OUR MISSION:
MORAL INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA exists to help past and present military personnel and their families recover from moral and psychological trauma suffered in service to our nation.

• Moral Injury Association of America uses community-based, intensive eight-week group therapy, centered on a program built by the Minneapolis VA, and conducted in partnership with Warriors Ascent. Warriors Ascent is a Kansas City agency, providing tools, training and support to enable veterans to develop habits needed for long-term healing of the mind, body and soul. In the Building Spiritual Strength therapy sessions attended by military members, the veteran is encouraged to reframe his/her experience with trusted relationships that support rebuilding and moral identity. It brings self-understanding, memory, self-evaluations and, eventually, self-forgiveness. 
• Our measure of success is quantifiable reductions in depression cases and suicide rates among past and present military personnel resulting from our activities and programs. 

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Moral Injury Association of America

MORAL INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA is based in Kansas City, Missouri.  We are working with other national organizations and charities to expand our efforts to assist past and present military members with Moral Injury.  At this time, we are in our infancy, but hope to grow our outreach to other areas in the United States.  

​​​Moral Injury is a complex wound of the soul. It results from empathy and self-reflection on moral values in the wake of morally ambiguous, extreme conditions. Many times there are no good choices and any choice violates deep moral values.  It can impact veterans of war and individuals making emergency decisions in life or death circumstances such as police officers, firefighters, first responders and many others. 

MORAL INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA  Our Board of Directors reflects a wide range of individuals who bring a vast resource of skill sets from the business, community and military segments of the Kansas City community.

            Bruce McWilliams: Volunteer director for the organization. Bruce is a private citizen, with over 40 years of experience organizing, managing and owning businesses in the community.

            Cindy McDermott: CDR, USN, Retired. Cindy is a post-9/11 veteran and will serve as the executive director of the organization. 

            Dr. George Dent:  Dr. Dent has more than 20 years of experience in treating Post Traumatic Stress.

            Rev. Becky Johnson: Rev. Johnson is an ordained minister and a Full Time Staff Chaplain at The University of Kansas Hospital.

            Dr. Virginia Brackett: Dr. Brackett retired from Park University as director of the Honors Academy. Her father served in the Army in WWII and Korea, where he was killed in action.
            Nicholas Lopez:  CPL, USMC. Nick served eight years in the Marines and was deployed to Iraq.  He is now Special Programs and Projects Coordinator at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Headquarters.