Witness Against Torture Chicago

Witness Against Torture Chicago is a coalition, most of whose members come from White Rose Catholic Worker or from Kairos Chicago.  The group plans to organize an educational event in Chicago and to tell the stories of two current Guantánamo detainees.

Contact whiterosecw@gmail.com to attend their next meeting.

Chicago residents petition for city council resolution against torture

Members of Witness Against Torture Chicago are gathering petition signatures to support a city council resolution.  Chicago residents can sign the petition here.

Chicago group educates on Independence Day 2011
 

A dozen members hold signs during rush hour

About a dozen of us were at the Loyola EL stop in Chicago on Friday evening, May 20, from 5 until about 6:30 p.m.  The location is a place where car traffic gets bottlenecked as people head to the northern suburbs coming off of Lake Shore Drive, so there's a lot of volume and people have to slow down as they pass.  The energy was good - lots of positive response from people passing by.

We had a couple of people in orange jumpsuits and hoods, and lots of signs.

Photos: Annie Boyd