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"Coming Together Is a Success" - Select CVT Staff Gather in Nairobi: All CVT trainers and clinical advisors who are based in Africa are meeting together for a week of learning, sharing, self-care and fun.
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The U.S. Must Care for Those Fleeing Violence and Torture: Curt Goering, CVT executive director, urges people to contact Congress and tell them to end inhumane family separation practices.
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A Refugee Torture Crisis: Millions of Refugees in the United States Survived Torture: Just in time for World Refugee Day, Maggie Mabie, intern at CVT's Washington Office, emphasizes that the refugee crisis is a torture crisis.
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Meet Steve Ruce, CVT's 25-Year Volunteer Extraordinaire: Steve reflects on two-plus decades of service to CVT, and the healing power of gardening.
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”My Life is a River”: A Meeting with Women Survivors at CVT Uganda: Fawn Bernhardt-Norvell, CVT's director of development, reflects on her recent trip to East Africa.
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A Q&A with CVT's Interpreter Project Group: Curious about the role of the interpreter in a survivor's healing? Check out this blog series.
What's new
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Curt Goering was interviewed live on KFAI radio’s Conversations with Al McFarlane, discussing SGBV, reconciliation and accountability for torture.
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Dr. Maria Vucovich, research associate, is quoted in this article from the UM School of Nursing, about their partnership with CVT working to create family-centered intervention for Karen families.
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Dr. Anne Slanina, CVT psychotherapist, comments in this article on MIC that regarding detention at the border, “I heard several clients refer to their treatment at that time as worse than their torture in their home country.”
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CVT joined nearly 300 organizations in this letter calling on members of Congress to reduce funding for detentions & deportations and provide zero funding for an unnecessary border wall.
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In a news release posted Thursday afternoon, CVT denounced the Trump Administration’s horrifying actions to tear families apart and deny asylum to those fleeing domestic or gang violence.
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Members of CVT’s staff joined thousands of fellow mental health and medical professionals in signing a Physicians for Human Rights letter addressed to Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The letter appeals to the Trump administration to cease the separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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