A Panel Discussion and Conversation With Survivors
Moderator:
Jim Winkler, General Secretary, United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
Speakers:
David Cole, JD, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Sr. Dianna Ortiz, DC Office Director, Pax Christi USA and torture survivor
Sondra Crosby, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine
and Physicians for Human Rights Consultant
Matthew Alexander, author of How to Break a Terrorist and former senior interrogator, United States Air Force
5:30 PM – Doors Open, Music
6:00 PM – Panel Discussion with Q&A
7:30 PM – Reception & Small Group Dialogue with Survivors. Participants will divide into small groups for dialogue with 50 torture survivors from around the world brought together by TASSC International to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26).
The church is 3 blocks north of McPherson Square Metro. Co-Sponsors: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Amnesty International USA, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, Physicians for Human Rights, Alliance for Justice, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Human Rights First, Pax Christi USA, War Criminals Watch and Friends Committee on National Legislation RSVP: Let us know you are coming: Go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/GGZS3ZY or
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