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CST relies on community support and the generous time donated by volunteers. CST volunteers help consumers with English as a Second Language (ESL) practice, computer training, legal assistance, housing assistance, and health education. There are administrative...

09/15 CST Board Retreat in Austin, TX 09/17 CST Speaking Engagement at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio, TX 09/28 CST Speaking Engagement at iACT in Austin, TX 09/28 Open House at CST Austin, 2pm-5pm 10/19 An Extraordinary Evening Benefiting the...

At CST, consumers are often homeless or in unstable housing for extended periods of time while they wait for asylum cases to process. In this waiting period and with the help of extraordinary community partners, CST can provide our consumers with clothes, household...

In August, CST’s counselors Ellen Payne, LMSW and Carmel T. Drewes, LMSW attended an in-depth training in Evanston, Illinois titled “Meeting Social Services Needs in the Current Climate” which was sponsored by the National Capacity Building Project of the Center for...

Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) is pleased to announce the election of two new board members, Ms. Jeanne Stamp and Mr. Robert Massonneau. Ms. Stamp has worked for thirty years as a social worker in both Texas and California. Her experience has been in the field...

Greetings! There is something special that happens when you enter Center for Survivors of Torture (CST). I call it hope. It is rare to be associated with an organization that helps such a deserving group of people. I am humbled by my work. Since our beginnings, over...

There are various ways to help torture survivors! Forward our e-newsletter to friends and family so they can stay informed of ways to help and CST news. Donate today on our website. Pick up an extra box of snacks or a bottle of juice when you are at the grocery store...

Our Legal Coordinator, Pankti Bhatt, JD, and a CST client headed to Capitol Hill on June 27th to speak at a briefing to highlight the importance of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. The Fund has had a significant decrease in contributions this...

Each year CST honors the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture and this year, we held an Open House at our Dallas office on June 22nd. Staff, volunteers, clients, collaborators and supporters came together for an afternoon filled with music, refreshments...

One hundred fifty-seven of our current clients were tortured in Africa. Recently a CST client, a husband and father of three, returned to Zimbabwe by himself to spend a few months opening a school with is meager earnings. Unfortunately, he died there on May 17, 2012....