HIGHLIGHT: OREGON
Salem: More than 25,000 women in the state are military veterans, making up about 9% of the veteran population, according to the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Yet women face service barriers and lack of recognition, say Felita Singleton and Elizabeth Estabrooks, who curated a campaign to increase awareness of women as veterans in 2017. “I Am Not Invisible,” which features 20 portraits of women from across the state, is being displayed here at the Oregon Public Safety Academy through Monday. It debuted at the Portland Art Museum and has since traveled around Oregon and the nation, Estabrooks says.