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LIST OF VIGILS PLANNED FOR TORTURE AWARENESS MONTH 2012
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United States
California
Vigil to End Torture and Prolonged Solitary Confinement
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, June 15; 9-10am
A Performance of Reckoning with Torture
The Exchange, 114 W. 5th St
Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, June 17 - 3 PM
Rally Against Torture, Guantanamo & NDAA
Gather at Market and Powell Streets
San Francisco, CA
Tues, June 26, 5pm-6pm
More information at: http://www.facebook.com/events/366065526792166/
Contact: codepink.nancy@gmail.com
Santa Cruz County Courthouse
Santa Cruz, CA
Tues, June 26 @ 5:00pm
Contact: jallen@jfku.edu
Proclamation by the City of Berkeley declaring the City's support of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Berkeley, CA
Tues, June 26
Contact: Rita Maran – ritam@berkeley.edu
Connecticut
We Are Responsible: Vigil in Support of the Tortured
United Church on the Green, Corner of Temple and Elm Streets
New Haven, CT
Tues, June 26; 4:30pm - 5:30pm
To be followed by film screening/discussion in church’s Bradley Room
Contact: 203-777-3849
District of Columbia
Vigil for Victims of Torture
US Navy War Memorial, 8th St & Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC
Tues, June 26, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Contact: 202-547-1920
Film Screening:
Doctors of the Dark Side
E-Street Cinema, 11th & E Streets
Washington, DC
Tues, June 26, 6pm-8pm
Contact: khuskey@phrusa.org
Reception - Center for Victims of Torture
Hart Senate Office Building 902
Washington, D.C.
Thurs, June 28, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
More info: http://www.cvt.org/news-events/events/washington-dc-reception
Please RSVP: olueth@cvt.org or 612.436.4830
Florida
Anti-Torture Vigil
Location TBA
Tampa, FL
Tues, June 26, 6pm-8pm
Contact: npehar@cair.com
 Georgia
Send a Msg to Sen. Chambliss: “TORTURE IS ALWAYS WRONG!”
Troy Davis/Woodruff Park
Gather at the corner of Auburn & Peachtree (across from Equitable building)
Atlanta, GA
Tues, June 26 @11:30am
Contact: Lisa Adler, www.facebook.com/events/375769969137996/
Illinois
A series of events are planned in Chicago from Friday, 6/22, through Tuesday, 6/26
For detailed info: http://bit.ly/MpxC3n
Contact: jtscarry@yahoo.com
Iowa
Public Witness and Prayer Service for an End to Torture
Corner of University and Merle Hay Rd. (St. Theresa Catholic Church)
Windsor Heights, IA
Tues, June 26, 5:30-6:30pm
Contact: 782-3054 or centerforsocialministry@gmail.com
Kentucky
Owensboro, KY
Tues, June 26
Details TBA
Contact: jhumphries@nrcat.org
Michigan
Vigil for International Day in Support of Torture Victims
McNamara Federal Building--Michigan and Cass
Detroit, MI
Tues, June 26, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Contact: gkgrunow@grunows.net; 313-531-7647
Minnesota
History of Torture & the Law (Display of 10 panels)
June 15-25: Federal Courthouse @ 300 South 4th St
June 26: Center for Victims of Torture - see details here
Minneapolis, MN
Contact: rowleyclan@earthlink.net
Film screenings:
Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard
Reckoning With Torture – Moyers & Company program
St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
Thurs, June 28 @7:00pm
Contact: rowleyclan@earthlink.net
Missouri
Demonstration Against Torture
Keiner Plaza, Market Street
St. Louis, MO
Friday, June 29, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Contact: faizan @ cair-stlouis dot com or call (636)207-8882
New Jersey
Lecture/Panel:
Torture, the Constitution and Solitary Confinement,
A Preview of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report
Princeton Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road
Princeton, NJ
Thurs, June 28 @7:30pm
Contact: kcherry10@gmail.com
New Mexico
Vigil and action for victims of torture
Bridge Street
Las Vegas, NM
Tues, June 26 @11:30 a.m.
Contact: Robert Pearson - 505-425-8980
New York
NYC Vigil Against Torture, Guantanamo and the NDAA
New York City Hall (Centre St. & Brooklyn Promenade)
New York, NY
Tues, June 26, 6-8pm
Contact: zjohnson@aiusa.org or 212-633-4256
Join us at https://www.facebook.com/events/302198753204802/
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Vigil
Federal Court House, Delaware Avenue at Niagara Square
Buffalo, NY
Tues, June 26, 4-5 pm
Contact: laghh@roadrunner.com
North Carolina
Vigil
Federal Building, 401 W. Trade St.
Charlotte, NC
Tues, June 26, 11 am to 2 pm
Contact: 704-499-3918
Vigil Against Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
Johnston County Courthouse, 212 East Market Street
Smithfield, NC
Tues, June 26 @11:30 a.m.
Contact: Allyson Caison 919.961.4130 or Beth Brockman 919.824.9283
Pennsylvania
Say No to Torture
Capitol steps (3rd & State Streets)
Harrisburg, PA
Tues, June 26 @5:00pm
Contact: bvhbard @ pa dot net
Film screening:
Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard
Our Lady of Angels Convent, 609 Convent Rd.
Aston, PA
Tues, June 26 @6:30 pm
RSVP: 610-558-5395
South Carolina
Torture Awareness Vigil
Rt. 278 & Beach City Rd.
Hilton Head, SC
Tues, June 26 @ 10:30am
Contact: 843-681-4010
Tennessee
The Night Vigil
Court House Lawn
Crossville, TN
Sat, June 23, @ 7:30pm
Contact: Don Smith - 931-277-5720
Texas
Dallas Says No to Torture!
Rosa Parks Plaza, SW corner of Pacific & Lamar
Dallas, TX
Tues, June 26, 4:00pm-6:30pm
Contact: amnestydallas@gmail.com or arab@cair.com
More info: http://on.fb.me/LrK3fG
Virginia
Film Screenings:
Doctors of the Dark Side
Wed, June 20, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ
5010 Little Falls Road
Arlington, VA
Contact: Rev. Janet Parker, janet@rockspringucc.org
Washington
Vigil and Dramatic Reading
Jackson Federal Building; 2nd Ave & Madison St
Seattle, WA
Tuesday, June 26, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Contact: Larry Ebersole, wordheath@gmail.com
Vigil
Corner of Legion & Capitol Way (Sylvester Park)
Olympia, WA
Wed, June 27; 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Contact: Glen Anderson, (360) 491-9093, glen@olympiafor.org
Wisconsin
Film screenings:
Repairing the Brokenness
Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard
Annual gathering of Wisconsin Council of Churches
Sunset Resort, Washington Island, WI
Tuesday afternoon, June 26
Contact: bakken@wichurches.org
Canada
67 Highridge Way
Stony Plain, Alberta
Tuesday, June 26 @ 8:00pm
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