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Thomas R. Burke of Dorchester, Mass., whose sister, Specialist Tracy M. Burke, is stationed in Iraq said his sister was able to “attend” his wedding this past August through a conference call arranged by Freedom Calls. “We were able to talk to her, see her, find out she was doing,” he said...
Doyle’s sentiments were echoed by John B. Harlow II, co-founder and executive director of the Freedom Calls Foundation. Harlow said that his mission “is not about policy, it’s about family. These are people who made a commitment to their country; we’ve enabled them to keep their commitments to their families while they...
...Freedom Calls provides American soldiers with free 24-hour access to telephone calls, e-mail, internet and video conferences...
Harvard will be a part of Operation Hometown Link, a new Freedom Calls program through which universities, corporations and other institutions open their video conference facilities to local families. Though the program is expected to grow to include 2,000 sites across the United States by January, Harlow said that the involvement of the two Harvard schools is of special importance because they are the only sites in Cambridge and have high visibility. “Everybody knows Harvard University, and their participation helps to create awareness of the Homeland Link program, which leads to others offering their facilities...
Harlow said video conferencing has had the biggest impact out of the many types of communications offered by Freedom Calls. “It’s totally changing the way that families interact during wartime,” he said...