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Minneapolis VA Patient Advocacy Team

Minneapolis VA Patient Advocate Team

This week, we meet members of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System’s Patient Advocate Team and learn that the Patient Advocacy Program is for all Veterans and their families who receive care at VA health care facilities. What can the patient advocate do? What are their limitations? And what do patients bring into the relationship when it comes to resolving an issue they may have in the country’s largest health care system. Guests include:

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VA, DAV & Second Harvest: Ending Food Insecurity for MN Vets

VA, DAV & Second Harvest: Ending Food Insecurity for MN Vets

This week we discuss the Minnesota Veterans Pantry co-hosted with the director of Center For Development & Civic Engagement, we meet with leadership from the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Second Harvest Heartland, DAV Department of Minnesota, and Community Resource & Referral Center to learn how the Veterans Food Pantry is going and where it is expanding in 2026. Guests include:

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Memorial Day Live 2025

Fort Snelling National CemeteryThis Memorial Day, we’re live with the Minnesota National Guard, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis VA, and more:

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MDVA Deputy Commissioner and Epilepsy Care for Veterans

MDVA Deputy Commissioner and Epilepsy Care for Veterans

This week we meet with the new Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Commissioner – Programs & Services, learn about Epilepsy Care with a Neurologist from the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and talk with Senator Amy Klobuchar at the Serving Our Troops event last weekend at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Guests include:

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MDVA Higher Education and New VFW Commander

MDVA Higher Education and New VFW Commander

This week we learn about the Higher Education Veterans Program at the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, meet the new State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Minnesota and get an update from the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Guests include:

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