tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63888176713746816192011-08-01T17:40:38.995-07:00Welcome to the Program for Torture Victim's Blog. Below you will find PTV news, upcoming events, news on issues of torture globally and more. Please visit our website at <a href="http://ptvla.org">www.ptvla.org</a> for more information.Program for Torture Victimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426994669048012619noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388817671374681619.post-11719823293856211862010-05-14T12:29:00.000-07:002010-05-20T14:59:24.049-07:00

PTV warmly welcomes our new executive director, Julie Gutman, Esq.  Julie currently serves as Vice-President of the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commission and Senior Labor Advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.  In a statement thanking Julie for her “tireless dedication and service to the city of Los Angeles,”  Mayor Villaraigosa said “the Program for Torture Victims is

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(Leonid Rem and family celebrate receiving political asylum) Leonid Rem came to PTV in 2000 after he and his family escaped political oppression in Kazakhstan. For several years they received psychosocial support and services from PTV as they adjusted to life in the United States. Rem is a strong supporter of PTV. In March, he and his wife, Irena Tsoy, donated to PTV at our Shakey’s Pizza

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PTV would like to recognize the work of Dr. Naomi Wolman. For several years, she has been a dedicated pro bono psychiatrist for PTV.  She donates a full afternoon to PTV clients every other week out of Venice Family Clinic in addition to working full time as a psychiatrist for the homeless of LA County. Thank you Dr. Wollman for your service and dedication. Please describe how and when you

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(From left to right: Maureen Farrell, Community Outreach Coordinator, and PTV client) Our spring Healing Club was full of bright colors and bright smiles! PTV worked on a project with Portraits of Hope, a program that organizes and conceives large-scale public art projects as a form of what they call “creative therapy.” The program’s current project is a transformation of the Los Angeles

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(From left to right: Dr. Berthold, Dr. Quiroga and Carolina Sheinfeld from LAFLA outside the Supreme Court) Every year PTV sends a delegation of staff to Washington D.C. to advocate on behalf of torture survivors. This February Dr. Jose Quiroga, Dr. Megan Berthold, and Dr. Jene Moio visited the capitol to speak with Congressional Representatives Howard Berman, Henry Waxman, Xavier Becerra,

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We had a small but successful fundraiser at Shakey’s Pizza on Miracle Mile in March. Friends, families, staff, and former clients enjoyed some greasy treats together and Shakey’s donated 25% of all proceeds to PTV. This fun and effortless way of raising awareness and money for PTV is one of many upcoming events!

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