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Guantanamo 20 Years On: A Religious Perspective Webinar

Join The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture as they host a Zoom discussion about how the prison at Guantanamo was opened 20 years ago, its human rights abuses and military commissions, why it remains open, and how to advocate for its closure.

Webinar participants include:

  • Shaun Casey, professor at Georgetown University and former special representative for religion and global affairs at the U.S. Department of State

  • The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church

  • Matt Hawthorne, National Religious Campaign Against Torture

  • J. Wells Dixon, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights

  • Moderated by Rebecca Linder Blachly, director of government relations, The Episcopal Church