In recognition of Torture Awareness Month, members of Tzedek Chicago congregation shared their work, in the Chicago area and beyond, with some aspect of addressing carcerality and everyday torture:
Video recording —
Links to organizations discussed by presenters —
- Joey Mogul — Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation and Chicago Torture Justice Center
- Nikki Morse — Community Hotline for Incarcerated People (FL) and Bending the Bars (an original album of hip hop music by Florida-based incarcerated artists)
- Seph Mozes — Chicago Community Jail Support
- Paul Rothschild — lived experience of incarceration in US; Ending Permanent Punishments (organizing and campaign hub for people directly impacted by the criminal legal system
- Beck Sroczynski — Migrant Support Collective
- Maya Schenwar — Love & Protect (supporting women and gender non-conforming persons of color who are criminalized or harmed by state and interpersonal violence) and Truthout grassroots news organization
- Virginia Spatz — Death Row chevruta
- Brant Rosen, rabbi of Tzedek Chicago
Addameer [Arabic: conscience] Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
https://www.addameer.org
Matir Asurim
General Archive Site; current experimental site; Death Penalty Topic Digest
National Religious Coalition Against Torture
https://NRCAT.org
Torture Awareness Month
Torture Awareness Month resources page
https://rereading4liberation.com/
Related materials — study text, background and further study, prayer/meditation,
