CVT In the News
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Reconsider Case Against U.S. Park Police Officers Who Killed Bijan Ghaisar
Coverage of a letter signed by CVT and partner organizations to Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging him to reconsider the case against U.S. Park Police officers who killed Bijan Ghaisar in 2017
Source: Blue Virginia
Date: 05/19/2022 -
CVT supports the bipartisan Clean Slate Act in Minnesota
Since 2014, Minnesota has had a petition-based expungement system in place. The Clean Slate Act of 2022, if enacted, would automate expungements for some of the offenses that already qualify for expungement under the current petition process.
Source: Minnesota House of Representatives
Date: 05/09/2022 -
Grants support local nonprofits that disrupt racial equity
Source: Insight News
Date: 04/14/2022 -
Caring for Refugee Women in the "Ellis Island of the South"
A great piece highlighting our CVT Georia partner Friends of the Refugees, and their important work on refugee maternal health. We are grateful and proud to support their work with our training on culturally-appropriate, trauma-informed care.
Source: Direct Relief
Date: 04/06/2022 -
Ukraine refugee crisis raises bigger issues
Dr. Simon Adams, CVT president and CEO, appeared on CGTN’s show The Hub with Wang Guan, speaking about the refugee crisis in Ukraine and around the world.
Source: CGTN America
Date: 03/31/2022 -
‘I’m Happy … I’m Free’: SPLC Wins Asylum for Nicaraguan Man Released from ‘Black Hole’ Immigrant Prison
SPLC cites a 2019 article by Andrea Cárcamo, formerly CVT senior policy counsel, regarding the Stewart immigration detention facility in Georgia.
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
Date: 03/25/2022 -
The 9/11 Trial: Why Are Plea Bargain Talks Underway?
“The Bush administration tortured the defendants and built a system to avoid the consequences of it,” said Scott Roehm, the Washington director of the Center for Victims of Torture. “That was never going to work.”
Source: New York Times
Date: 03/20/2022 -
Al Jazeera Arabic - Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Dr. Simon Adams, president and CEO, spoke to Al Jazeera about the Ukrainian refugee crisis and the need for trauma counseling for refugees.
Source: Al Jazeera
Date: 03/19/2022 -
20 Years Later, Guantánamo Bay is Still a Humanitarian Horror
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights and member of CVT’s National Advisory Council, mentions CVT in this article and video about Guantánamo.
Source: The Real News Network
Date: 03/15/2022 -
The War in Ukraine and Learning From Minnesotans Who Survived Past Wars
Jill Davidson, CVT social worker in St. Paul, and Amal Hassan, community educator and psychotherapist at CVT St. Cloud, will speak to MPR News about the impacts of war, the need for rehabilitative care and the experiences of people fleeing war and rebuilding lives in Minnesota.
Source: MPR News
Date: 03/14/2022
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