{"id":1084,"date":"2022-06-07T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:09:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:09:27","slug":"june-26-join-us-in-raleigh-to-support-the-imprisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/2022\/06\/07\/june-26-join-us-in-raleigh-to-support-the-imprisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"June 26:  Join Us in Raleigh to Support the Imprisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-791x1024.png 791w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-232x300.png 232w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-768x994.png 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-1187x1536.png 1187w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-300x388.png 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN-850x1100.png 850w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/June-26-Solidarity-With-Incarcerated-Event_NCSTN.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> June 26 is UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.&nbsp; Gather to observe the cruel links in the mistreatment of disproportionately Black and Brown prisoners in North Carolina and the all-Muslim Black and Brown prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Per capita, more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than in any other country on earth.&nbsp; North Carolina is one of 12 states in which more than half the prison population is Black.&nbsp; And our state hosts a CIA aviation firm used in the kidnapping and torture of at least 49 Black and Brown people, all Muslim, in the so-called \u201cwar on terror.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We should be better than this!&nbsp; Let\u2019s take action.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>:&nbsp; A gathering to hear\nspeakers, bear witness, connect with others who care, and write letters to Gov.\nCooper.&nbsp; Through virtual reality\nheadsets, \u201cexperience\u201d solitary confinement briefly.&nbsp; Watch a short documentary on solitary\nconfinement, and hear at least one person who has experienced it.&nbsp; Free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:&nbsp; Sunday, June 26, from\n2:00 to 4:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp; John Chavis Community\nCenter, 505 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We call on Governor Cooper to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* <strong>end solitary confinement<\/strong>, which is\ntorture, in NC prisons and jails as recommended by the 2020 NC Task Force for\nRacial Equity in Criminal Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* <strong>issue a pardon of innocence to Michael\nParker<\/strong>, a North Carolina man imprisoned 22 years for a crime he didn\u2019t\ncommit, and waiting for the Governor\u2019s pardon since 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* <strong>acknowledge NC&#8217;s vital role in the CIA&#8217;s post-9\/11 rendition and torture program<\/strong>, and end the CIA&#8217;s use of NC airports for human rights abuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>:\u00a0 ACLU-NC, Disability Rights NC, Emancipate NC, Libertarian Party of NC, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, NC Conference of the United Methodist Church, NC Council of Churches, NC Justice Center, NC Peace Action, NC Stop Torture Now, Veterans for Peace &#8211;Eisenhower Chapter 157 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26 is UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.&nbsp; Gather to observe the cruel links in the mistreatment of disproportionately Black and Brown prisoners in North Carolina and the all-Muslim Black and Brown prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention center. 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