We join a great many others in this work. 

Our Mission

As part of our Quaker witness, we are committed to support Friends in their efforts to:

• Raise awareness about state-sponsored torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment;

• Totally abolish such practices; and

• Assist all those damaged by such practices.

The Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT)

• Our first conference was June 2-4, 2006 at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina with 126 people attending from 18 Yearly Meetings in 4 countries.  Report on conference 2006 page.

• Our second conference was held on June 1-3 2007 at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina with 95 people. 

• As of June 2009, the QUIT Steering Committee is working on objectives, opportunities, and better web communication. 

 We thank

• Friends World Committee on Consultation, which provided conference seed money.

• The Brown Fund of New England Yearly Meeting for supporting our work with a grant in 2007.

• The many Friends and others who created a flood of response to the call for a conference on torture. Many ideas have been shared. It became clear that a large historic work, similar to early Quaker work in prison reform, abolition, and women’s suffrage, is at hand. Our planning will be for a long-term work, perhaps of more than one generation. It’s also clear that such large and difficult work is good for our spiritual muscles, individually and corporately.

Donate

Updated information for making donations to QUIT is expected by the end of July, if not sooner.  Please keep checking the web site for progress.

She Made a Quilt to Spread the Word

Denny Webster of Boulder Meeting CO wrote us, "The quilt I am making for the conference is coming along. I will send a photo soon. Mary White (who's now in Boulder, used to be part of Strawberry Creek meeting) has made glass tears for the faces. I think there are 32 faces on an American flag. It's taken longer than I hoped." Denny finished the quilt and we are proud to give you a photo. Click HERE to see the quilt.

To see some images that have been sent to us, click HERE.

To view information from the conference archives, click HERE