
Upcoming events
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

Building Bridges 2024: Confronting Bias Through Justice, Healing and Education
Join us at the Muslim Educational Trust for the 8th annual Building Bridges of Understanding in Our Communities summit!
Full agenda to come.

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