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Volunteer Profile: Ben Kohler says, “I Can’t Do Everything, but I Can Do Something”

Ben Kohler
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees, Minnesota
It was in the early 1980s that Ben Kohler read about Governor Rudy Perpich’s proposal to create a center for torture survivors. “I learned about the center before it was even a center.”  He remembers reading articles and letters in the newspaper in opposition to the idea and his sense of shock. “I just couldn’t understand how anyone could oppose something so good and so needed.”  It motivated him to start supporting CVT’s work shortly after it became a reality.
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Supporting Survivors through Ambiguous Loss

Judy Twala
Monday, August 31, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Global Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
Judith Twala, MA, is a psychotherapist/trainer with the Center for Victims of Torture in Dadaab, Kenya. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee camp in the northeast region of Kenya, close to the Somali border. Most refugees in this complex of camps are from Somalia with others from South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries.  As a psychotherapist /trainer with the CVT Dadaab project, I have been interacting with war and torture survivors from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and Somalia for more than two years. Though from different mother countries, these survivors share one thing in common and that is ambiguous loss.
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New Tactics in Human Rights: Funding Early Childhood Education in Jordan

Fotouh Younes and Nancy Pearson - New Tactics in Human Rights
Friday, August 28, 2015
Fotouh Younes (left) with New Tactics Training Manager Nancy PearsonWhen CVT’s New Tactics in Human Rights program launched the Middle East North Africa (MENA) initiative to strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders in the MENA region, we began training local human rights activists in the New Tactics 5-Step Strategic Effectiveness method. Fotouh Younes with the Arab Network for Civic Education (ANHRE) was one of those who learned the Strategic Effectiveness method and became a local trainer in early 2010.
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Mary Healy Teaches the Ways of Public Transportation

CVT Volunteer Mary Healy
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Minnesota
Mary Healy’s involvement with CVT began with her appreciation of the beautiful yards highlighted in CVT fundraising Healing Garden tours in the 1990s. “I’m a fantasy gardener,” she explains. On one visit, she picked up a brochure about CVT and was intrigued to learn about its work in the Twin Cities. She volunteered to be a host at the next garden tour, and quickly became active in other roles. Beginning with New Tactics in Human Rights and continuing as a befriender, volunteer coordinator, and other roles, she has contributed to CVT for over 15 years.
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A Moment of Recognition: 2015 World Humanitarian Day

Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
On World Humanitarian Day, CVT recognizes humanitarians around the world including CVT staff.
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New Tactics in Human Rights: Engaging Youth to Reduce Violence

New Tactics in Human Rights
Monday, August 17, 2015
Posted in Human Rights
In the spring of 2010, the New Tactics in Human Rights program launched the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Initiative to strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders in the MENA region. This new phase of the program included training local human rights activists in the New Tactics 5-Step Strategic Effectiveness method.
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Volunteer Profile: Rita Manninen Sees Survivors Bloom

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees, Minnesota
Rita Manninen, CVT volunteer client services coordinator, comments on her many years' experience as a CVT volunteer, helping survivors rebuild their lives and volunteers discover the rewards of helping in that process.
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10 Best Practices for NGOs to Consider When Working with Photographers and Photography

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Posted in Human Rights
Brent Jensen, online community coordinator for New Tactics in Human Rights, summarizes the ten most important considerations for NGOs working with photography as part of activism.
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Former CIA Executive Director Admits Interrogation Techniques Were Indeed Torture

Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Melina Milazzo, CVT senior policy counsel, comments on admission by ex-CIA senior official that the CIA employed torture techniques.
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First, Do No Harm

Do No Harm t-shirt
Monday, July 27, 2015
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights
From across the nation, a group of psychologists, Grad Students Talk: Psychology Graduate Students Invested in Social Justice, are discussing current issues affecting our communities. The group conducts conference calls to discuss events and actions that are relevant in our communities. As a safe place for dialogue and ideas to be considered, Grad Students Talk has recently touched on the topic of torture.
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