Survivors of Torture: Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope

Founded in 1985 as the first torture rehabilitation center in the country, the Center for Victims of Torture works in Minnesota and sites throughout the world to heal lives devastated by torture. As executive director of the Center for Victims of Torture, Mr. Goering oversees an international staff with offices in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Washington D.C. and healing projects in Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Goering began at CVT in May 2012. Mr. Goering will discuss CVT's pioneering and now globally recognized rehabilitative work with survivors of torture and war-related atrocities in the US and abroad.