UPLIFTING OUR VETERANS AND COMMUNITIES

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All Relations United Director Bryan Brewer with fellow Veterans at the Veterans Powwow in June on Pine Ridge. Thank you Akicita (Warrior) Veterans for your service. Native Americans serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at a higher rate per capita than any other ethnic group. 

All Relations United Director Bryan Brewer hosting the weekly Akicita Veterans Hour on Pine Ridge cosponsored by ARU.  It's live-streamed across the country by KILI Radio-Voice of the Oglala Sioux Nation. Bryan is joined by OST President Frank Star Comes Out, traditional Medicine Man Pete Swiftbird and fellow Veterans.

All Relations United brought Larry Bowen and Moe Shafer, two survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty on to the Veterans Hour Radio Show recently. Thank you Liberty Veterans for sharing your accounts of  events of June 8, 1967 when a U.S. Naval Vessel  was attacked by Israel. Thank you for your courageous service.

All Relations United Directors Rudy and Lorelei accompanied Navy Veteran Gerardo Sotelo home to Texas from Mexico after 28 years deported. We then brought him to the VA Clinic for medical treatment. He was transferred by ambulance to William Beaumont Army Hospital for further care.

ARU Directors Lorelei  and Rudy accompanied Deported Veteran José Luis Gonzales across the International Border from Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas. Thank you to Port of Entry Director Chief Espinosa for helping us bring a Vietnam Veteran home to receive critical  VA care.

ARU Directors Bryan and Lorelei traveled to North Carolina to meet with the Dega/Montagnard Refugee Community. We listened to their stories, spoke in their church hall and met for a coalition meeting to discuss future advocacy and events.

ARU Director of Southeast Asian Studies Y'Duen Buondap speaks to Dega/Montagnard Veterans and families at a rally in Washington DC to raise awareness of the human rights violations and genocide of our Dega/Montagnard Allies from the Viet Nam War. Also to promote a pathway for Dega refugees in Thailand to emigrate.

ARU Director Rudy and Board Member Francisco  joined the ACLU of Southern CA, Repatriate Our Patriots, Black Deported Veterans of America & other organizations in Washington DC to advocate for passage of the Veteran Service Recognition Act, HR 4569 and a Presidential pardon to bring our Deported Vets home.

All Relations United Board Member and Repatriated Veteran Francisco, Director of the Deported Veteran Support House Juárez Bunker twice joined the U.S. President for breakfast on Veterans Day to advocate for bringing our Deported Veterans home.

All Relations United Director of Veterans on Pine Ridge Bryan (in middle wearing turquoise shirt) joined other Akicita Veterans who gathered for the First Annual Oglala Sioux Veterans Summit on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  

All Relations United Directors Rudy and Lorelei attended an immigration hearing in El Paso, Texas. to support repatriated Veteran Juan Valenzuela. Juan, pictured with his sister, received legal permanent residency, represented by ACLU attorney John Contreras. ARU Board Member Francisco also attended. 

All Relations United assisted the Veterans to obtain a new double wide trailer to use as the Akicita Veterans Facility. We also had a shed built to store Food Pantry items, gardening equipment, tools an extra refrigerator and freezers in. These were provided by ARU as well.

All Relations United partnered with the Patriotic Kenny Foundation to bring Scooters to disabled Veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, including Viet Nam and Korean War Veterans. Thank you Kenny and Amanda for giving renewed mobility to our Veterans.

Commercial foods and commodities including white sugar, white flour and processed cheeses have led to high rates of diabetes, heart disease and cancers. ARU believes that supplying nutritious foods and promoting gardens are the path forward to improved health outcomes.

All Relations United Directors Lorelei and Rudy visiting 28 year deported Navy Veteran Gerardo Sotelo who was living in a homeless shelter in Juárez, Mexico. Geri had had a stroke and lost his good leg to diabetes. Unable to access his earned VA benefits, his situation was critical. 

ARU Directors Rudy and Lorelei accompanied Marine Veteran Marcelino Ramos home to the country he honorably served where he was reunited with his children  in Texas. Marcelino had survived a brutal attack by cartel who attempted to recruit him for his military expertise. a real threat for our Deported Veteran in Mexico.

All Relations United's Executive Director Lorelei and Director of Deported Veterans Rudy after bringing Deported Veteran Alfredo Frias home to his family in El Paso, Texas. We were joined by Repatriated Veterans Juan Valenzuela and José Bustillos at the International Border.

All Relations United Directors Lorelei and Rudy, accompanied Ricardo Muñoz across the International Border from Juárez, Mexico home to El Paso, Texas after 16 years of deportation. A bittersweet reunion after losing both parents during his exile.

All Relations United Director of Deported Veterans, Rudy Molina, was nominated as Veteran of the Year in El Paso, Texas. Pictured here with Repatriated Deported Veteran Juan Valenzuela.