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From: Kevin Murray - UUSC <ewire [at] uusc.org>
To: jojane [at] juno.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:40:41 -0700
Subject: UUSC eWire: Citizens' Signing Statement; Support living wages;
Jennifer Harbury
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  News and views on human rights 

In This Issue: No. 16: October 2006  

?   "Signing statement" on torture 
?   Founders honored in Washington, D.C. 


?   Living Wage Days 
?   UUSC holiday cards 


?   Guatemalan government apologizes to Harbury 



"Signing statement" on torture 

President Bush recently signed the Military Commissions Act legitimizing
the use of torture by U.S. government agents and greatly expanding the
president's power to authorize its use. UUSC's Shelley Moskowitz
participated in a public demonstration in front of the White House
protesting this act. 
Read more on our blog and send the president your own signing statement. 



Living Wage Days 

This election season is the time to inspire, educate, and mobilize
support for raising the minimum wage at the federal and state level. One
way to do that is by joining UUSC for Living Wage Days October 21-22 and
28-29. 
Bring Living Wage Days to your community. 
 


Guatemalan government apologizes to Harbury 

The Guatemalan government apologized to Jennifer Harbury for its role in
the 1990s torture and murder of her husband, a Mayan resistance leader.
Harbury, who has relentlessly pursued justice for her husband for over a
decade, is the former director of UUSC's STOP (Stop Torture Permanently)
Campaign. 
Read the full story (PDF). 



Founders honored in Washington, D.C. 

The celebration of UUSC founders Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp
culminated in a special event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in
September commemorating their work saving Jews during World War II. 
Learn more about this recent honor. 
 


UUSC holiday cards 

Support UUSC while sharing the spirit of the season by purchasing UUSC
holiday cards. This year's cards will be available in November and
include "Be the Light," an original design by contest winner Alex Leaver
of First Parish Church, Plymouth, Mass. 

Order this year's holiday cards. 





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