Join us with Witness against Torture members, faith communities, university students and others on Monday January 12th, for a witness at the Celebreeze Federal Building at East 9th & Lakeside from Noon to 1:30 pm. We will witness with signs, banners, and flyers inside and outside the Federal Building.
See the Facebook event here
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For more than four decades, IRTF has welcomed dozens of interns who have helped carry forward our mission of promoting peace, human rights and systemic transformation across the Americas. Each year, our interns enter the living legacy of IRTF: never-ending advocacy, organizing, and accompaniment. Their experiences, like those of Lucia and Maddie, remind us of the importance of this work and of forming the next generation of justice seekers.
Maddie: As a small organization and a tight-knit community, IRTF’s support is direct. This summer, we accompanied migrants to their immigration hearings, speaking with them in a mix of broken English and Spanish, learning their stories and offering them support and companionship. We connected with other community groups to learn how we could best inform local migrant and refugee families through Know Your Rights training. We challenged our own comfort and security by attempting to take on the fear and uncertainty faced by the migrant community.
Lucia: IRTF has been an indispensable part of discerning the world I want to live in, the role I will have in that, and the way I hope to go about it. This haven of social justice, activism, and human-centered civic engagement has become the foundation on which I hope to build a lifetime of advocacy and purposeful action.
Please read more from the reflections of student interns Maddie and Lucia.
This list of 17 lawsuits filed over immigration issues in Ohio in2025 provides insight on the obscurity of reasoning that leads to people being detained.
So if you missed Parts 1 and 2 of the series that were presented in November and December at our Chapter Gatherings, you will have an opportunity to experience both of them
We’re excited to announce that Equal Exchange will be donating a portion of their sales to IRTF when you shop their online store.
From now through January 16, when you use discount code IRTF10 on any order at https://shop.equalexchange.coop/pages/IRTF , you’ll get 10% off your entire order, plus 10% will be donated to IRTF, directly supporting our solidarity work. Find organic and fairly traded coffees, teas, chocolate, cocoa, nuts, dried fruits, and even olive oil—all from small farmer co-ops, available by the case for stocking up.
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January Monthly SURJ NEO Chapter Gathering: The Cleveland Mediation Center will teach us about De-Escalation with opportunities to practice the skills
Make your new year's resolution to be a revolutionary! Please join the Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community for our Palestine Advocacy 101 event
The Trump administration aims to send thousands of immigrants to the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center where fifteen men remain in indefinite detention, 24 years since the abusive and torture prison opened.
Due to the dramatic and chaotic ending to the recent presidential election in Honduras, an international human rights organization called Global Exchange and the Center for the Study of Democracy wrote a report stating that Honduras is navigating the collision of corporate lawsuits, historical corruption, and the urgent struggle for democracy.
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it. The US bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, follow a long history of interventions in South and Central America and the Caribbean over the past two centuries. But they also mark an unprecedented moment as the first direct US military attack on a South American country.
