Got Your 6, a nonprofit supporting veterans, has selected Combat Flip Flops’ Matthew ‘Griff’ Griffin to speak at its annual Veteran’s Day Storytellers event in Los Angeles. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 1 at TV Academy, 5220 Lankershim Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91601.
“We are honored to be chosen by Got Your 6 for the 2016 Storytellers series,” said Griffin. “Sharing a quixotic story and standing among other veteran leaders working to change local communities in this country and around the world, we are #VetInspired.”
“Veterans are as diverse as the country we served, and we’re pleased to share Griff’s story as we work to refocus the narrative of veterans as leaders, team builders, and civic assets,” said Bill Rausch, Iraq War veteran and executive director of Got Your 6. “Through Griff and our other incredible Storytellers, we hope to inspire communities across the country to embrace veterans as essential civic assets who bring about positive change.”
Got Your 6 gathers veterans who deliver TED-style talks at Storytellers about their ideas, accomplishments or philosophies. The fourth annual Storytellers talks will be live-streamed at facebook.com/GotYourSix and later distributed online. Videos from the 2015 event were viewed more than 3 million times. This year, Got Your 6 Storytellers will be held in three cities across the country: New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
On November 11, Griff will also be speaking in San Francisco at the second annual Battle Tested speaker series. Hosted at the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, Battle Tested invites veterans from all different backgrounds to speak on how their military experience influenced where they are today but does not define them as an individual. To attend this event and for more info, please visit Battle Tested’s website.
Combat Flip Flops, based in Issaquah, WA, sells rugged footwear, apparel and accessories repurposed from military clothing, equipment or weaponry. Founded by U.S. Army Rangers Griffin and Donald Lee, many of its products are made in areas of conflict to support jobs and economic security as an alternative to warfare. In 2016, they have funded 134 years of school for Afghan girls, while also clearing over 5,000 square meters of land mines in Laos, allowing children to safely walk to school and farmers to harvest their land.
