As the nation prepares to celebrate Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, Burton Blatt Institute staff members honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces. Through cutting-edge research and program development, BBI is committed to finding real-time solutions to the challenges faced by veterans and their families.
Thanks to a recent grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, BBI in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, is conducting substantial research to improve the hiring and retention of veterans by businesses nationwide. BBI is a nationally recognized expert in the study of corporate culture and business practices that advance the recruiting, hiring, accommodating, retaining, and advancing of workers with disabilities, including veterans. The project with Corporate Gray marks BBI’s fifth grant or contract related directly to veterans and veterans with disabilities, and the first which combines BBI’s expertise in diversity, disability, corporate culture, and employment practices with a focus on employment of veterans.
BBI has twice been granted funding from the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust and from the William Bingham Foundation to provide curricula targeted to the disability components of the SU Whitman School’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities.
In addition, BBI currently has funding from the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service to operate the National Veterans Technical Assistance Center, which focuses on employment and homelessness.
BBI partners at Syracuse University, including the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, and in the Central New York community have planned a series of events to commemorate Veterans Day.
November 8
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Ribbon Cutting
http://insidesu.syr.edu/2011/11/02/institute-for-veterans-and-military-families-3/
November 11
SU’s Veterans Day Recognition Ceremony and Reception
http://veterans.syr.edu/veteransdayevent2011.html
SU Veterans Day National Roll Call
http://insidesu.syr.edu/2011/11/03/su-holds-veterans-day-national-roll-call-on-nov-11/
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Open House
http://insidesu.syr.edu/2011/11/02/institute-for-veterans-and-military-families-3/
November 11 & 12
Onondaga County Parks’ Veterans Celebration at the Zoo
http://www.parkscalendar.com/events/detail/20111112/24/1/1/0/0/1586
Free/discounted meals for veterans at CNY restaurants
http://www.examiner.com/food-in-syracuse/cny-restaurants-honor-veterans-day-with-free-meals-and-deals-november
Presidential Proclamation and Veterans Day video
http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/
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