Speakers for the Teach-in against torture include:

Rev. John Fife, co-founder of the Sanctuary movement, former moderator of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Speaking on the moral dimension of torture.

Gail Ann Brown, a founding member of No2Torture, New Mexico State Coordinator on the death penalty for Amnesty International, and has been a civil rights attorney for ten years.

Dr. Kathy Norgard is a psychologist who has worked for many years with victims of torture from Latin America and from Africa. She will speak on the psychological damage done by torture.

Hector Aristazabel, a Colombian victim of torture. The DVD of his powerful one-man drama of his story will be presented.

Owl & Panther, a group of children whose families are impacted by torture or traumatic dislocation sharing their poetry.

Buff Bradley, an award winning documentary video/film maker, will be presenting “A Long Darkness: The History of Torture in America,” a written work produced from research originally intended for a documentary video project.

Fr. Peter Hinde will speak on FEDERAM, a Latin-American organization of families of the disappeared, that is to say, of the effects on families of torture and disappearance of family members.