Breaking News:
June – Torture Awareness Month
Torture Awareness Month is approaching
and, unfortunately, still just as relevant. Ann Weems even generously wrote us
a poem for the occasion!
Here are some things that we can do:
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Find good homes for the No2Torture posters and related materials...
free, thanks to a generous gift and the efforts of No2Torture volunteers. Use our
Online Order Form
to get the poster,
a legal-size sheet covering main points and a three-page mini-curriculum.
You may also download the "main points"
(pdf
or
Word)
and mini-curriculum
(pdf
or
Word).
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What can individual people of faith do to end U.S.-sponsored torture? Here are
some suggestions
(pdf
or
Word)
and
ideas to stimulate local grass-roots action
(pdf
or
Word).
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Attend upcoming events, such as this one:
June 1-3, 2007 at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina
by QUIT (QUaker Initiative to end Torture).
Christian Peace Witness:
Read Carol's talk
(pdf file
)
from the
Christian Peace Witness
in Washington, DC on March 16.
No2Torture joined with other groups and churches throughout the country to sponsor the event, which
asked for an end to the war, no to torture, rebuilding Iraq and real support for our troops.
There was widespread, generally positive
press coverage,
even though the fine points were sometimes a bit muddled (e.g., not always distinguishing between the Christian Peace Witness
and a separate event at the Pentagon the next day).
Momentum Builds at Los Angeles Meeting
Carol has posted an
overview of the LA Gathering,
and Kurt Lightfoot of
Deja Vu Photo Services
has provided some online
pictures from the meeting.
(If anyone has photos of Dr. Richard Mouw's keynote, we'd like to add a couple of those.)
Other materials from the meeting will be made available as possible. Congratulations to the speakers,
organizers and attendees who made it a success!
No2Torture's Yahoo group
has added a periodic digest option
Barbara Quintilano is now offering a weekly (or perhaps bi-weekly) digest of postings;
this would include a summary of, and links to, breaking news, pertinent background and action items.
Many of us will find this useful, in and of itself. Others may prefer it to reading every posting.
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Click to join No2Torture
The faith community continues to take public stands against torture:
- The Presbyterian version of the "Torture is a Moral Issue" statement
has been published in a full-page ad in the November Presbyterians Today.
Prominent PC(USA) leaders, including our current Moderator, her predecessor and the
GA Stated Clerk, have joined with interfaith leaders in this witness. We are grateful
to them and to the NRCAT leaders and donors who made this possible.
- NRCAT statement
-
Connecticut's faith community
Add your voice through groups like NRCAT.
Advent Reflection from Carol
The season would not be complete without sharing some words of hope, gratitude and resolution with all of you.
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No2Compromise: A Letter from Carol
As most of you know by now, the compromise that has been struck by the President and
Senate Republicans is, in truth, capitulation to torture.
[More]
Bush Signs Interrogation / Detention Law
AP: Bush Signs Terror Interrogation Law
What you need to know about the Military Commissions Act (Amnesty Int'l.)
No2Torture
Motivated by love of God and country, we are deeply saddened and morally
outraged at the treatment of detainees by the United States and our allies.
We are concerned for our troops, our nation and our world. Thus,
we eagerly embrace the initiatives outlined in
A Call to Say No! to Torture
to pray, study, dialogue, speak out and come together. We urge others to join our cause:
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