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Torture Awareness Month Presentation: Healing A Culture of Torture |
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at the Social Hall of Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock Manhasset |
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June 12, 2013 |
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7:30 PM
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (Social Hall) |
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48 Shelter Rock Road |
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Manhasset, NY 11030 |
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Torture Awareness Month Presentation: Healing A Culture of Torture at the Social Hall of Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock Manhasset, Long Island, New York. Co-Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee and Shelter Rock Forum of UUCSR (Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock).
In observance of Torture Awareness Month, the Social Justice Committee and the Shelter Rock Forum of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY will present "Ending a Culture of Torture" on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7:30PM.
The program will include the movie, "Torture in Our Own Back Yard" followed by a panel of representatives of the faith and advocacy communities and formerly incarcerated individuals who were held in solitary confinement.
Panelists include: Laura Markle Downton, M.Div., Director of U.S. Prisons Policy & Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture; Five Mualimm-Ak, Civil Rights Advocate/Organizer, End the New Jim Crow; Tyrell Muhammad, Correctional Association of New York; Nathan Vogel, Legislative Counsel, NY Civil Liberties Union; and Megan Crowe-Rothstein, Director of Social Work, Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project. Q&A and refreshments will follow.
Jason Starr, Director, Nassau County chapter, NYCLU will moderate the panel. Complete details are on the attached flyer.
It's not just something that happened at Abu Ghraib or in secret prison sites tucked away in distant countries. It's happening now. It's happening in prisons on U.S. soil. Prolonged solitary confinement is torture in your back yard. Learn why this is happening. Learn what you can do to stop this.
Panelists
- Laura Markle Downton, M.Div
Director of U.S. Prisons Policy and Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture
- Five Mualimm-Ak
Civil Rights Advocate/Organizer, End the New Jim Crow
- Tyrell Muhammad
Correctional Association of New York
- Megan Crowe-Rothstein
Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project
- Nathan Vogel
Legislative Counsel, NY Civil Liberties Union
Panel Moderator
Jason Starr
Nassau County Chapter Director, NYCLU |
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516-627-6560 |
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