CVT In the News
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A grim anniversary for torture survivors
In an OpEd published in The Hill, Curt Goering, CVT executive director, comments on the grim anniversaries of both the Muslim Ban and the Remain in Mexico policy, and their impact on torture survivors.
Source: The Hill
Date: 01/28/2020 -
Organizational development with torture rehabilitation programs An applied perspective
Kristi Rendahl, assistant professor & director, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Minnesota State University, Mankato, and organizational development consultant, CVT; and Pamela Kriege Santoso, project manager, Partners in Trauma Healing (PATH) Project, CVT, have an article published in the journal Torture.
Source: Torture Journal
Date: 01/21/2020 -
Indicators likely to contribute to clinical and functional improvement among survivors of politically sanctioned torture
An article published in the journal Torture by Martin Hill, Ph.D., Mary Lynn Everson, MS, LCPC, cites Craig Higson-Smith’s 2015 publication, Updating the estimate of refugees resettled in the United States. Higson-Smith is CVT’s director of research.
Source: Torture Journal
Date: 01/21/2020 -
A paradox of impeachment politics: There’s one area where Trump and the ‘Deep State’ are in lockstep
Scott Roehm, director of CVT's D.C. office, is quoted in this article originally published by Raw Story.
Source: AlterNet
Date: 01/19/2020 -
RCUSA Welcomes News of Preliminary Injunction Against Executive Order
Scott Roehm, director of CVT’s D.C. office and board chair of RCUSA, is quoted in a statement from RCUSA about the block on President Trump’s refugee Executive Order.
Source: RCUSA
Date: 01/15/2020 -
Atlanta’s Global Effort To Remove Mental Health Stigm
The online summary of this WABE interview mentions CVT as a co-presenter of an event with the Carter Center exploring global mental health issues.
Source: WABE Radio
Date: 01/14/2020 -
Gov. Abbott Says No to Refugees
Eric Schwartz, president of Refugees International and CVT board member, is quoted in an article in The Austin Chronicle on the Texas governor's decision not to welcome refugees.
Source: The Austin Chronicle
Date: 01/13/2020 -
Global Mental Health Gains Momentum, Gives Hope
An article at the Saporta Report by Dr. Eve Byrd, mental health program director at The Carter Center, mentions the January 14 Conversations at The Carter Center event on global mental health and CVT’s role as a featured participant.
Source: Saporta Report
Date: 01/13/2020 -
Texas is rejecting new refugees under Trump executive order
Eric Schwartz, president of Refugees International and CVT board member, is quoted in this Washington Post article about Texas rejecting new refugees.
Source: Washington Post
Date: 01/10/2020 -
Area Non-Profits Receive $92,500 in Grant Funding
WJON Radio reports that CVT is among the recipients of grant funds from The Women’s Fund of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation.
Source: WJON Radio
Date: 01/08/2020
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