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MET Emergency Forum! Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion

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Written by Muslim Educational Trust Muslim Educational Trust
Published: 30 January 2017 30 January 2017


Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
MET Community and Educational Center
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, Oregon, 97223

Please join us on Wednesday, February 1st at 6:30 p.m. for an important forum titled "Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion. Distinguished speakers will discuss Civil Liberties in light of President Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees. They will also address the fear that such order has created in the local American Muslim and Arab Communities.


Confirmed Speakers:

Billy Williams
US Attorney    


Hon. Nan Waller
Multnomah County Presiding Judge    

Mayor Denny Doyle
City of Beaverton    

Imam Muhammad Najieb
Muslim Community Center of Portland
 
Nick Fish
Commissioner, City of Portland    

Amanda Fritz
Commissioner, City of Portand    

Robert Rogers
Police Chief, City of Tigard    

Mat Dos Santos
Legal Director, ACLU    


Invited Speakers:
Mayor Ted Wheeler, City of Portland
Chief Mike Marshman, City of Portland
Gregory Bretzing, Special Agent, FBI

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