A time comes when silence is betrayal . . . We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. For we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness so close around us.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture
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Who Are We?
We are an inter-religious membership organization modeled on the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. We are supported by our members, and we work in conjunction with the national campaign.
What Do We Want?
We want an end to all U.S.-sponsored and U.S.-supported torture. Specifically, we call for:
- An end to all U.S. torture of prisoners
- An end to U.S. outsourcing of torture ("renditions")
- All secret prisons to be closed
- An independent commission to investigate human rights abuses at U.S. installations like Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.
What Does the Washington Religious Campaign Against Torture Do?
- Sponsors educational events for religious groups
- Witnesses against torture, through vigils, protests, and other actions.
- Communicates with our elected officials'
- Provides resources to local religious groups to assist them in congregational anti-torture work
A NRRCAT Meeting at River Road Unitarian Church
Download a copy of our brochure. You are free to make and distribute copies to anyone who might be interested. Click here.
Congregational Members
As of Oct. 10, the following religious bodies have become official members of WRRCAT:
- Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
- First Presbyterian, Arlington
- All Souls Unitarian Church, D.C.
- Augustana Lutheran Church
- Friends Meeting of Bethesda
- Rock Spring Congregational Church
- First Trinity Lutheran Church
- Am Kelel, Jewish Humanist
- Redeemer Episcopal Church
- St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church of the Ascension
- Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia
- River Road Unitarian Church, Social Justice Council
- Commission on Peace, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
- Friends Meeting of Washington, Peace and Social Concerns Committee
- Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, Social Justice Committee
- Episcopal Peace Fellowship, D.C.
- National Capital Presbytery
- Methodist Federation on Social Action
Want your congregation to join? Here are some materials you can use:
You can use this memo to ask your congregation to become a member of WRRCAT.
Just have your congregation complete this form and send it in.