Survivors International

Survivors International (SI) was founded in 1986 and "is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential psychological and medical services to survivors of torture who have fled from around the world to the San Francisco Bay Area. SI aims to help survivors put the pieces back together by providing the support they need to re-establish healthy and productive lives after their experiences of torture."

People

Staff

• Director - Uwe Jacobs
• Office Manager - Ryan Parker
• Post-Doctoral Fellow - - Jeremy Atkins
• Senior Case Manager - Anna Lindberg
• Case Management Intern - Maria Melendez]]

Board of Directors

• Erin Callahan
• Jose Quiroga
• Marc Shaffer
• Christine Brigagliano
• Harvey Peskin
• Valerie Bach
• Elaine Beale
• Jeanne Wolff Bernstein

Former People

• Executive Director Margaret Kokka, She joined Survivors International Board in 1995.

Former Directors (as of around 2004)?

• Nicholas Rizza Member
• Daniel Eduardo Kusnir, M.D. Member
• Vincent Iacopino, M.D., Ph.D. Member
• Erik Gleibermann, B.A. Member
• Mason Drukman, Ph.D. Member
• Evelyn Apte, L.C.S.W., M.S.W. Co-President, and Treasurer of the Board
• Marjorie Roth, M.S., L.C.S.W. Co-President and Secretary of the Board
• Gerald Gray, L.C.S.W., M.P.H. Member

Contact

703 Market Street, Suite 301
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: (415) 546-2080
Fax: (415) 546-2084
Email: info AT survivorsintl.org
Web: http://www.survivorsintl.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
• Bush administration and torture
• Congressional Action: Ban on Torture
• Dispatches: Kidnap and Torture American Style
• Global detention system: Stopping the Torture
• Harvey Weinstein
• Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
• Torture and the U.S. Congress
• World Organisation Against Torture