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Toward a Moral Consensus Against Torture

Mar 25 2011
Mar 26 2011

INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE SEEKS TO BUILD MORAL CONSENSUS AGAINST TORTURE

Speakers in religion and human rights will discuss the use of torture in the U.S. and abroad and prepare participants for anti-torture advocacy within their own communities.
Sponsors: National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), the Duke Human Rights Center, and the North Carolina Council of Churches. Duke Divinity School and First Presbyterian Church in Durham, March 25-26, 2011.
“This is not an academic debate but part of a national effort toward a moral consensus: torture is always wrong; torture does not make ‘us’ safer; and we need concrete tactics to refuse the climate of fear and compliance,” says Amy Laura Hall, conference coordinator and associate professor of Christian ethics at the Divinity School.

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Oct. 11 Phone Bank: "Just a Spoonful of Sugar" making health care palatable for all

Submitted by MsSpentyouth on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 4:32pm

What?> Phone Bank: "Just a Spoonful of Sugar" - Let's Make Health-care Access Palatable for ALL!

When? Sun., Oct. 11, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Where? Organizing for America's Raleigh HQ (Raleigh, NC), 130 East Morgan Street in downtown Raleigh, NC 27601
Who? Patty Williams, MsSpentyouth, and Organizing for America
How? Sign up at MyBarackObama.com

WHAT ARE WE DOING? We're having fun, noshing great food, phone banking for better health-care coverage, and, above all, supporting Kim Yaman (aka MsSpentyouth here at Blue NC and DailyKos) as she fights the restrictions of her health insurance to get treatment for Cushing's disease.

WHAT DO I BRING?: A healthy appetite for health-care reform and a dish to share.

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Voter Registration Party

Apr 5 2008 10:00 am
Apr 5 2008 3:00 pm

The Cabarrus County Young Democrats will be hosting a voter registration party at CALDWELL PARK in Concord, on Saturday, APRIL 5TH from 10AM till 3PM. RAPPER, SINGERS, ARTISTS, COMICS, POETS, and PASSIONATE PEOPLE are encouraged to express their views, candidates, or party. We aspire to create a Dave Chapelle style block party welcoming all to engage in the process of community activism. "Experience for Change!"

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