[saymaListserv] QUIT again

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Dear Friends,

The Quaker Initiative to End Torture invites you to register for its first
conference June 2-4 2006 at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC via our
website www.quit-torture-now.org <http://www.quit-torture-now.org/> .  We
are proud to announce our Friday night keynote speaker Jennifer Harbury,
author of “Truth, Torture, and the American Way- The History and
Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture”.  Please visit our website for
news of events and share this notice with others.

John Calvi, convener QUIT
Chuck Fager, Joe Franko,
Liz Keeney, John Meyer,
Scilla Wahrhaftig, planning committee
                   
January 17, 2006

Dear Friends,

With FWCC¹s support, a Quaker conference on Torture is being planned for
June 2-4, 2006 at Guilford College in North Carolina. We invite your meeting
to post the enclosed flyer, and to send one or more members/attenders to the
conference, so they can report back on how Friends can bear a constructive,
broad-based witness on this crucial issue.

The conference arose from a deep concern of our Friend John Calvi, who has
long worked with many torture victims as a massage therapist and healer.
More recently, he became convinced that more needed to be done. As he put
it:

“Increasingly, there are corners without Light in American culture and
places of American domination where there is no longer simply the threat of
abduction, imprisonment or death, but also the likelihood that this includes
torture. . . . What was once small and secret is now widespread, public, and
stated policy. Opposition to torture would be the essence of Friends¹ Peace
Testimony, practice, and faith and would add to our history.”

Because there is indication that torture will continue and increase, I
believe it is time for Friends to study this with a conference. Let us
become informed, spread information, and choose action in education,
investigation, prevention, and treatment.

FWCC's Peace Issues Working Group has endorsed this concern, as have the
following Friends groups (thus far): Baltimore Yearly Meeting, South Central
Yearly Meeting, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Canadian Yearly Meeting,
Frederick MD Meeting, Medford NJ Meeting, Birmingham AL Meeting, Matinecock
NY Meeting

Concern over torture has been growing among religious and other peace
workers. Friends can play an important role in this gathering work. We
believe this conference will be an important place to start, and hope your
meeting will be represented there.

In Friendship,
Peace Issues Working Group, FWCC, Section of the Americas
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