Stephen Henderson; co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Older man in a lavender button-down shirt speaking at a wooden podium indoors

Ron Toller; co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Older man with white hair, mustache, and sunglasses wearing a dark blue sweater outdoors with mountains and a blue sky behind him

Allan Perkal - co-founder, Board Member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Elderly Vietnam veteran saluting outdoors in front of a building

Emiliano Enea - Board Member, Southwest & Central Asia Campaigns Veteran

Smiling bearded man wearing headphones and a camouflage cap speaks into a microphone in front of a veteran-focused podcast backdrop.

Colorful paint splashes and halftone circles behind the words “Brothers and Sisters Like These” on a black background.

Original class members

Joseph Bathanti; original facilitator

Elizabeth H.; original facilitator

Elizabeth C.; facilitator

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

Four adults pose outdoors in bright sunlight, with two holding plaques that read “Brothers and Sisters Like These.”

Harold 'Ted' Minnick, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Profile portrait of an elderly military officer in a black dress uniform, decorated peaked cap, and rows of service ribbons

Wallace Bohanan, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

.Wallace Bohanan, active B&SLT member, Southeast Asia Campaign Veteran

Vietnam War veterans statue depicting three soldiers in uniform standing in a park

'Brothers Like These'

'Brothers & Sisters Like These: An Anthology of Writing by Veterans'

'Brothers and Sisters Like These'

NCDMVA Secretary Mallette and an Air Force Veteran

'Oscar, why are you such a grouch?'

Black Box Dance Theatre performers leaping in vibrant red, purple, and pink flowing costumes against a black background

Memorial monument dedicated to fallen Paratroopers from the Global War on Terrorism

Army Spc. Matthew T. Bolar, 24, served with the 1st Battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment; KIA on May 03, 2007

Midge and Tom

Black Box Dancers and B&SLT members

Newsletter cover for the Guardian. Vietnam War mural, Veterans memorial, and a Veteran's wreath, including a profile of Tom Lorenc.

Active B&SLT member Sister Sarah S.

Active B&SLT member Brother Donovan S.

'Mural Art'

General Donahue in 2021, boarding a C-17 aircraft after ensuring that he was the 'Last man out of Afghanistan', while commanding the 82nd ABN DIV.

A memorial plaque dedicated to fallen paratroopers

Blue Ridge Honor Flight in North Carolina

Day of Friendship and Camaraderie 2025

Local Asheville artist Kate Keller's painting https://kk-photography.squarespace.com/

Try some of our delicious locally sourced coffee and help us fund our writing classes

Mural depicting scenes from the Vietnam War, including soldiers, helicopters, and military vehicles, with text explaining the history and remembrance of the Vietnam War.

Pink T-shirt featuring “Nonprofit Veteran Writing Group: Brothers and Sisters Like These.org” text and a breast cancer awareness ribbon

Bearded man giving two thumbs up while wearing a suicide awareness nonprofit veteran writing group T-shirt indoors.

Group of adults enjoying a catered luncheon at round tables in a community event hall, with salads, drinks, and a presentation screen in the background.

Smiling group selfie of three adults wearing hats indoors

Projector screen displaying a Brothers and Sisters nonprofit veteran writing group presentation above a stone fireplace.

'Move to Heal' Yoga

Military-themed banner honoring missing service members, featuring the American flag, a POW-MIA emblem, a soldier silhouette, and the message “Brothers and Sisters Like These.”

Weaverville Community Center B&SLT Reading Event on October 30th, 2025,

Artistic B&SLT mural

Display board from the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition featuring a collage, medals, and art pieces dedicated to veterans, with a book titled 'Troubled Sleep' and a magazine cover titled 'A Medic's Memory' about Vietnam war veterans.

Veteran saluting at a remembrance event.

National Veterans Creative Arts Competition

Movie poster for 'We Lift Each Other,' a film about Veterans, dance, and healing, directed by Lou Pepe and Keith Fulton, featuring Buncombe county (Asheville, NC) Veteran Treatment Court participants and dancing members of Black Box and B&SLT

Flyers for Brothers and Sisters Like These organization promoting different Veteran writing classes.

Memorial Day event flyer featuring rows of graves at Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain, North Carolina, May 25, 2026

Memorial Day live ceremony flyer for May 25, 2026, at Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain, North Carolina, featuring veteran speakers Emiliano Enea, Monica Blankenship, and Alfredo Hurtado.

Blue Ridge Honor Flight

B&SLT members collaborating with Black Box members representing a written B&SLT piece into a dance

Memorial graphic honoring Diana G. Wortham, featuring her portrait, obituary text, and the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts logo.

Veterans Town Hall and Freedom 250 Celebration flyer featuring fireworks, VA seal, Colonel Camp portrait, event details, QR code, and Brothers and Sisters Like These nonprofit logo

9/11/01–11/26 Never Forget memorial graphic featuring firefighters at Ground Zero and American flags

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