Arnold Shipman, a member of the MCVET team in Back on My Feet Baltimore, testified before a Senate committee hearing on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ plan for ending homelessness among veterans, on Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
Video of the testimony from Shipman, a U.S. Air Force veteran, can be seen here. He enters around the 98-minute mark. Additionally, read his full testimony here.
“I have begun to clean up the wreckage of my past, piece by piece and inch by inch. I am working on my Associate Degree in Radiology. I am also a part of the Back On My Feet running team and recently completed my first marathon which was 26.2 miles. I am in training for the annual 5k/10k MCVET race in May. In December 2009, I was featured in the national magazine Urbanite, which focused on my training for the marathon. And now I have the opportunity of a lifetime, to address a United States Senate committee,” Shipman said. “I could not have imagined the changes my life would take.”
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