Monday, December 17, 2007

Wickersham speaks on torture - Dec. 18

Check this out:

Join the Dane County UN-USA for their rescheduled monthly meeting, Tuesday, Dec 18, 7:15PM.

Free and open to the public.

NOTE: We will be meeting in the Main Gate Auditorium DOWNSTAIRS – take the elevator one flight down.

Monthly Program Meeting

Program Topic: Taking Action NOW to Stop Torture
Speaker: Rev. Carol Wickersham

Place: Meriter Main Gate, 333 West Main Street
(Free parking in ramp across Main Street)
NEW Time: Tuesday, Dec 18th, 7:15 p.m.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on December 10, 1948. Article V says: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

Our program is therefore: "Taking Action NOW to Stop Torture"

Rev. Carol Wickersham, Coordinator of No2Torture (http://www.no2torture.org) a program of the Presbyterian Church - USA and a member of the board of the National Religious Coalition Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org)

Wickersham is on the Sociology faculty at Beloit College and is part of the Leadership Initiative for the College. She is the Director of the Duffy Community Partnerships, a community-based, experiential education program. She lives with her family in Clinton WI , and serves on the Clinton school board.

For more details visit our website: www.una-usadanecounty.org