Refugees & U.S. Asylum Seekers: Uncertain Shelter in the Age of Trump

Every day, policies of President Trump, coupled with an atmosphere of unchecked xenophobia, are making life harder for refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom are also survivors of torture (as many as 44%).

Join us for a presentation by Curt Goering, Executive Director of the Center for Victims of Torture, including a briefing about what life is like for the survivors they work with and a discussion on the current political policies impacting them. Learn what you can do to support torture survivors, refugees and asylees in our community.

About Curt Goering: As executive director, Mr. Goering oversees an international staff with offices in Atlanta, St. Paul and Washington D.C., and healing projects in Africa and the Middle East. CVT provides comprehensive care for victims of government-sponsored torture, conducts research and training, and undertakes policy efforts to commit the U.S. and other institutions to work against torture and aid torture survivors. Mr. Goering began at CVT in May 2012. Prior to that, he was the chief operating officer at Amnesty International USA, where he had worked for nearly 30 years.