NORTH CAROLINA
STOP TORTURE
NOW
PO Box 50345
Raleigh, NC 27650
e-mail via:
contact AT ncstoptorturenow.net
(919) 834-4478
(evenings, or messages during business hours)
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HELP OUT
What can you do to help end extraordinary rendition?
First and foremost, use our resources pages to learn about the criminal conduct your tax dollars support. Torture-by-proxy is as morally abhorrent as murder-for-hire.
Once you're convinced that torture is immoral, illegal and ineffective, share the message by reaching out to your friends, family and neighbors. In the words of one NCSTN activist, the most effective work is witness.
NCSTN actively seeks to diversify individual and group membership in our coalition. If you have suggestions, would like to host a speaker at your organization's meeting, or can assist in this initiative, please let us know.
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JOIN US at one or both of our next meetings:
2-4 p.m., Sunday, July 18
Founders' Hall, directly below sanctuary
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh (UUFR)
3313 Wade Avenue
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2-4 p.m., Sunday, August 29
Founders' Hall, directly below sanctuary
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh (UUFR)
3313 Wade Avenue
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JOIN US for a Vigil in Johnston County
Raise your voice and a banner to call for accountability and educate the community.
2-3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 24
at the northeast corner of the
Johnston County Airport
at the intersection of Swift Creek Road &
US Business Hwy 70
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Weaving a Net of Accountability: Taking on extraordinary rendition at the state and regional levels
The three-day conference detailed at Weaving a Net of Accountability, was launched by an interfaith service reflecting on the congregation of humanity's obligation to our brothers and sisters, and featured a keynote address by Scott Horton, a contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine, author of the blog “No Comment” and an expert on international law and extraordinary rendition.
Videos of the Friday panel presentations are available here.
Horton told an audience of nearly 120, including U.S. Representative David Price (NC – Fouth District), his view of the talk's title "The Unresolved Legacy of Guantánamo" as shorthand for the nation's retreat from the rule of law and citizens' obligation to reclaim foundational values of the nation.
During Friday, April 9, a group of between 80 and 100 was guided by a diverse and uniquely qualified group of speakers in an exploration and struggle with the challenge of framing and moblizing the reclamation project Horton described the night before. Of especial concertn was whether North Carolinians have either a special obligation or an organizational head start on seeding and nurturing such an effort from the grassroots.
On Saturday, April 10, a smaller, self-selected group worked in earnest to synthesize lessons and listening from the day before into an action plan and has charged a group to move forward on that task.
Additional details on that effort will be shared here, and youranalysis, commitment and feedback are welcome. Visit our contact page to offer these in the most constructive fashion.
Also welcome are images captured at the events. Audio and video of the conference are expected shortly and will also be shared here.
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SEND MONEY!
NCSTN is an entirely grassroots effort. We have no office and no paid staff. Volunteers coordinate our efforts, maintain this Web site, develop and maintain contacts with allies, answer phone calls and e-mail inquiries.
Donations in support of NCSTN's work may be made via the button above left, or via checks payable to :
North Carolina Stop Torture Now
and mailed to:
PO Box 50345,
Raleigh, NC 27650
Questions about how to direct donations that may qualify as charitable,
tax-deductible contributions should be directed to:
contact AT ncstoptorturenow.org
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updated 10 July 2010, JMcI
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