The Chamberlain Network

BALTIMORE — we're one day away.

Join us tomorrow at the Baltimore War Memorial for an evening of storytelling, reflection, and community centered on Black and African American veterans.

When: Sat, June 20, 5pm EDT
Where: Baltimore War Memorial
Tickets:

Our Stories, Our Truth National Storytelling Tour: Baltimore A National Tour Honoring the Legacy of Us

Tonight at 6 PM ET.

It's not too late to join The Chamberlain Network's June member call. We'll share what we're working on, where there's room to take action, and answer your questions — alongside a community of veterans standing up for democracy. New faces always welcome.

Register now: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/eazic3FeSv2SiUPZi6yZUA

Tomorrow. 6 PM ET.

Join The Chamberlain Network's monthly member call — where veterans connect, plug in, and get to work protecting democracy. We'll share what we're working on, where there's room to take action, and answer your questions. New faces always welcome.

This month's session covers what's happening with mail-in voting — Executive Order 14399, the USPS proposed rule, and Watson v. RNC at the Supreme Court — plus updates and ways to get engaged.

Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/eazic3FeSv2SiUPZi6yZUA

Federal agents raided the Ohio Organizing Collaborative’s offices, targeted staff homes, and seized devices.

It is a gross abuse of power to use federal law enforcement to intimidate people helping their communities participate in democracy.

Free and fair elections depend on the people and organizations doing this work without fear.

Read TCN’s full statement:
https://www.chamberlainnetwork.us/the-report/ohio-fbi-raid-ooc

A $500,000 Carnegie grant to the Chamberlain Network will fund an annual fellowship for veterans — among the most trusted voices in American public life — to lead local civic initiatives, while training a broader network of veterans to engage publicly on civic issues.

New from .org : a year after troops were first sent to LA, a look at the costs of putting servicemembers on American streets.

Their findings:— escalation, disillusionment in the ranks, and politicization are predictable outcomes.

https://www.justsecurity.org/141479/year-later-military-personnel-police-american-streets/

A Year Later: Ordering Military Personnel to Police American Streets One year since Trump sent the National Guard to LA, a new report warns military deployments produce escalation and disillusionment.

By a vote of 215–208, the House adopted H. Con. Res. 86, directing the President to seek congressional authorization for continued hostilities with Iran—or withdraw U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities.

When Americans are sent into danger, the country owes them a mission Congress has debated, an authority Congress has defined, and a decision Congress is willing to put its name on.

Congress has begun to do the job the Constitution assigns it.

For that, we who swore an oath to defend that Constitution are thankful.

Read our full statement:
https://www.chamberlainnetwork.us/the-report/the-chamberlain-network-applauds-house-passage-of-iran-war-powers-resolution

For troops overseas and citizens abroad, voting isn't a walk to the polls. A ballot has to make a round trip — out across bases, ships, foreign mail, then all the way back.

It's a tradition that runs from 1813 to today.

The point is simple: serving far from home shouldn't cost you your vote.

Here's how voting overseas works, and the story of the military voting while deployed, which traces back long before 1986.

Military or overseas voter? → http://FVAP.gov

Secretary Hegseth personally intervened to block the promotions of at least seven Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior Navy admirals, the latest in a series of firings driven by his anti-diversity agenda rather than the performance

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List (Gift Article) The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-diversity stance rather than based on merit.

🎫 https://givebutter.com/ourstoriestour-baltimore
📆 Saturday, June 20, 2026
⏰ 5PM-7PM
📍 Baltimore War Memorial

Join us in Baltimore as we listen to and honor the stories of Black and African American Veterans!

KeSean L. Johnson, M.S. is an Emmy Award–winning producer and independent communications strategist who advises mission-driven organizations on narrative architecture, audience strategy, and institutional trust — his listening shaped by the elders who raised him, sharpened by eleven years of military precision, and expressed through words that consistently make people feel both seen and confident moving forward.

A highly decorated Veteran of a foreign war with eleven years in the United States Army Signal Corps, Johnson is a Valedictorian graduate of Full Sail University's Digital Cinematography program, an Honors Graduate of its Entertainment Business master's program, and a Berklee-certified live audio engineer.

He is a co-founder of Vetrepreneur Visions, a veteran-owned production company with an IMDb-documented catalog of original film projects. A graduate of the Associated Black Charities Board Pipeline Leadership Development Program, he has served in board leadership across more than ten organizations over six years. He serves on the Baltimore City Veterans Commission and holds alumni and cohort standing with the ICJS Justice Leaders Fellowship, Na'Aleh Baltimore, and the inaugural Building Bridges cohort for Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh.

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Minority Veterans of America (MVA) and The Chamberlain Network (TCN) are hosting Our Stories, Our Truth: A National Tour Honoring the Legacy of Us—a storytelling tour featuring art by Transpainter that invites the public into deeper connection through the lived experiences of underrepresented veterans. This multi-city journey across the United States is happening from April to September 2026.

Learn More: https://minorityvets.org/ourstoriestour/


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Our Stories, Our Truth National Storytelling Tour: Baltimore A National Tour Honoring the Legacy of Us