Press Advisory, Unitarian Church

National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)

UNITARIAN CHURCH, DAVENPORT
3707 Eastern Avenue
Davenport, Iowa
563-359-0816
www.qcuu.org
Media Advisory For: Contact: Linda Gustitus 563-289-3462; 202-557-8867
Sunday, June 15, 2008 Rev. Roger Butts 563-359-0816


Davenport Unitarian Church Joins Over 300 Hundred Congregations Nationwide in Displaying Banners Opposing the Use of Torture
Local participation linked to national effort to mobilize American faith
community response to U.S.-sponsored torture
[Davenport, IA] - Unitarian Church of Davenport will join congregations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on Sunday in displaying an anti-torture banner during the month of June. The "Banners Across America" initiative, organized by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), allows local congregations to participate in a nationwide, interfaith public witness linked to Torture Awareness Month.
More than 300 congregations across the country, including four in Davenport (Unitarian Church, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Faith United Church of Christ, St. Ambrose University Campus Ministry) will display large black-and-white banners with messages “Torture Is Wrong” and “Torture Is a Moral Issue”, seeking to raise awareness of the use of torture and to lift a religious voice of prophetic witness.
WHAT: Congregational ceremony to unveil Anti-Torture Banner displayed by Unitarian Church of Davenport
WHO: Rev. Roger Butts, congregation members, and Linda Gustitus, President of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
WHERE: 3707 Eastern Avenue, Davenport
WHEN: Sunday, June 15th, 12:00 PM -- immediately after the 11:00 AM service.
For more information about the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and Banners Across America, go to www.tortureisamoralissue.org.