In response to the US supported war and famine in Yemen e now invite you to consider joining us for a liquids only fast, for approximately two weeks, during which participants will fast and vigil for one week in New York City, from Saturday, December 29 until January 5, 2019. The following week, January 6 13, the fast will move to join the Washington D.C. Witness Against Torture fast which has already decided to focus on torture in Yemen as well as Guantanamo.

WAT’s 2019 Fast for Justice

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We invite you to gather with us in community in Washington, DC, January 6th to 13th for Witness Against Torture’s 2019 Fast for Justice.

Once again we will fast and witness through dramatic actions to mark a tragic and ongoing history. Seventeen years ago on January 11th the prison camp at Guantanamo opened. To this day it remains a living symbol of US torture and human rights abuses, and is still a place of misery for 40 Muslim men. And under this president we face the ominous threat that the number imprisoned there will rise again.

It is easy to lose hope in these troubling times. But hope resides in bearing witness to injustice, lifting up human dignity, and imploring our fellow citizens not to turn their eyes away. And so we gather. Learn about our actions in past years at witnessagainsttorture.com.

Please join us – for the week or for a day, but especially on Friday January 11th. To RSVP and to reserve your space at the hostel, send an email to witnesstorture@gmail.com. We will get back to you with more information.

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Fast for Justice 2019 Tentative Schedule

WAT FAST FOR JUSTICE 2019 Tentative Schedule
Sunday January 6 to Sunday January 13, 2019
First Trinity Lutheran Church
501 4th Street NW (entrance on 4th St)
Washington DC 20001 (4th and E Sts NW)
(Judiciary Square Metro)

Sunday, January 6
We gather: People can arrive after 3 pm.
Contact person on Sunday: Don Cunning (848 200 0847)
7 pm: Last meal together before the fast begins on Monday
8 pm: Opening Community Circle

Monday, January 7
6:15am: Leave for Pentagon
7-8am: Pentagon Vigil w/ Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
9am: Community Circle and day of planning and action

Tuesday, January 8
9:00 am: Community Circle and day of planning and action
1 to 3 pm: Community Dialogue at Code Pink House (1241 Evarts St. NE, Washington, DC 20018) with members of tenants association and local Poor Peoples Campaign activists

Wednesday, January 9
9:00 am: Community Circle and day of planning and action
During day: Capitol Hill Advocacy (visit Congressional representatives); Demonstration in support of the people of Yemen (Blue Backpack Action)

Thursday, January 10
9:00 am: Community Circle, and day of planning and action
Evening: Panel Presentation on the state of Muslim rights in the US War on Terror- (speakers and location TBA)

Friday, January 11 – commemorating 17 years of Guantanamo
9:00 am: Community Circle, and day of planning and action
Noon: Coalition Rally at White House
WAT Action and breaking of fast (times and locations will be decided during week)

Saturday, January 12
9:00 am: Retreat to reflect on the week and plan moving forward

Sunday, January 13
9:00 am: Breakfast, closing circle and cleanup
12:00 noon: Everyone returns home