Date
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:00amLocation
The Peace and Justice Task Force is pleased to host the Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture's Annual Interfaith Gathering with the focus on Torturing the Mind: U.S. Involvement in Psychological Torture--People of Faith and Good Will Respond. January 11 is the Ninth Anniversary of the Opening of Guantanamo and the Second Anniversary of the date set by President Obama to close Guantanamo.
The panel will include Pardiss Kebriaei from the Center for Constitutional Rights, Bruce Knotts, Unitarian Universalist Office of the United Nations, and Katherine Porterfield, Ph.D. from Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture.
The panel will cover the following subjects:
- How has the U.S. Used Psychological Torture?
- What is the Impact of Psychological Torture?
- How has the Use of Torture impacted the Standing of the U.S. in the International Community?
- What Must We Do in Response?
This event is sponsored by the Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Reception to follow
Free Event - Donations Appreciated
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January 5, 2011