CTJC Newsletter: March 2020

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CHICAGO TORTURE JUSTICE CENTER

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NEWSLETTER March 2020

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Help Us Find Our New Clinical Director

The Chicago Torture Justice Center is on the search for a dynamic, new Clinical Director to lead our politicized healing approach to clinical services. The Clinical Director has the crucial role of designing innovative trauma-informed services, educating on the impact of racialized violence, and integrating these two primary areas of mission driven work to support larger institutional and structural changes. If you know someone who is a licensed clinician (social worker, psychologist, etc.) and who might be interested, please have them check out the updated job description on the CTJC website (www.chicagotorturejustice.org) or have them email Cindy at cindy@chicagotorturejustice.org.

�ESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO REGAIN BALANCE" �

Photo from the center by Ez Powers

Welcoming A New Member To The Team

Photo from Holiday Party by Ez Powers

We are incredibly excited to introduce our newest member of CTJC, Gina Tarullo. Gina will be joining in a new role for the Center, Director of Resource and Impact Support. In her role, Gina will help build the sustainability and impact of the Center both through assisting with fundraising as well as capturing the necessary data and testimony that will allow us to best assess the Center’s programs.

We are thrilled to have her.

“I so deeply respect and admire everyone I've come to know through CTJC. It is humbling for me to continue to work in collaboration with the powerful survivors, families, and staff who have built this healing community. I am excited to support the Center's historic vision and to help grow its capacity for the future!” - Gina Tarullo

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Call For Reflections

UPCOMING EVENTS

Every Monday - Open Case Management Hours, every Monday, 1pm to 5pm at CTJC (open to anyone impacted by police violence) Every Tuesday - Cranio-Sacral Therapy (by appointment only) from 1pm to 4pm at CTJC. Email cindy@chicagotorturejustice.org or call 773962-0395 to schedule an appointment) Saturday, March 14th – RISE Community Meeting 10am-12pm at CTJC (open to community members)

Thursday, March 19th – Community Evaluation Conversation: Help Us Develop a Participatory Evaluation Strategy for the Center Thursday, March 26th - Care Session, 5-8 PM at Douglas Library 3353 W 13th St, Chicago, IL 60623

This year marks the 5-year anniversary of the passage of the Reparations Ordinance. We want to acknowledge and celebrate this monumental and visionary ordinance throughout the year, and need your help.

It took a community of survivors, activists, lawyers, educators, family members, artists, and more to achieve this victory. What are your reflections of where we are now, where we need to go, and what’s next?

Please send your email reflections to aislinn@chicagotorturejustice.org or in the mail to 641 W. 63rd Chicago, IL 60621. We hope to publish these throughout the year on the Center’s new, upcoming blog.

Thank you!

Love for Time Being Tattoo

COURT SUPPORT

George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, 2650 S. California, Chicago, IL , 60608 March 4, 2020 – Keith Walker, Room 704, 9:30 am March 4, 2020 – James Freedom, Room 308, 9:00 am March 6, 2020 – Antione Nichols, Room 602, 9:00 am March 10, 2020 – Carl Williams, Room 302, 9:30 am March 12, 2020 – Jerome Weathers, Room 302, 9:30 am March 19, 2020 – Sean Tyler, Room 504, 9:00 am March 26, 2020 – Kilroy Watkins, Room 700, 9:00 am Marsh 26, 2020 – Juan & Rosendo Hernandez, Room 603, 9:30 am March 27, 2020 – Reginal Henderson, Room 504, 9:00 am

Care Sessions

Through a partnership with the School of the Art Institute, we will have our first of three care sessions on March 26th at Douglas Library dedicated to Pierre Loury, who was killed by Chicago police on April 11, 2016. Pierre’s family will join us in celebrating his life, discussing the pending court case and how community can become involved.

March 26th // 5-8pm Douglas Library // 3353 W. 13th St, Chicago, IL 60623

There are so many ways to show up for justice—in the streets, in the courts, in classrooms, and in tattoo shops!

We were beyond thrilled and honored when Time Being Tattoo artists’ @MAGICTATTY, @SEMA.TATTOO, and @KEARA_MCGRAW— along with guest artists @JULIACAMPIONE at Good Omen Tattoo and @APROPERTATTOO at Copperplate Tattoo—offered to do a Flash Benefit drive for the Chicago Torture Justice Center.

On Monday, February 25th proceeds from all tattoos done between 12pm to 9pm were given directly to the Center. Through these artists commitment to justice and to supporting the work of the Center, they were able to raise $4,410.

All the money goes directly to support the programming of the Center, and we are incredibly grateful for their support. We couldn’t do this work without our community. Thank you!

If you are inspired by the Flash Tattoo benefit, and have ideas for a fundraiser you’d like to organize let us know by email Gina at gina@chicagotorturejustice.org.