooksack and Mexican Indian, has dedicated over 20 years to community service. Since joining Google in 2018, she served as a Global Leader for Google Aboriginal and Indigenous Network (GAIN) - Google’s Indigenous employee resource group (ERG) for years.

In 2024, she earned Google’s ERG Impact Award and a Webby Award for her contribution to launching Google Search’s Indigenous Owned Attribute. In 2018-2025, she spearheaded Google-wide initiatives to amplify Indigenous voices, increase Indigenous visibility, and improve digital literacy within Indigenous communities through campaigns, writing articles, and leading workshops, keynotes (e.g., Edmonds College), fireside chats (e.g., Lily Gladstone, Chef Crystal Wahpepeh), and panel discussions (e.g., NCAI), and launching YouTubes first ever Indigenous Creator Collective . In 2025, she was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement award issued by President Biden, building a stronger nation through voluntary service.

Beyond Google, Grace serves on the Board of Directors for New Mexico Community Capital, a nonprofit empowering Indigenous communities toward economic sovereignty. She is also a Board Member for the University of Washington’s Women Entrepreneurial Leadership master’s program, which champions women in entrepreneurship, leadership, investment, and innovation. And this year she joined the board for the Lindy Waters III foundation, continuing her efforts in advocating for young people.

A U.S. Air Force veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Grace holds an M.S. in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. Since 2003, she has contributed to various causes.

Learn More: https://minorityvets.org/ourstoriestour/



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📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​🕔 5PM-7PM​📍​ Duwamish Longhouse🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.comJoin us in Seattle a...
08/13/2026

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​

🕔 5PM-7PM​

📍​ Duwamish Longhouse

🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.com

Join us in Seattle as we listen to and honor the stories of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous Veterans!

Joseph Perez is an Indigenous (Nooksack Tribe) and Latino veteran, actor, and law student. He served for more than a decade in the U.S. Army as an Infantry Officer, leading Soldiers both in the United States and overseas. During his military career, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and later served in Europe and South Korea. Those experiences shaped his understanding of leadership, sacrifice, and the lifelong impact military service has on veterans and their families.

After transitioning from active duty, Joseph pursued higher education, earning an MBA and a doctorate before continuing on to law school. He is now completing his final year of law school while building a career as an actor, where he hopes to increase authentic representation of veterans and Indigenous communities on screen.

As someone who has navigated multiple identities—as a veteran, Indigenous and Latino man, first-generation professional, and creative—he believes our stories have the power to build understanding and connection. Too often, minority veterans are underrepresented in conversations about military service, leadership, and life after the uniform. Joseph wants to help change that.

Learn More: https://minorityvets.org/ourstoriestour/



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This workshop is open to all, but geared toward service providers and veterans who want to respond to the present moment...
08/13/2026

This workshop is open to all, but geared toward service providers and veterans who want to respond to the present moment and the changes we are facing. Participants will look at Erasure Poems as a form of resistance, and will think about the ways documents, speeches, and silences can be repurposed to share messages of hope, of transformation, and of advocacy.

Participants will:
- Review writing and poetry as sites of resistance
- Start crafting their own erasure poetry
- Have opportunities to use their voice and learn a new writing style

Facilitated by: Enrique Gautier, Poet

Designed for: Community Providers, Community Members, Employers, Educators, and Students

Registration is free and open to all: https://mvatrainingpoemsasresistance.eventbrite.com

This program receives funding from King County VSHSL.

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​🕔 5PM-7PM​📍​ Duwamish Longhouse🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.comJoin us in Seattle a...
08/13/2026

📆 Saturday, August 29, 2026​

🕔 5PM-7PM​

📍​ Duwamish Longhouse

🎫​ https://OSOTtourSeattle.eventbrite.com

Join us in Seattle as we listen to and honor the stories of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous Veterans!

Jack Murillo is a Latinx-Indigenous activist, Veteran and award-nominated artist of Nahua, Otomí, and Cree-Métis descent, who trained at The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.

His work encompasses independent film, television, and commercials, as well as video games and streaming platforms. His production company, Kynetic Films LLC, has produced documentaries, commercial content, and short films.

Jack’s mission is to create authentic and truthful narratives that engage audiences in introspective reflections on their humanity. He remains steadfast in his commitment to advocating for the representation of his people, both in media and globally. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife.

Learn More: https://minorityvets.org/ourstoriestour/



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This workshop centers women veterans and the providers who support them through counterstory, challenging dominant repre...
08/12/2026

This workshop centers women veterans and the providers who support them through counterstory, challenging dominant representations of gender, service, and care. We encourage providers and allies to attend to share their own stories, disrupt stereotypes, and learn more about the challenges veterans face in claiming and sharing their narratives.

Participants will:
- Write a counterstory narrative disrupting stereotypes
- Develop a focused personal narrative on gender, service, or caregiving
- Identify shared tensions and strengths across roles

Facilitated by: Jacqlyn Cope, Collateral Journal

Designed for: Community Providers, Community Members, Employers, Educators, and Students

Registration is free and open to all: https://mvatrainingreclaimingthenarrative.eventbrite.com

This program receives funding from King County VSHSL.

We're a Case Manager in Seattle, WA! Our Case Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive case management servi...
08/11/2026

We're a Case Manager in Seattle, WA!

Our Case Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive case management services to veterans participating in our Transitional Housing Program (Q’mmunity House) while also supporting veteran services offered through the Minority Vets Community Center (MVCC) financial assistance program.

This position combines direct client support, resource navigation, and administrative responsibilities to help veterans achieve housing stability, financial security, and long-term self-sufficiency.

If this sounds like a good fit for you or someone you know, apply and share!

Start your application: https://tr.ee/MVACaseManagementApp2026

Today, on Purple Heart Day, we honor the immense sacrifices of those wounded or killed in combat. At Minority Veterans o...
08/07/2026

Today, on Purple Heart Day, we honor the immense sacrifices of those wounded or killed in combat. At Minority Veterans of America, we hold space for the marginalized service members whose heroism shines despite facing systemic injustices.

Meet Private First Class William K. Nakamura.

Before he became a national hero, he was a kid from Seattle. He walked the halls of Garfield High School and the vibrant streets of Japantown. But in 1942, Nakamura’s life in the Pacific Northwest was abruptly upended when his family was forcibly removed from their home and sent to the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho.

Even in the face of this profound injustice, Nakamura volunteered to serve, joining the famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

On July 4, 1944, during a fierce firefight in Italy, Nakamura single-handedly charged and pinned down an enemy machine-gun nest, allowing his platoon to retreat to safety. He made the ultimate sacrifice that day, giving his life to save his brothers in arms.

For his extraordinary valor, he was awarded the Purple Heart and eventually the Medal of Honor. If you walk through downtown Seattle today, you will see his name scrawled on the U.S. Courthouse, a permanent reminder of a hometown hero who gave everything.

Our history is built on the resilience and unyielding courage of minority veterans like William Nakamura. Today, we remember him and honor his legacy.

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