Minority veterans groups hope new leadership promises mean better results for all vets March 5 Lindsay Church, executive director and co-founder of Minority Veterans of America (center left), and other members of the group march in the Seattle pride parade in June 2019. (Photo courtesy of MVA) Multiple times in recent months, Democratic leaders have promised to invite more veterans from minority and underserved groups to the table when it comes to policy discussions. This week, they provided the chairs. On Wednesday, during a joint hearing by the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees, leaders from Minority Veterans of America and the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans sat for the first time among organizations invited each year to give their views on current Veterans Affairs policies and shortfalls.