Upcoming events

Sep
25

Building Bridges 2025: Collaboration, Transparency, and Justice

Event Agenda:

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.: Coffee and Tea Networking

8:45 - 9:00 a.m.: Welcome, Opening Remarks, Wajdi Said, President, Muslim Educational Trust, Max Williams, Executive Director, Oregon Coalition for Nonprofit Security.

9:05 -9:20 a.m.: Words of Support, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, Keynote Address, Hillsboro Mayor Beach Pace

9:20-9:45 a.m.: Video Tribute in honor of 10th anniversary summit.

9:50 - 11:00 a.m.: First Panel, Collaboration, Transparency, and Justice: Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez, Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth. Audience Q&A.

11:05 - 11:50 a.m.: Second Panel, Dialogue, Coordination, and Care: Topics include best practices for community members engaging with elected officials, collaboration to improve community outcomes. Panelists include David Massey, Carlos Quesnel, Consul of Mexico in Portland, Kolini Fusitua, IRCO staff & Tongan community leader, and Jawad Khan, MET Chief Programming Officer. Audience Q&A.

11:50 - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch break and Networking

12:35 - 1:35 p.m.: Third Panel, Ask the Sheriff Anything: Washington County Sheriff Caprice Massey, Multnomah County Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell, and Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter answer questions with a focus on collaboration, transparency, and justice.

1:40 - 2:00 p.m.: Summit Conclusion and Call to Action

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Building Bridges of Understanding in Our Communities
Oct
26

Building Bridges of Understanding in Our Communities

We are meeting back in person for the first time since 2019! Join us at the Muslim Educational Trust for a discussion centered around responding to bias.

What: Building Bridges 2023: Confronting Bias Through Justice and Healing

When: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where: Muslim Educational Trust, 10330 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Tigard, OR 97223

Event Agenda:

  • Welcoming Remarks

  • Key Note Address: Fay Stetz-Waters, Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Director

  • By the Numbers: a look at Oregon's bias crime data

  • First Moderated Table Discussion

  • Public Service Announcement: Portland Police Bureau

  • Panel Discussion #1: Law enforcement and community experience in bias crime investigation and prosecution

  • Second Moderated Table Discussion

  • Lunch, free for all attendees

  • Poetry Reading

  • Panel Discussion #2: Community experience and bias response

  • Panel Discussion #3: Bias in our schools

  • Panel Discussion #4: Brainstorming innovative ideas

  • Third Moderated Table Discussion

  • Artistic Interlude

  • Closing Remarks

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