I am no longer giving interviews, but this is the Press we have done in the past 4 years.
March 2, 2012
On Wednesday, February 29, the President and the First Lady hosted 87 veterans of the Iraq War at the White House. Four IAVA member veterans were lucky enough to be invited to this historical event, including Membership Director Jason Hansman, local leader Angela Peacock, IAVA member MSgt Shane Lucaillade and the 2011 recipient of the IAVA Veterans Leadership Award, Cpl. Aaron Mankin.
Read more here: http://iava.org/blog/bon-app%C3%A9tit-iava-dines-white-house
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May 12, 2011EVENT: University of California at Irvine: Silences in the Military. A Screening of both documentaries and Panel Discussion on Military Sexual Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and LGBT issues. Documentary viewing of "In their Boots: Angie's Story" with Keynote Speaker, Angela Peacock who is featured in the film. Panelists will include Zoe Dunning, Director at Servicemember's Legal Defense Network and has been a tireless advocate for fighting the military's policies prohibiting open gay service, Smita Satiani, former Policy Associate for RAINN and Dr. Lori Katz, Ph.D., Director of the Women's Mental Health Center and Military Sexual Trauma coordinator at VA Long Beach, and Assistant Clinical Professor at UCI's School of Medicine (also featured in the documentary). Flyer Here
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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) "Advocate" Newsletter, October 2010
by Kim Puchir, NAMI Communications Coordinator
Many Americans have some connection to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—among young people as many as three out of four know someone who is serving or has served on these fronts. For those of us who are a few degrees removed from the war, however, it is easy to think of the mental health needs of active-duty service members and veterans as existing in a system apart. To civilian eyes, both combat stress and Veterans Administration rules seem unfathomable. Yet there are many ways in which their fight—the fight for mental health treatment, the fight to recover from mental illness—is the same for people in the military, veterans and NAMI members alike.
Read more here
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NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
March 18, 2010
reported by Jim Miklaszewski
with IAVA's Paul Rieckhoff http://www.iava.org/ about release of 2009 SAPRO report by DOD
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29744041
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Struggling Female War Vets
February 21, 2010 3:36 PM
With over 200-thousand female service members deployed, they make up 11% of the total force. As Russ Mitchell reports, female Veterans are facing a tough battle after they return home
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6229610n
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VA, Heroin, Xanax, PTSD, and an Iraq War Veteran's Death
by Mike Fitzgerald
December 2009
What got in his head? Former Marine died one year ago after mixing heroin and Xanax
(this Marine died of Heroin/Xanax overdose while being treated in same PTSD clinic as me)
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Service dog helps war vet cope *We made front page***
By Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
December 1, 2009
http://www.psychdog.org/news/Angela_Peacock_Article.pdf
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New York Times
Women at Arms; A Combat Role, and Anguish, Too
by Damien Cave, Miami bureau chief
November 1, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01trauma.html
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U.S. seeing more female homeless veterans
September 25, 2009
By Thom Patterson CNN
(CNN) -- When Iraq war veteran Angela Peacock is in the shower, she sometimes closes her eyes and can't help reliving the day in Baghdad in 2003 that pushed her closer to the edge.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/09/25/homeless.veterans/index.html
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Council on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, NYC, NY,
May 2009
Wounds of War: Substance Abuse, Veterans and Active Duty Military was held in May and brought together a distinguished panel of veterans and family members, journalists, psychiatrists, chaplains, judges, professors and researchers to discuss solutions to make sure our brave men and women receive all the support they need to re-establish their lives when they return home. Funded by The Bodman Foundation; The McCormick Foundation; The Department of Army; Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation; Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation; The Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation; Frank C. Carlucci; Togo D. t, Jr., Esq.; Robert S. McNamara; Paul R. Ignatius; John W. Warner, IV Foundation; and William S. Cohen.
Guests included: James R. McDonough, former Director, Florida Office of Drug Control, Stephen J. Pasierb, MEd, Linda Morgan, Cynthia McFadden, Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, Ross B. Brower, MD. Jackie Judd, Enrique A. Carranza, Irma Camacho, LMFT, Nora D. Volkow, MD. Hon. Robert T. Russell, Jr., Angela Peacock, Jeffrey Toobin Legal Analyst, CNN, The New Yorker, Mark S. Kaplan, DrPH, Carol Davidson, LCSW, CASAC.
http://www.casacolumbia.org/upload/2010/annualreport/ar2009casaconferences.pdf
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Event at George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 2009
Screening of "Angie's Story" Episode 21 of In Their Boots (www.intheirBoots.com) and Q & A session
http://www.campusprogress.org/events/3919/angela-peacock
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PBS- KCET, SoCal Connected "A Soldiers' Story Producer; Karen Foshay
February 26, 2009
One of the few residential treatment facilities for MST is in Long Beach, VA. It is there homeless female vets begin 12 weeks of intensive therapy, learning practical skills to deal with the shame, guilt and blame that goes along with being a victim of rape. Many of these women also experience PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), which compounds the problem.
We take a rare glimpse into the treatment program with the help of Brave New Foundation. Female veteran Angie Peacock documented her stay at the Long Beach, VA Renew program and videotaped her experience. Her experience highlights the specialized needs of female veterans.
http://www.kcet.org/socal/2009/02/a-soldiers-story.html
THIS DOCUMENTARY WON AN EMMY for 2009!
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UCLA The Daily Bruin
Victims of sexual abuse in military share stories
Panel at the UCLA School of Law discusses treatment of assault cases in the Army, Navy
By Samantha Masunaga, Jan. 27, 2009
Led Panel with Marciella Guzmann, USN, of SWAN (Service Women's Action Network)http://www.servicewomen.org/
http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/2009/1/27/victims-sexual-abuse-military-share-stories/
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Military Sexual Assault Survivor Comes Forward To Lead Panel at UCLA Law
UCLA School of Law, Santa Monica, CA
January 26, 2009
http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/News/Detail.aspx?page=1971&recordid=1986
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Huffington Post;
To Hell and Back Again, by Angela Peacock
November 24, 2008
I was an 18-year old, fresh out of high school, with an M16 and camouflage paint smeared on my face, excited, a little naïve at just what I had gotten myself into. No one told me that eleven years later, I'd be tired, very broken, isolated, and damaged goods. Yes, I was assaulted and harassed while serving my country.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-peacock/to-hell-and-back-again_b_145962.html
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In Their Boots: Angie's Story, Season 1, Episode 21
November 25, 2008
Army Sergeant Angela Peacock joined the military in February 1998. She wanted to travel, serve her country and gain some life experience. In 2001, while deployed in South Korea, Angie was raped by a fellow soldier. She was encouraged by her command not to tell, so she held it in, and in 2003 she took it to Iraq with her. She led her unit courageously, but silently struggled until she couldn't stay quiet any longer. Out of Iraq and back at home, Angie decides to take control of her PTSD - a result of both her military sexual trauma and combat stress - and take her life back.
http://www.intheirboots.com/itb/episodes/archive/season-1/angies-story.html
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Documentary tells ex-Army sergeant's story of pain
By Cheryl Wittenauer, Associated Press Writer
November 19, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Retired Army Sgt. Angela Peacock once was outgoing, competitive and athletic. These days, she barely functions, trusts no one and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that prevents her from working.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-578975489_x.htm
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