Supporting Veterans Throughout Michigan
with Sgt. Stephanie Shannon, Founder & CEO of the Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment
Posted Mar 05, 2019
Women Veteran Empowerment is a women veteran led collaboration of members of the Michigan veteran community working together to create awomen veteran programs that are tailored made to meet the needs and fulfill the desires of the Michigan women veteran population and their families.
Hosted by: Laurel Hess Produced by: Heartland Newsmakers Team
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