Alumni news: Ron Capps Speaks at Johns Hopkins

Come listen to jmww contributor Ron Capps (author of “Yellow“), Anne Smedinghoff Award Recipient and founder of Veterans Writing Project, speak at Johns Hopkins on April 5 in Mudd Hall. Doors open 7:30PM.

General seating is FREE and open to the public. Reserved seating can be purchased here.

The Veterans Writing Project is a Washington D.C-based nonprofit founded upon the core belief that every veteran has a story worth telling. VWP provides no-cost writing seminars to veterans, service members, and military family members and commits itself to helping veterans cope with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Founder and director Ron Capps ‘95 (MLA), ‘11 (MA) served 25 years in government service between the Army and the Foreign Service. Capps has been published in Time and The New York Times, and served as a consultant for Time, Rolling Stone, and PBS Frontline. His memoir, Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years – outlining his time in the service and his personal struggles with PTSD – was published in 2014.

Ron Capps is the fifth speaker in Foreign Affairs Symposium’s 2017 series, “UNDERCURRENT”

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