Warriors Beyond War FREE salsa dance class

4355 North Western Avenue,Chicago IL 60618

15 July, 2021

Description

JOIN US AS WE BEGIN THE SECOND FREE SALSA DANCE CLASS SERIES OF THE YEAR! Bring a dance partner or we can pair you up with one. JOIN US AS WE BEGIN OUR SECOND FREE SALSA DANCE CLASS SERIES OF THE YEAR. Previous dance experience is not needed. You can bring a dance partner or we'll pair you with one. Please, please, please make sure that you register on eventbrite as well as your guest, if you are planning on bringing one. We constantly monitor the guest list to know ahead of time if we need to bring in any volunteer guys or girls to pair up with in order to have an evenly paired class. Arrive early before class begins to settle in, practice or get to know the other members. After the class ends, stick around, play pool, exchange war stories or simply relax a bit before heading home. See the schedule below. CLASS SCHEDULE: 6:30-7:30 - Arrival time and an opportunity to warm up and get to know each other. 7:30-8:30 - Dance Class begins 8:30-9:30 - Cool down period and social hour. or practice your new dance steps after class. * There is an event after 9:30p at the venue that WBW ia not affiliated with. _______________________________________________________________________ Who Qualifies for a FREE class? Military veterans, active duty, reserve, Gold Star families ,First Responders, their guest and their families are eligible to take this FREE dance class. If you do not meet the above criteria, but would like to join us in the class you can volunteer as a dance partner. Click on the volunteer option on the registration. There will also be a section to donate to our program in the registration. _______________________________________________________________________ Pre pandemic, our veterans had already faced physical, emotional and mental challenges as a result of their time in service. This continues to plague our community today. Social isolation has been found to be severely detrimental to those experiencing PTSD, anxiety, depression and other health concerns. We are happy to provide this program, FREE of cost to our veterans & first responders, which addresses these concerns, and provides a place to decompress, socialize and re-connect to the feeling of camaraderie that we once felt while in service. I want to assure you that we have and will take all the precautionary measures in all aspects to create a safe and fun environment for our members. We will also follow the covid guidelines suggested to us by the appropriate authorities. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN CLASS!! COPY AND SHARE THIS FLYER! Warriors Beyond War is a 501(c)3 filed non for-profit organization aimed at not only saving veteran lives by reducing the staggering 22 veteran a day suicide rate, but also to enhance and enrich the lives of wounded, ill and injured active duty and veteran service members of the U.S. Armed Forces, wounded and injured first responders and the surviving family members of our heroes and warriors that were killed in the line of duty. We provide a unique program incorporating therapeutic dance instruction, social dancing, life lessons used on and off the dancefloor with a variety of music and professional instruction.  Serving 14yrs in the United Sates Marine Corps and being a combat veteran, Foujder and CEO David Murcio understood the needs and struggles that many veterans and first responders may face after experiencing a traumatic event. As a Latin dance instructor and dancer of more than a decade, he recognized the therapeutic value that can come from dance and music. Merging both his military experience with his dance experience has enabled him the ability to help change many lives by providing therapeutic dance instruction to wounded in need. First working as the Executive Director for the San Diego based (now dissolved) Soldiers Who Salsa nonprofit organization where he worked with many ill and injured veterans and active duty military he was able to provide his therapeutic dance program to veterans and active duty members of the armed forces from across the country in places like Hawaii, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, and Maryland among others. Once the organization dissolved, he founded Warriors Beyond War making the program more inclusive by including injured and ill first responders and the surviving immediate family members of service members killed in the line of duty.  Additionally, a stronger emphasis was placed on the therapeutic value gained from the program to include building a base of alumni (those who have gone through the program) to provide alternative activities, events and gatherings made available at no cost to them. This would encourage and combine the sense of family and tribe that many of our nations veterans look for combined with the power and benefits of our recreational therapy programs to combat some of the challenges our veterans and first responders may face such as the "per day" 22 veteran suicide rate that plagues our nations veterans.