Monterey: Direct Action Task Force Against Torture!

Join the Direct Action Task Force Against Torture!
for all or part of a three day around-the-clock
anti-torture educational event and vigil
calling for an end to torture
and the closure of the infamous School of the Americas.

Speakers include Bill Monning, Phil Butler, Hal Ginsberg, Micky Welch, and more!

Continuous vigil from noon Friday until Sunday at 1 p.m.
Events held simultaneously.
For information on speakers, and directions, visit http://www.peacemonterey.org

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
12 - 3 pm - Lunch and Vigil
3:15 "The Stages a Protest movement Goes Through" Speaker: Sue Hubbard
4:00 Music with Michael Wheatley
4:30 pm - Opening Ceremony:
Opening Remarks from Janet Louise Wilson. Ribbon cutting ceremony for “Camp Bolio Coffeehouse.”
5 pm – “The Personal, Social and Political Implications of Torture” Speaker: Phillip Butler, Ph.D.
6 pm - "The Psychological Effects of Torture" Speaker: James Livingston
6:45 pm - music by local favorite Rhythm and Rouge
7:30 pm – "The Spiritual Implications of Torture - Degradation of Self and Society" Speaker: Rev. Greg Ward
8 pm on -- All night vigil with quiet music and poetry at Camp Bolio Coffeehouse
9 pm - Aria / Jordan Hip Hop Group from San Francisco Perform
10 pm on… all night vigil with ever present sea lions barking and quieter music and poetry in the Camp Bolio Coffeehouse

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
Ongoing vigil… join us for a glorious sunrise over a background of the Monterey Bay and Fisherman’s Wharf….
8 am - Community Breakfast
9 am - "Consensus - Enhancing democracy in our own community groups" Speaker: Joyce Vandevere
10 am – “A History Since the Nixon Administration of American Government Involvement with Torturers”
Speaker: Hal Ginsberg, KRXA 540 AM General Manager
11 am-1 pm Vigil + Lunch + performance by local singing group "Sound Out"
1 pm - ACLU presentation by Micky Welch, Esq.
2 pm - “Rule of Law: The Role of the States and the Citizenry in Prevention of Torture.” Speaker: Bill Monning
3 pm – Presentation regarding case of the Black Panthers
4 pm –“The Cuban 5: US Political Prisoners” Speaker: Alicia Jrapko
5 pm - Community Dinner
6 pm – “Habeas Corpus and the Immorality of Torture” Speaker: Anthony Gregory
7-8 pm – Vigil and music in the “Camp Bolio Coffeehouse” Music by Aria and the Freedom Society (hip hop)
8 - CREDO party - hosted by Carole Erickson
10 pm on…. All night vigil and coffeehouse activities

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008
8 am - Community Breakfast
9 am - "Your Civic Duty to Stop Torture" workshop and discussion. Facilitator MacGregor Eddy
10 am - “Healing From Torture”, Speaker: Mary Litell
11 - Community Lunch
12 - Quaker silent meeting for worship -all welcome to join (30 minutes)
1pm - break down and cleanup of Camp Bolio site… All help welcome!

Teach-In Speakers

Opening Remarks:
Janet Louis Wilson is Chair of the Direct Action Task Force Against Torture!,
a member of the Religious Society of Friends of the Monterey Peninsula,
and a Board member of the Monterey Peace & Justice Center.


"The Personal, Social, and Political Implications of Torture":
Phillip Butler, Ph.D., is a 1961 graduate of the United States Naval Academy
and a former light-attack, carrier pilot. In 1965 he was shot down over North Vietnam where he spent eight years as a prisoner of war.

Friday evening remarks:
The Reverend Gregory Scott Ward is minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula

"A History of American Government Involvement with Torturers":
Hal Ginsberg, General Manager and principal owner of radio station KRXA 540

"Rule of Law: The Role of the States and Citizenry in Prevention of Torture" :
Assemblyman-elect Bill Monning, Director of the Mandell-Gisnet Center
for Conflict Management

"The Cuban 5" :
Alicia Jrapko is active in a national organization in San Francisco advocating for the freedom of five Cuban men who have been held in US prisons for over ten years because they tried to stop terrorist attacks on Cuba and her people.

"Habeas Corpus and the Immorality of Torture":
Anthony Gregory, research analyst for The Independent Institute and policy advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation

"Healing from Torture, a Capacitar's Experience" :
Mary Litell, international trainer with Capacitar International

Sue Hubbard,
a local activist, is in her third year as co-chair for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Her presentation is patterned after a Bill Moyer workshop.
Sue works for the Bureau of Land Management.

James Livingston, Ph.D,
is the Clinical Services Manager for the Center for Survivors of Torture

Joyce Vandevere,
is the president of the Monterey Peace and Justice Center, a long-time activist and former chair of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey Branch, and a founding organizer of the Peace Coalition of Monterey County.