The Center for Constitutional Rights is a participant in a 2-day national dialogue by the Guantánamo Public Memory Project on Guantánamo’s long history and how it matters today. Hear from people who worked, lived, served, or were held at GTMO from the Cold War through the War on Terror; from the historians, activists, artists, and archivists saving their stories; and from the nearly 100 students around the country who brought those stories to the public through the Guantánamo Public Memory Project’s first exhibit. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here.

On December 14th, CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah will speak on Alternative visions for the future of Guantánamo along with others. The dialogue will be moderated by Catherine Powell, and student teams will present work on post 9-11 GTMO, how GTMO has been closed before and what’s being imagined and built at GTMO today.

What: Can we “close Guantánamo?” Alternative visions for GTMO’s future
Where: King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South
When: Friday, December 14th at 2:15-3:45 p.m.

• Omar Farah, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
• Zachary Katznelson, Senior Staff Attorney, National Security Program, ACLU
• Albert Shimkus, Associate Professor, National Security Affairs, Naval War College
• Karen Greenberg, Director, National Security Program, Fordham Law School

Please be sure to check out the entire program, occurring December 13-14 at NYU. Full details can be found on the Guantánamo Public Memory Project website.